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A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a teenager, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg

South Africa: Early Data Suggests Omicron Is More Transmissible, Less Severe

Harsha Somaroo 13/12/2021

The data from Gauteng also shows a change in...

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India: Two People With Omicron, Bengaluru Says One Had No Recent Travel

Banjot Kaur 02/12/2021

Sources in the ministry told The Wire Science that...

Omicron Variant: Five Steps To Avoid, Ten To Take Immediately

Shabir A. Madhi 29/11/2021

The mutations identified in omicron provide theoretical concerns that...

FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billows from the coal-fired power plant owned by Indonesia Power, next to an area for Java 9 and 10 Coal-Fired Steam Power Plant Project in Suralaya

India, Indonesia and Philippines Join Coal Transition Programme

Andrea Shalal 04/11/2021

India, Indonesia and the Philippines will join South Africa...

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C.1.2 Coronavirus Variant May Be More Infectious, Evade Vaccine Protection: Study

Scientists reported that 2% of samples sequenced in July...

Amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Senegal

What Explains COVID-19’s Lower Impact in Africa?

Alex Ezeh, Michael Silverman and Saverio Stranges 26/08/2021

A team of public health researchers examined possible explanations...

FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 vaccinations in Bangkok

NITI Aayog’s Position on Compulsory Licensing Fails Both Niti and Nyaya

Arul George Scaria 29/05/2021

The Government of India should distance itself from the...