Category: Omicron
France, Italy and Spain all see new pandemic record infection figures
France: Covid-19: more than 90,000 cases in 24 hours in France. More...
UK.GOV: Vaccine booster doses wane after just 10 weeks
“The latest data suggests this extra protection starts to wane more rapidly, being about 15 to 25% lower from 10 weeks after the booster dose.” More...
3 billion Omicron infections worldwide predicted
A report from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is predicting 3 billion new infections of the Omicron variant worldwide over the next two months. More...
London ablaze with Covid: Brixton has 4,445 Covid cases per 100,000 people
Central and south London are ablaze with Covid. Most areas of London have a case rate of over 1,600 per 100,000 people, and in Brixton, south London, the case rate is an astonishing 4,445 per 100,000 people. More...
Scotland: Hogmanay New Year’s eve cancelled due to Covid
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party has been cancelled off after the Scottish Government confirmed plans for strict caps on numbers at all large events, with the exception of weddings and funerals. More...
Britain plays Russian roulette with Covid – 130,000 symptomatic cases and rising
THE UK Covid app ZOE is reporting 129,970 new symptomatic covid cases in the UK today, as the Omicron variant spirals out of control. More...
Will Omicron break the 120-day Sars-CoV-2 global wave cycle?
Will the new Omicron variant break the 120-day global Sars-Cov-2 wave cycle? More...
Netherlands goes into hard lockdown until January 14th 2022
The Netherlands will enter a strict lockdown starting at 5 a.m. More...
Denmark: Omicron patients just as ill as Delta patients
The symptoms in Omicron patients have been the same as in other variants in Denmark. More...
Imperial College: Omicron is NOT milder than Delta
“We find no evidence (for both risk of hospitalisation attendance and symptom status) of Omicron having different severity from Delta, though data on hospitalisations are still very limited… Omicron was associated with a 5.41 fold higher relative risk of reinfection compared with Delta.” More...