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Coronavirus: OFFICIAL Updates/ Health Info/Travel Info
Alenaveda:
Update from Argentina:
It was announced by the Health authorities that all the persons that completed the vaccination scheme will need to receive a third shot around six months later from the moment of receiving the second dose. Priority for this will have the risk groups and those of age 50 and higher that were inoculated with the Sinopharm vaccine.
theschnauzers:
A new variant has emerged, identified as B.1.1.529, in South Africa containing a “multitude” of mutations that has started spreading rapidly in Southern Africa and has been detected in Hong Kong. A technical working group of the World Health Organization is scheduled to meet Friday, November 26, and may determine it is serious enough to be assigned a Greek letter name.
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-africa-public-health-2b15d77e29c2607d4686e059e3313391
claude_24hrs:
In addition, Europe is become the COVID-19 epicenter once again as cases have risen. Austria had already imposed a full lockdown since earlier this week and vaccinations will be mandatory by February. Countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia have spiking number of cases.
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/who-europe-is-once-again-at-the-epicenter-of-the-covid-pandemic.html
H_E_L_L_O:
Belgium, South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong, and Israel all have cases of the Omicron variant, previously B.1.1.529, and it’s believed to be 500% more infectious than the Delta variant.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/new-covid-variant-possibly-500-percent-more-infectious-delta-1653596%3famp=1
Edit: While first discovered in South Africa Botswana it should be noted that the Israeli cases came from travelers who recently returned from Malawi and the Belgian case came from a traveler who recently returned Egypt.
theschnauzers:
It should be noted that the cases in Belgium, Hong Kong, and Israel all involved travelers from Southern Africa where the Omicron Variant was first detected.
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