Omicron – Page 2 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Queen cancels pre-Christmas family lunch due to Omicron – Buckingham Palace source

Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021By Editor

Queen Elizabeth has called off her traditional pre-Christmas family lunch next week as a precaution amid a surge in Covid-19 Omicron cases, according to a palace source. … Read More >Queen cancels pre-Christmas family lunch due to Omicron – Buckingham Palace source

Shows

Risk enriching Taliban or brace for migrant Apocalypse (Full show)

Posted on December 22, 2021December 22, 2021By Editor

House Democrats urged President Biden to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets. Those pleading for the monetary thaw warn of even deeper humanitarian devastation ahead for Afghans if warmth doesn’t prevail. … Read More >Risk enriching Taliban or brace for migrant Apocalypse (Full show)

Health

Study reveals how effective Pfizer vaccine is against Omicron

Posted on December 18, 2021December 18, 2021By Editor

New analysis released from South Africa suggests that two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are considerably less effective in battling the Omicron variant compared to earlier strains. … Read More >Study reveals how effective Pfizer vaccine is against Omicron

Asia & Pacific

Study confirms Omicron-linked fears

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021By Editor

The ‘super mutant’ Omicron strain is 4.2 times more transmissible in its early stages than the Delta variant of the coronavirus, a new Japanese study has found. … Read More >Study confirms Omicron-linked fears

Middle East

Quarantine extended for Omicron carriers

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021By Editor

Israel has increased the quarantine period for people infected with the ‘super-mutant’ Omicron variant of the coronavirus over suspicions they could remain contagious longer than other Covid patients. … Read More >Quarantine extended for Omicron carriers

Business

Fed bigger threat to stock markets than Omicron – Morgan Stanley

Posted on December 8, 2021December 8, 2021By Editor

The potential impact of the US Federal Reserve’s move on speeding up the taper of asset purchases may turn into a much bigger headwind for the stock markets than the Omicron Covid-19 strain, analysts at Morgan Stanley say. … Read More >Fed bigger threat to stock markets than Omicron – Morgan Stanley

Health

New Omicron variant could spell end for Covid-19 pandemic – top Russian scientist

Posted on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021By Editor

A new mutant strain of Covid-19 that has sparked fears for vaccine resistance, caused flight cancellations, and sent the stock market plummeting could actually help bring the pandemic to an end, a Russian virologist has claimed. … Read More >New Omicron variant could spell end for Covid-19 pandemic – top Russian scientist

Shows

‘A brand-new virus’: A South African govt. advisor’s insight into Omicron

Posted on December 4, 2021December 4, 2021By Editor

In this episode, Professor Barry Schoub, chair of South Africa’s Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 vaccines tells us why the latest coronavirus strain is unlike any we have seen to date. He discusses the fall-out from the travel bans imposed on his country after its labs discovered and sequenced the Omicron variant … Read More >‘A brand-new virus’: A South African govt. advisor’s insight into Omicron

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