UK detects S.African coronavirus variant in people with no travel links
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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine works, but less so against variants
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Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not as well — against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa.
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England lockdown to last until March, Boris Johnson says as hotel quarantine introduced
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England will remain in a national lockdown until at least early March when schools are set to reopen, Boris Johnson has said, and travellers into Britain from high-risk nations will now have to quarantine inside hotels.
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South Africa’s president criticizes ‘vaccine nationalism’
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African president and African Union chairman Cyril Ramaphosa has called on richer nations to release surplus vaccine doses to the rest of the world.
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Primer: Covid: How worrying are the UK, South Africa, and Brazil coronavirus variants?
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ALSO SEE: What you need to know about the coronavirus variants --Washington Post
New variants of coronavirus are emerging that are more infectious than the original one that started the pandemic.
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Moderna says it’s working on Covid booster shot for variant in South Africa, says current vaccine provides some protection
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Moderna said Monday it’s accelerating work on a Covid-19 booster shot to guard against the recently discovered variant in South Africa.
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Emerging Coronavirus Variants May Pose Challenges to Vaccines
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The steady drumbeat of reports about new variants of the coronavirus — first in Britain, then in South Africa, Brazil and the United States — has brought a new worry: Will vaccines protect against these altered versions of the virus?
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Africa's COVID-19 case fatality rate surpasses global level
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africa’s coronavirus case fatality rate has risen alarmingly to 2.5%, higher than the global level of 2.2%, the head of the continent’s disease control body said on Thursday.
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Dr. Fauci says Covid vaccines appear to be less effective against some new strains
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Overview: Biden Executive orders and overseas deveopments
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