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Researchers found that Omicron has less than half the chances of causing lasting symptoms than Delta

Nigeria's main opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar on Thursday picked a governor from the oil producing Delta state as running mate for next year's presidential election.

Scientists say the variant has less than half the chance of Delta of causing lingering symptoms

King’s College London found the odds of having long Covid were between 20 and 50 percent lower during the Omicron outbreak

One in 23 people still suffers from symptoms for more than four weeks

Analysis suggests that people are between 20% and 50% less likely to suffer from long Covid after contracting Omicron compared to Delta

The oil-rich region’s residents say they are losing houses and farmlands to coastal erosion, with no government support.

The Alpha and Delta variant waves left 342 Chicagoans dead in less vaccinated parts of the city. That toll could have been 75% lower if more people had been inoculated, University of Chicago Medicine researchers found.

Tribes and environmental groups are challenging how the state manages water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a major source for much of California, arguing the deterioration of the aquatic ecosystem has links to the state’s troubled legacy of racism and oppression of Native people.

‘We should expect a lot of evolution going forward,’ says a professor of the probability of variants of Omicron and Delta strains

Chinese health authorities reported nearly 3,400 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, double the previous day, forcing lockdowns on virus hotspots as the country contends with its gravest outbreak in two years. A nationwide surge in cases has seen authorities close schools in Shanghai and lock down several northeastern cities, as almost…