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The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Broadway extends mask mandate through the end of June

NEW YORK — Masking must go on.

Tribune News Service

Two new Omicron variants classified as variants of concern

Two types of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been classified as variants of concern in the UK, it was announced on Friday.

Evening Standard

As Omicron Subsides, Dada Nexus Could Be Riding Into E-Commerce Gilded Era

Key takeaways: • Dada Nexus’ revenue grew strongly in the first quarter, after excluding the impact of a change to the way it pays riders for certain delivery services

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Residents of 22 Michigan counties should wear masks inside, CDC advises

DETROIT — The residents of 22 Michigan counties should wear masks while inside, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises, up from 16 counties a week prior.

Tribune News Service

Two Covid omicron 'variants of concern' identified in UK

Omicron BA.4 and Omicron BA.5 could have what is described as a 'growth advantage' over the Omicron BA.2 variant that is dominant in the UK

Wales Online

Editorial: North Korea looks dangerously vulnerable in the face of omicron

The situation in North Korea long has been worrying to those concerned about potentially capricious military actions on the part of paranoid authoritarian regimes. But COVID-19 is presenting new concerns, both to the people of North Korea and the world beyond.

Chicago Tribune

COVID 19: Natural Immunity From Omicron Weak And Limited, Study Finds

The team of researchers has found that the Omicron variant induces only a weak immune response.

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COVID in South Africa: what to expect in the short and long term

In light of the approaching winter months combined with the recent lifting of the national disaster act, South Africans have anxiously been watching an increase in COVID infections. The Conversation Africa spoke to infectious disease specialist Veronica Ueckermann about the current trajectory of the pandemic in the country.

The Conversation

Unvaccinated people's immunity after Omicron is 'weak and vulnerable to reinfection'

Vaccinated people were shown to receive a boost of protection after having Omicron.

Daily Record

Unvaccinated and unprepared, North Korea faces Covid catastrophe

Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country

Financial Times

Boston reports ‘significant increase’ in COVID cases, hospitalizations; Massachusetts reports nearly 5,000 COVID cases

Boston health officials on Thursday reported a “significant increase” in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid the omicron subvariant wave, as nearly 5,000 new virus cases were recorded across the state.

Boston Herald

The CDC is urging a Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's advice opens a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids — just like what is already recommended for everybody 12 and older.

WEKU

CDC advisers urge Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

U.S. health advisers are urging a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11

The Independent UK

Immunome Shares Rise After Publishing Positive COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Data

Immunome Inc (NASDAQ:IMNM) shares are trading higher after it published data demonstrating that its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, IMM-BCP-01, potently cleared the omicron variant (BA.1) when tested in vivo in hamsters. Additional in vitro testing of a SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus showed that IMM20253, one of the antibodies in Immunome's cocktail, successfully neutralized the omicron subvariant…

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Why Immunome Shares Are Rising

Immunome Inc (NASDAQ: IMNM) shares are trading higher by 19.44% at $3.39 after the company published data demonstrating its COVID-19 antibody cocktail IMM-BCP-01 cleared the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 when tested in vivo in hamsters.

The Independent UK

Number of Covid-19 hospital patients in UK at lowest level since autumn

Levels have dropped to almost a third of the recent peak.

Benzinga

Despegar.com Posts Mixed Q1 Earnings; Hopes On Travel Demand Recovery

Despegar.com Corp (NYSE:DESP) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 117% year-on-year to $112.4 million, missing the consensus of $104.85 million. Gross Bookings increased 118% Y/Y to $803.9 million and at 69% of Q1 FY19 levels. Transactions increased 59% Y/Y, reaching 74% of Q1 FY19 volume. Mobile represented 43% of transactions in the quarter.…

Evening Standard

NHS scam text: Warning over fraudulent Covid close contact messages

The scam text encourages people to pay for a PCR test.

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The Conversation

Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year

Australia’s COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past.

WEKU

Pro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tolls

As Americans commemorate a million deaths due to COVID-19, the partisan divide of who has gotten sick and died continues to grow, mostly due to disinformation about the vaccines.

Reuters

China relaxes some COVID test rules for U.S., other travellers

China has removed some COVID-19 test requirements for people flying in from countries such as the United States and shortened the pre-departure quarantine for some inbound travellers, as it fine-tunes measures to cope with the Omicron variant.

Newcastle Herald

"There is no workforce, when I look...there is no-one"

The Business Conditions survey was completed in April and early May

The Guardian - AU

‘Don’t talk about Covid’: major parties accused of virus complacency during election campaign

Experts say there is a lack of political urgency on vaccines and public health plans as deaths rise and winter approaches

The Independent UK

Officials say more areas of US may see mask recommendations

U.S. officials say the COVID-19 pandemic could get worse in the U.S. in the weeks ahead, and more people could be advised to again wear masks indoors

Los Angeles Times

LA is doing much better than New York with new coronavirus wave. Can it last?

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is doing significantly better than New York City so far in this latest spring wave of omicron cases, and officials remain hopeful that California can avoid the significant increases in coronavirus hospitalizations seen on the East Coast.

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