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Singapore to ease Covid measures; drops outdoor mask mandateCheck with sellerNews Shanghai (Pudong) March 24, 2022Singapore will ease most of its Covid restrictions including outdoor mask mandates from March 29, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Thursday. Limits on social gatherings will be doubled from five to 10, more employees can return to office a...
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More contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant now dominant in the U.S., CDC saysCheck with sellerNews Earth (Earth) March 30, 2022*BA.2 is now the dominant version of Covid-19 in the U.S. as it accounts for nearly 55% of Covid cases that have undergone genetic sequencing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. *BA.2 is more transmissible and has caused new...
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Myocarditis risk higher after Covid infection than Pfizer or Moderna vaccination, CDC findsCheck with sellerNews Earth (Earth) April 2, 2022*The risk of myocarditis is higher after Covid infection than Pfizer or Moderna vaccination across all gender and age groups studied, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. *Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle. *T...
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UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XECheck with sellerNews Earth (Earth) April 7, 2022*The XE variant has so far been detected in 637 patients, according to the latest statistics from the U.K. Health Security Agency. *It is what’s known as a “recombinant,” meaning it contains a mix of the previously highly infectious omicron BA.1 stra...
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Rate of new COVID infections across Africa has "tanked" to lowest level since early in pandemicCheck with sellerNews Earth (Earth) April 14, 2022The WHO warned, however, that with winter approaching for Southern Hemisphere countries, "there is a high risk of another wave of new infections." The coronavirus spreads more easily in cooler temperatures when people are more likely to gather in lar...
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