Japan Detects First Cases Of BA.4 And BA.5 Omicron In Airport Screening – The Japan Times

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said it has detected local transmission of the COVID-19 Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 as three more cases have been recorded, bringing the total cases to 17. Two local cases and one returning Filipino with the subvariant were found in Western Visayas, Health Undersecretary Maria...

U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest coronavirus variants —...

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedCouriers pass over their deliveries at one of the entrance to the main campus of Peking University on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Beijing. Administrators at the elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to further tighten pandemic restrictions on students as...

More than two years into the pandemic, chances are you or someone you know has had COVID-19, and perhaps not just once but multiple times.Some early data from researchers, including Dr. Juliet Pulliam at Stellenbosch University in South Africa shows that people are getting re-infected at a higher rate with...

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant, but that it’s up to every country to decide what policy to pursue.At a press briefing on Tuesday, WHO Director-General...

The head of the World Health Organization says China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant, but that it’s up to every country to decide what policy to pursueByThe Associated PressMay 17, 2022, 3:12 PM• 3 min readGENEVA --...