COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana
UK announces booster drive to fight 'tidal wave' of Omicron
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Dec. 12 warned of a looming "tidal wave" of Omicron, and brought forward a target to give over-18s a booster jab by one month to the end of December.
Bulgarian Prof. Kozhuharova: Already 30% of the Population has been Vaccinated
"We can believe that the fourth wave is subsiding. Mortality is falling, but remains high due to poor health of Bulgarians, problems in the health care system. In Bulgaria, cases that end fatally are unvaccinated, and at risk."
This was said to BNR by the epidemiologist Prof. Mira Kozhuharova, advisor to the Minister of Health.
First cases of Omicron variants detected in Turkey
Turkey has detected the first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the country's health minister has said, calling on people to remain calm but vigilant.
"One of the [Omicron] cases was in Istanbul and the other five cases were in [the western province of] İzmir," Fahrettin Koca told lawmakers in parliament on Dec. 11 during discussions on the Health Ministry's 2022 budget.
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Virus cases remain steady, says minister
The number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey has been steady for more than a month, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said, urging people to stick to the anti-virus measures to keep the pandemic under control.
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More than 1.300 new cases, 38 people died
An analysis of 13.767 samples was performed. According to the latest data, 187 people are on a respirator.
Also, 3.180 people were hospitalized.
Professor Dr Radmilo Jankovi, Deputy Director of UCC Ni, said that the introduction of new measures for the New Year is not realistic.
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Kon: "I agree with Bill Gates"
He stated that the number of infected people is decreasing, as well as the number of patients in intensive care, but that the situation is still not completely favorable, because, as he says, we still have a high number of deaths.
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Bulgarian Prof. Vitanov: The Problems with Omicron will Come in January
"Since the virus has not entered the country by St. Nicholas Day, it does not have time to enter and become dominant until Christmas and New Year. However, it needs some time, when the virus enters the country, to run wild and replace the current variant, which is aggressive enough and will not be given so easily. It will take 2-3 weeks." This is what the mathematician Prof.
GSK Vir drug works against all Omicron mutations, new data shows
The data shows that the treatment is effective against all 37 mutations that have been identified to date in the Omicron variant
Bill Gates: "The end in 2022"
He expressed hope that the critical phase of the COVID pandemic would end next year.
"It would be foolish to make a different prediction, I believe that the acute phase of the pandemic will end sometime in 2022," Gates said on the Gates Notes personal blog.
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Katsarov: Politicians who are Loud Opponents of Vaccines are also Responsible for High Mortality
Omicron will not skip us, just as none of the other variants skipped us. So far no additional measures are needed, we have taken all the necessary ones. This was stated to bTV by the caretaker Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov.