Top news of the week: 28.12.2021.
Coronavirus
As Omicron Surges, Africa’s Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Sputters
After two years of struggling to procure coronavirus vaccines, the continent with the fewest Covid-19 inoculations is facing a new problem: the capacity to absorb and deploy waves of new ...
FDA Authorizes Merck’s Covid-19 Pill for At-Home Treatment
Many adults at high risk of severe disease could take the easy-to-use therapy to avoid hospitalization. It was found to be less effective than a just-approved drug by Pfizer in reducing the ...
Covid-19 Marches Toward Endemic Status in U.S. as Omicron Spreads
With a new wave rising, people and institutions are making decisions that reflect changing attitudes toward the threat that Covid-19 represents.
What now for Sweden and covid-19?
Sweden has been both praised and vilified for its “light touch” stance during the pandemic, but with a second covid winter approaching, how do its experts rate the country’s pandemic ...
As Omicron Drives New U.S. Covid-19 Case Records, More U.K. Evidence Suggests It Is Milder
More mandates and curbs are being put in place in the U.S. and Europe, but American holiday air travel is nearly double that of last year.
Covid-19: what will Omicron mean for 2022?
A day after the UK recorded 106,122 new daily cases, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s science editor Ian Sample about what the weeks and months ahead might look
Covid-19: India's unwinnable battle against spitting
The pandemic briefly renewed efforts to curb an infamous Indian habit - spitting in public.
Covid-19: Nisra records drop in virus-related deaths
The agency's Covid deaths total, based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, is 3,998.