Richard E Grant is having to quarantine for 10 days at a Holiday Inn at Gatwick Airport after flying back to the UK from southern Africa to see his mother.

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Compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations are necessary to protect the economy from crippling lockdowns and to save jobs, reports the Sunday Times.

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 - Higher hospital admissions among children during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa that is driven by the Omicron variant should prompt vigilance but not panic as infections have been mild, a health official said on Saturday. A large number of infants admitted with COVID-19 last month in Tshwane, the metropolitan area that includes

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S.African official says number of children sick with COVID-19 is not cause for panic

We were joined by Mia Malan, editor-in-chief of the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, which is based in Johannesburg.

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‘Vaccinated people rarely hospitalised with Omicron in South Africa’, says Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism editor

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Covid-19 infections surged to a record 3 million on Friday (Saturday in Manila) as a new wave driven by the Omicron variant rips through parts of the country, official figures showed. The government on Friday reported 16,055 new cases over a 24-hour period, taking the cumulative laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,004,203. "This increase represents a 24.

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SAfrica's Covid cases reach 3M

South African investigators have disclosed that an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 crew was attempting a go-around in gusty conditions at Johannesburg when the twinjet's right wing-tip struck the runway. The aircraft, arriving from Addis Ababa on 6 November, had been cleared for the OKPIT 4A arrival pattern and ILS approach ...

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Ethiopian A350 wing-tip strike left 110m scar on Johannesburg runway

Coronavirus cases have risen rising dramatically in South Africa since the discovery of the omicron variant. Government and other entities are scrambling to vaccinate more people to avoid severe cases.
Vaccines can’t guarantee you won’t be infected by the coronavirus, but they can save your life. That was the message South Africa’s health minister Joe Phaahla delivered today as the country enters its fourth wave.

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South Africa Urges Vaccine Use as Omicron Spreads

Underscoring growing concerns about Omicron, scientists in South Africa said on Friday that the newest coronavirus variant appears to spread more than twice as quickly as Delta, until now the most contagious version of the virus.



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Scientists Say Omicron Is Spreading Faster in South Africa Than Any Other Variant

Omicron has a "substantial" ability to evade immunity from a previous COVID infection, according to the first real-world study of the variant's effect.

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COVID-19: Omicron has 'substantial' ability to evade immunity from previous coronavirus infection

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