The European Medicines Agency today approved the first Omicron-adapted Covid-19 vaccines from drugmakers Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to start a booster dose campaign this winter to ward off a possible new wave.
The vaccines "target Omicron's BA.1 subvariant...
On September 2 and September 28, the new vaccines against Covid-19 are expected in Germany, the first adapted to the variant BA.1 and the second to BA.5, announced the Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach.
"The federal government...
Experts attribute the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Turkey to Omicron's BA.5 sub-variant.
Tayar Shasmaz, a professor of public health at Mersin University's medical school, told New China that cases rose sharply in June because...
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna announced today that it is developing two updated vaccines against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus for the fall: one designed against the BA.1 subvariant and another against the BA.4...
Shanghai authorities have detected a case of coronavirus involving a new sub-variant of Omicron BA.5, Omicron BA.5.2.1, an official announced at a press briefing today, signaling the difficulties China is facing in managing its new variants....
Concern about the course of the pandemic in Italy where few are wearing protective gear in transport.
Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza was clear: in an interview with La Repubblica today, he said: "Compulsory isolation for...