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Call for autumn booster programme to be extended

It comes as Moderna announced that its variant vaccine can create a strong antibody response to the BA.4 and the BA.5 variants.

The Independent UK

Moderna's Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Shows Antibody Response Against Omicron Subvariants

Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) has released new clinical data on its bivalent (omicron) COVID booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214. One month after administration in previously vaccinated and boosted participants, a 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273.214 elicited potent neutralizing antibody responses against the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The company is working on completing regulatory submissions…

Benzinga

What to do if you test positive for Covid and how many times can you be infected

The latest surge in Covid-19 cases has resulted in hard decisions having to be made about upcoming plans

Daily Record

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COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna 'provides good clinical protection' against Omicron subvariants

The biotech company's experimental Omicron booster generates high levels of antibodies that neutralise subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, according to preliminary clinical trial data.

ABC News

Covid reinfections in the UK: how likely are you to catch coronavirus again?

Covid reinfections have become increasingly common, due to decline in antibodies and the evolution of the virus

The Guardian - UK

Covid: Omicron sub-variants ‘evolving to target the lungs and overcome immunity’ as UK cases surge

Scientists fear the sub-variants may be similar to the more deadly Alpha and Delta variants

The Independent UK

More contagious subvariants on radar

Thailand has recorded 49 new cases of the two new Omicron subvariants -- BA.4 and BA.5 -- which are considered more contagious and can potentially bypass immunity, according to the Centre for Medical Genomics of Ramathibodi Hospital.

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Could free Covid tests return amid soaring cases and NHS burden worries?

With reports of Scotland facing a potential a new Covid wave, NHS staff want the government to reintroduce free testing

Daily Record

New Omicron sub-variants and do they have different symptoms as cases hit over a million

Three new sub-variants of Omicron could be causing a new wave of Covid-19 in the UK. Here's everything we know so far about the new variants and how they could affect us

Daily Mirror

This new California coronavirus wave isn't sticking to the script: Big spread, less illness

LOS ANGELES — In the last two years, COVID-19 has followed a predictable, if painful, pattern: When coronavirus transmission has rebounded, California has been flooded with new cases and hospitals have strained under a deluge of seriously ill patients, a distressing number of whom die.

Los Angeles Times

Covid-19 patient levels rise but deaths remain low

Hospital numbers in England are around a third of the level reached at the peak of BA.2 wave.

The Independent UK

The nine Omicron Covid symptoms to look for in people who are fully vaccinated

The Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5. are part of the reason for the increase in cases.

Daily Record

Omicron less likely to cause long COVID than Delta variant: Lancet study

The researchers found that the odds of experiencing long COVID were between 20-50% less during the Omicron period versus the Delta period, depending on age and time since vaccination

The Hindu

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated - and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

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Wales Online

Calls for free Covid tests to return after UK cases surge

Rise in cases linked to more social mixing

The Independent UK

Covid: Omicron sub-variants ‘evolving to target the lungs and overcome immunity’ as UK cases surge

Scientists fear the sub-variants may be similar to the more deadly Alpha and Delta variants

AAP

SA braces for rise in COVID-19 infections

SA Health says it expects COVID-19 case numbers to rise in coming weeks following the arrival of the latest Omicron variant in the state.

Reuters

Some Omicron sub-variants escaping antibodies from Sinopharm shot -Chinese study

A small Chinese study detailed in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal showed neutralising antibodies against some Omicron sub-variants were largely undetectable after two doses of a Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, with a booster shot only partly restoring them.

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Liverpool Echo

Omicron symptoms to look out for if you're fully vaccinated

If you are fully vaccinated, distinguishing between covid and the common cold can be difficult

The Guardian - AU

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Tribune News Service

Arbitrator orders Stellantis to end vaccine mandate in Canada

Chrysler and Dodge maker Stellantis NV must end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Canadian employees after an arbitrator determined the policy is now unreasonable because of waning efficacy against the omicron variant.

ABC News

The Loop: True size of Australia's Omicron wave, State of Origin (for budgets), and world's biggest fish found

Here's your quick catch-up for this morning's news.

ABC News

Australia's first Omicron wave might have been larger than we thought. But what about the current caseload?

Research estimating the impact of the first Omicron wave of COVID-19 indicates its cases might have been much higher than officially recorded.

The Independent UK

Covid: Omicron sub-variants ‘evolving to target the lungs and overcome immunity’ as UK cases surge

Scientists fear the sub-variants may be similar to the more deadly Alpha and Delta variants

The New Daily

COVID-19 deaths on the rise: Epidemiologist’s grim prediction for Australia

A leading epidemiologist has warned Australia is heading towards 50 COVID-19 deaths a day as more transmissible Omicron variants sweep the nation.

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