How the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in the US is using airplane lavatories as data treasure troves to track the evolution of COVID-19.
16
Feb
Tag Archives: omicron
08
Feb
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended anyone aged 18 and over, who has not had a COVID-19 vaccine or tested positive for COVID-19 in the last six months,...
07
Dec
This emergence of multiple COVID-19 variants is being referred to as a ‘variants swarm’ or ‘variant soup’. While it’s making surges hard to predict, it may even be looked at as a positive sign.
18
Oct
Changes to Australia’s isolation rules came into effect on October 14. This involved removal of the isolation mandate for people who test positive for COVID.
At a time like...
13
Oct
A new Omicron-specific version of the Moderna (a.k.a bivalent Moderna) vaccine is now available to the Australian public.
Who is eligible?
Last month, the Australian...
01
Jul
Omicron subvariants of COVID-19 that may be able to evade vaccine immunity are on the rise in Victoria. Health authorities have issued a warning that just like NSW and Queensland they’re on...
07
Apr
Health authorities have detected 637 cases of a new COVID variant in England.
Dubbed the XE, relatively little is known about it. The variant is a combination of the...
14
Feb
As ATAGI approves the Pfizer vaccine booster for 16 and 17-year-olds, the government released new data showing booster coverage in states across the country. This new data shows a significant number of...
09
Dec
An early research report from a South African lab has offered some insight into how people vaccinated against COVID-19 might fare against the new Omicron variant.
The preliminary report...