November 29, 2021 13 omicron cases in Portuguese soccer team Portuguese health authorities said Monday they have identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant believed to be more contagious, among team members of a professional soccer club.
November 29, 2021 As omicron threatens US, is Biden up to the task? Americans don’t hate Joe Biden; they just think he’s incompetent. With omicron, the highly contagious new COVID mutation barreling down on us, that’s not reassuring.
November 29, 2021 Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
November 29, 2021 Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk, ‘unprecedented number of spike mutations’: WHO The COVID-19 omicron variant has an “unprecedented number of spike mutations” and poses a “very high” global risk, the World Health Organization said Monday.
November 29, 2021 Couple with COVID-19 leave quarantine, arrested trying to flee country, Dutch police say A married couple who tested positive for COVID-19 left their hotel quarantine and were arrested in an “airplane that was about to” leave the country, Dutch military police said, according to a report.
November 28, 2021 Australian woman set fire to COVID-19 quarantine hotel, police say An Australian woman is facing arson charges after she allegedly set fire to the COVID-19 quarantine hotel where she was staying with her two children, police said.
November 28, 2021 Florida school did not commit child abuse by tying mask to disabled student's face: police report A police report determined that a Florida school and its teachers did not commit a crime or child abuse after it was discovered last month that they tied a mask to the face of a student with Down syndrome.
November 28, 2021 Omicron variant: Swiss voters give green light to COVID restrictions as cases rise Voters in Switzerland gave a green light to legislation which would introduce a COVID-19 certificate system, where people can only attend public events or gatherings if they are vaccinated, test negative, or have recovered from the coronavirus.
November 28, 2021 Two cases of Omicron variant detected in Canada, govt says Two cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, first detected in Southern Africa last week, have been confirmed in Canada, provincial health officials said on Sunday.
November 28, 2021 Omicron variant: European country bans Christmas markets, public drinking in bid to combat COVID-19 wave Thousands of Czechs gathered in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, to protest new COVID-19 restrictions banning the popular Christmas markets and the public consumption of alcohol, such as mulled wine.
