January 2, 2022 Devastating fire rips through South Africa’s Parliament complex A major fire ripped through South Africa's Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings in the building that houses the national legislature to collapse.
December 31, 2021 WHO leader warns of omicron 'tsunami' as South African study posits variant wave may have already peaked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday he is worried about the omicron and delta variants of the coronavirus creating a "tsunami of cases."
December 29, 2021 Biden issues proclamation revoking travel ban on 8 southern African countries President Biden issued a proclamation Tuesday overturning a November travel order that barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in eight southern African countries from entering the U.S.
December 22, 2021 South Africa COVID-19 omicron study indicates less likelihood of hospitalization, severe illness The study looked at data gathered from individuals diagnosed between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 of this year.
December 22, 2021 South Africa may have reached omicron peak after recent drop in COVID-19 cases South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak
December 14, 2021 Omicron COVID-19 variant now accounts for 2.9% of all cases in the United States The omicron variant of COVID-19, which was first detected in the United States at the beginning of this month, now accounts for 2.9% of all cases in the country, according to data released by the CDC on Tuesday.
December 14, 2021 Omicron variant: Pfizer vaccine protects 70% against hospitalization, study finds A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides just 33% protection against infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, but 70% protection against hospitalization, according to an analysis done in South Africa and released Tuesday.
December 13, 2021 Amid Omicron outbreak, South African president tests positive for COVID-19 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease Sunday, his office said.
December 9, 2021 As omicron cases surge, South Africa excess deaths nearly double: report South African excess deaths nearly doubled in the week beginning Nov. 28 from the previous week, according to a South African Medical Research Council report.
December 9, 2021 CDC chief says omicron COVID-19 variant mostly mild so far More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday. But she said nearly all of them were only mildly ill.
