Category: Omicron variant

COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine ‘Fundamental Breach’ of Human Rights: UK Law Firm

A law firm is taking the British government to court over its mandatory COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy, which it says constitutes a “fundamental breach” of human rights. PGMBM, a London-based law firm, said it will seek permission at the High Court for a judicial review of the government’s policy on hotel quarantine. At a two-hour…


World’s Vaccine Stocks May Expire as Supply Surpasses Demand

COVID-19 vaccine stocks may go out of date as demand has dipped below supply, according to the globe’s largest manufacturer of jabs. Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, on Sunday said the world had stockpiled more COVID-19 jabs than it can use as some of the developing countries are not placing…


World’s Vaccine Stocks May Expire as Supply Higher Than Demand

COVID-19 vaccine stocks may go out of date as demand has dipped below supply, according to the globe’s largest manufacturer of jabs. Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, on Sunday said the world had stockpiled more COVID-19 jabs than it can use as some of the developing countries are not placing…


UK Travel Industry Decries Return of Pre-Departure COVID-19 Tests

The British travel industry has reacted with fury to the latest travel restrictions announced by the UK government to rein in the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Saturday that all travellers arriving in England will be required to take a COVID-19 pre-departure test from Tuesday. He also said that…


UK Travel Industry Critical of Return of Pre-Departure COVID-19 Tests

The British travel industry has reacted with fury to the latest travel restrictions announced by the UK government to rein in the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Saturday that all travellers arriving in England will be required to take a COVID-19 pre-departure test from Tuesday. He also said that…


Pre-Departure CCP Virus Tests Not Required for UK Arrivals: Transport Secretary

The UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps defended the government’s decision to not require all travellers entering the UK to take pre-departure tests. Shapps suggested that jumping the gun on mandating pre-departure tests would unnecessarily “kill off the travel sector again.” After the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus was discovered in South…


‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ With Christmas Plans: UK Conservative

Britons should “keep calm and carry on” with their Christmas plans despite the detection of cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant in the country, the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party has said. Talking to Sky News on Friday morning, Oliver Dowden said the Conservative Party has no intention of cancelling its own Christmas…


Unfazed by Omicron, Fed Policymakers Show Greater Consensus for Faster Taper

Federal Reserve policymakers on Thursday sounded sanguine about the economic impact of the latest COVID-19 variant, but flagged rising inflation in remarks that suggested growing consensus for an earlier end to bond buys and, perhaps, earlier interest rate hikes next year. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic told the Reuters Next conference on Thursday it would…


Omicron Could Disrupt US Economic Recovery, Inflation No Longer ‘Transitory’: Yellen

The new coronavirus variant Omicron may affect inflation rates and worsen existing supply chain disruptions leading to slower economic growth claimed U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday at the Reuters Next conference. As the economy keeps recovering from pandemic-related restrictions, and life “returning towards normal” with “increased vaccination and booster shots,” Yellen said that…


What Do We Know About Omicron?

It’s been just days since a new strain of COVID-19 made headlines across the planet. While the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the new Omicron variant presents a “very high risk,” other scientists, including some with WHO, have stressed that we still have much to learn about the new CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…