Tag: Omicron

New Wave of COVID-19 Infections Hits China

COVID-19 has resurged in mainland China with the number of people testing positive for the virus rising significantly since April. This follows mass infections and deaths from last December to January. A Pudong, Shanghai resident told The Epoch Times on June 21 that his father recently developed white lungs from a COVID-19 infection and died….


Omicron’s New Variant Arcturus Rapidly Spreading Worldwide Causes Pink Eye

A new COVID-19 variant, Omicron XBB. 1.16, also called Arcturus, was first discovered in January 2023. One of the characteristics of Arcturus infection is conjunctivitis, otherwise known as pink eye. It is spreading rapidly in many countries, including the United States, the UK, Australia, Singapore, China, and India. American virology expert Dr. Lin Xiaoxu discussed on the…


People ‘Up to Date’ With COVID-19 Vaccines More Likely to Be Infected: Study

People “up to date” with their COVID-19 vaccinations are more likely to get infected, according to a new study. Vaccinated people who received one of the updated bivalent vaccines had a higher risk of becoming infected when compared to people who had not—a group that included both vaccinated and unvaccinated people—researchers with the Cleveland Clinic…


FDA Panel Recommends Updating COVID-19 Vaccines

Experts on June 15 recommended updating the COVID-19 vaccines due to the current slate performing worse against the XBB variant and its sublineages. Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unanimously voted to recommend the FDA clear updated shots, less than one year after the vaccines were already updated due to concerns over…


China Facing a New Wave of COVID-19 Infections

Another wave of COVID-19 infections is likely to peak in China late June, when weekly cases could reach 65 million, as warned by the Chinese Communist regime’s top health advisor. Chinese citizens have responded on social media that the wave of infection has already come. The account of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official…


Omicron BA.5 Insights: New Model Reveals Primary Cause for High Infection Rates

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) used human respiratory organ models to investigate the infection and replication capacity of the COVID-19 Omicron BA.5 and other variants in the human respiratory tract. The results of this research reveals the mechanism behind the high infectivity and transmission ability of the BA.5…


The Surprising Good News From Swiss Authorities: No More COVID-19 Vaccinations

Commentary As a subscriber to Dr. John Campbell’s popular YouTube channel, I sometimes keep the video playing in the background. On April 11, I heard him say that the Swiss authorities have suspended all COVID-19 vaccinations. I was both shocked and surprised. Could this really be the case? As a former scientist who worked at…


Ontario Had More COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations in 2022 Than 2021: Report

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario were 31 percent higher in 2022 than in 2021, while deaths from the disease were 39 percent higher than the previous year, according to a new report from Public Health Ontario. The newly-released data said there were a total of 22,559 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario in 2021, and 29,524 hospitalizations from the…


Hospital Mask Mandate Did Little to Stop Omicron From Infecting Patients: UK Study

Wearing a mask in health care settings had little, if any, impact on the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 among patients, British researchers suggest. During the COVID pandemic, mask mandates for hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes became a staple of many countries’ attempts at curbing the spread of the virus. In…


China Reports First Case of Duel Infection by 2 Omicron Subvariants

The Chinese communist regime officially reported on March 17 that it has for the first time detected a duel infection of COVID-19 Omicron BA.5.2.48 and BF.7.14 subtypes. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s said in a notice on its official website that the case of duel infection was detected in samples collected and submitted…