The Australian state of Victoria will drop some mandatory restrictions that currently blocks unvaccinated people from non-essential retail, weddings, funerals, places of worship, and real estate services. Health Minister Martin Foley is expected to sign new pandemic orders to that effect on Dec. 15 under the new Public Health and Wellbeing Act, which will come into…
Second Australian State Scraps Some Restrictions Linked to Vaccination Status
Facts Matter (Dec. 14): CDC Data Shows 79% of Omicron Patients Were “Fully Vaccinated,” 32% Had Booster
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis recently introduced a new plan that will allow him to take the illegal immigrants that have been brought to Florida and relocate them to Washington, D.C., Delaware—which is President Joe Biden’s home state—as well as Martha’s Vineyard—where Barrack Obama owns a large mansion. Meanwhile, in California, when local police officers…
George Washington University Mandates COVID-19 Booster Shots Amid Omicron Concerns
December 14, 2021
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George Washington University now requires a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for all eligible members of the campus community, citing recently detected cases of Omicron variant in Washington D.C. All students, faculty, and staff in university-operated facilities have to get a dose of the COVID-19 booster by Feb. 1, 2022, or be subject to weekly testings…
Highlights From Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Fall Economic Statement
December 14, 2021
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OTTAWA—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released a fall economic statement today that outlined a better-than-expected economic rebound, but also billions more in spending, including on the response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Here are some other measures outlined in the fiscal update. Immigration backlogs The federal government plans to put $85 million into plowing through…
Pfizer Says COVID-19 Antiviral Drug Shows 89% Efficacy, Potential Against Omicron
December 14, 2021
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Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 antiviral treatment is able to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus by 89 percent when taken shortly after initial symptoms, the company announced on Tuesday in its full analysis of data from the trial. The U.S.-based pharmaceutical company’s final testing results on the drug, known as PAXLOVID,…
China Reports Second Omicron COVID-19 Case
The Chinese authorities on Dec. 14 reported its second case of the Omicron variant in a 67-year-old man who tested positive after more than two weeks of quarantine. The infected person, who lives in the southern city of Guangzhou, returned to China on Nov. 27, according to the Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission. He first experienced…
Overwhelmingly Vaccinated Cornell University Shuts Down Campus as COVID-19 Cases Spike
December 14, 2021
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Just a few days before the end of the semester, Cornell University is shutting down its campus and moving final exams online because of a recent surge in COVID-19 cases among its overwhelmingly vaccinated student population. In a message released Tuesday, Cornell President Martha E. Pollack told the campus community that the university’s surveillance testing…
Fauci Predicts Omicron Will Become Dominant Variant in US
The Omicron virus variant will become the dominant variant in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. “It is going to be dominant in the United States, given its doubling time,” Fauci told CNN. In some countries, the percent of COVID-19 cases that Omicron causes is doubling every two days, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director…
UK Scraps COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine for Travelers from 11 African Countries
The UK government announced on Tuesday that hotel quarantine for travellers arriving in England will be abandoned. Under restrictions introduced to slow the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, all travellers arriving in the UK from the 11 African countries currently on the UK’s travel “red list” have been required to spend 11 nights in…
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Less Protective Against Hospitalization After Omicron Emerged: Study
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in protecting against hospitalization following the emergency of the Omicron virus variant, according to a new study of real-world data from South Africa. The protection from the vaccine’s primary two-dose regimen has dropped to about 70 percent in recent weeks, according to Discovery Health, the largest private…
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