Tag: Covid variant
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Pearson: New COVID variant threatens to open old wounds
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We didn’t get things right following the COVID pandemic, and the proof of it is everywhere.
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Why local public-health officials urge you to get a COVID booster shot
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The new shot is likely to provide good protection against the latest EG.5 subvariant of Omicron.
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New year, new variant?: Researchers keeping close eye on wastewater for Kraken
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The new highly contagious Omicron subvariant Kraken is not showing up in London’s wastewater yet, Western University experts say, even as overall levels of COVID-19 viral material in the city’s sewage began rising last month.
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COVID-19 in London wastewater stable but new variant detected
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COVID-19 levels in London’s sewage are significant and expected to rise this fall and winter, Western University researchers say, as the Omicron subvariant behind the summer case spike remains the dominant strain in the region.
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Local clinic adjusts as Omicron-specific COVID booster rolls out
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The highly anticipated Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in London, with seniors and other high risk groups first in line to get the latest booster shot ahead of respiratory virus season.
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London’s top doctor: Seize your chance to get another COVID vaccine booster
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Ontario is expanding eligibility for fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses to include all adults, but the province’s top doctor says healthy residents younger than 60 can choose to wait until the fall for a new shot that’s expected to better target Omicron variants.
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Sims: The road ahead is cleared, but it’s not without potholes
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The London area’s top public-health official says we are “shifting from an emergency response to more of a resilience response.”
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Ontario will lift mask mandates by end of March if COVID-19 keeps declining: Moore
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Mask mandates in Ontario will be removed by the end of March as long as positive public health trends continue, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Thursday, while acknowledging there may be more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases per day.
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Mix of Omicron with Monday’s reopening calls for caution: experts
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Monday’s provincewide reopening is a wild card in the trajectory of the Omicron-fuelled fifth wave, experts say, as January becomes one of the deadliest months of the pandemic in the London area.
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Sims: Mounting death toll painfully proves Omicron is not like the flu
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So, you think Omicron is just a mild illness? Like the flu?