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With eye on Omicron, Harvard experts fear 'surge upon a surge'
By Alvin Powell
Next pandemic could be more lethal than COVID, vaccine creator says
By Kate Holton, Stephanie Nebehay & Guy Faulconbridge
Omicron's less severe cases prompt cautious optimism in South Africa
By John Burn-Murdoch & Oliver Barnes
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Omicron variant: Is the best strategy against omicron to boost with the original vaccine?
By Berkeley Lovelace & Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Anger simmers over Omicron travel bans in southern Africa
By Zaina Adamu & Stephanie Busari
How can I protect myself from the new omicron variant?
By Lauran Neergaard
Vaccine inequity only partially to blame for Africa's low vaccination rates, experts say
By Mark Gollom
We Know a Lot More About Omicron Now
By Derek Thompson
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
By Rosebell Kagumire
South Africa readies hospitals as Omicron variant drives new COVID-19 wave
By simon cameron-moore, Alexander Winning & Promit Mukherjee
South Africa reports nearly 20000 COVID-19 cases, an Omicron-wave record
By Alison Williams, john stonestreet & Tim Cocks
Covid cases more than doubled in South Africa last week as omicron variant spreads, WHO says
By Annika Kim Constantino