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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
WHO says omicron variant could change the course of the Covid pandemic
By Annika Kim Constantino
Vaccine inequity only partially to blame for Africa's low vaccination rates, experts say
By Mark Gollom
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
By Rosebell Kagumire
Pfizer vaccine may be less effective against omicron, early lab data indicate
By Akshay Syal, Berkeley Lovelace & Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
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