Worst of COVID-19 emergency could end this year, WHO says — ap / wrbl — 19 January 2022 (LINK)
New testing kit able to detect 15 strains of novel coronavirus — chinadaily — 17 January 2022 (LINK)
India's COVID death toll may be six times higher than thought — newscientist — 8 January 2022 (LINK)
What We Know About 'IHU' COVID Variant B.1.640.2 With 46 Mutations: all the usual Swiss suspects — newsweek — 4 January 2022 (LINK)
New patent-free COVID vaccine developed as "gift to the world" — bbc — 3 January 2022 (LINK)
Human trials have shown the vaccine to be safe and effective, with India already authorizing its use as production ramps up to over 100 million doses per month.The vaccine has been named Corbevax and it is based on a traditional protein-based technology that has been safely used for decades. Like other COVID-19 vaccines, Corbevax focuses on the coronavirus spike protein, but instead of using mRNA to direct our cells to produce those spike proteins internally it delivers lab-grown spike proteins to the body.
Impact
ILO: No return to pre-pandemic job levels until 'at least' 2023 — genevasolutions — 17 January 2022 (LINK)
The poor die from COVID while the rich get richer, Oxfam warns — aljazeera — 17 January 2022 (LINK)
China battles Omicron outbreak weeks before Winter Olympics — theguardian — 10 January 2022 (LINK)
Nearly a quarter of hospitals are reporting a critical staff shortage as Omicron drives a rise in Covid-19 cases — cnn — 10 January 2022 (LINK)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19, "is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home" — cbsnews — 10 January 2022 (LINK)
Testing Site in LA Says Child Tested Positive for 'Flurona' Co-Infection — nbclosangeles — 5 January 2022 (LINK)
The US shattered its average daily Covid-19 case record two days in a row. Experts say numbers will keep climbing in the coming weeks — cnn — 31 December 2021 (LINK)
Response
Over 70,000 attend German protests against COVID measures — dw — 18 January 2022 (LINK)
The tennis star Novak Djokovic's visa dispute: deported for breach of Australia's border rules, PM says, at odds with government's legal case for possible three-year-ban — theguardian — 17 January 2022 (LINK)
Djokovic's Story Highlights Cruelty of Australian Detention — truthout — 15 January 2022 (LINK)
Pope calls vaccines 'moral obligation' and denounces 'baseless information' — fox8 — 10 January 2022 (LINK)
Thailand's Test & Go closed Indefinitely & Sandbox destinations added — thethaiger — 7 January 2022 (LINK)
