Janice Kew Bloomberg

A two-dose course of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE's Covid-19 shot as well as a previous infection with the disease may give stronger protection against the omicron variant, scientists from the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa said.

Netcare is seeing milder Covid-19 cases even as omicron is driving up the number of people testing positive for the virus.

South Africa's surge in Covid-19 cases following the emergence of the omicron variant hasn't overwhelmed hospitals so far, prompting some cautious optimism that the new strain may cause mostly mild illness.

Initial data from a major hospital complex in South Africa's omicron epicenter show that while Covid-19 case numbers have surged, patients need less medical intervention.

World Health Organization officials met on Thursday to discuss a new coronavirus variant circulating in South Africa and Botswana.

In a field starved for options, demand is exceeding supply for Wegovy, a weekly injection launched in June that dampens patients' appetite and helps them to lose about 15 per cent of their body weight.

The UK government is facing a rising backlash over its refusal to recognize visitors as vaccinated unless they received their shots in a handful of select countries.

An interval of eight to 10 weeks between doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE boosts the effectiveness of the two-shot regimen compared with a shorter interval, a U.K. study found.

A two-dose course of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE's Covid-19 shot as well as a previous infection with the disease may give stronger protection against the omicron variant, scientists from the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa said.

Netcare is seeing milder Covid-19 cases even as omicron is driving up the number of people testing positive for the virus.

South Africa's surge in Covid-19 cases following the emergence of the omicron variant hasn't overwhelmed hospitals so far, prompting some cautious optimism that the new strain may cause mostly mild illness.

Initial data from a major hospital complex in South Africa's omicron epicenter show that while Covid-19 case numbers have surged, patients need less medical intervention.

World Health Organization officials met on Thursday to discuss a new coronavirus variant circulating in South Africa and Botswana.

In a field starved for options, demand is exceeding supply for Wegovy, a weekly injection launched in June that dampens patients' appetite and helps them to lose about 15 per cent of their body weight.

The UK government is facing a rising backlash over its refusal to recognize visitors as vaccinated unless they received their shots in a handful of select countries.

An interval of eight to 10 weeks between doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE boosts the effectiveness of the two-shot regimen compared with a shorter interval, a U.K. study found.