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‘The Obama variant’: VIDEO of maskless former president at ‘scaled-back’ birthday bash causes outrage

Obama is the latest Democrat to be accused of hypocrisy for seemingly breaking the very pandemic-era guidance he has promoted…

3 years ago

‘Doesn’t change our GAME PLAN’: WHO says no evidence ‘faster & fitter’ Delta variant has higher mortality or vax resistance

The Delta variant of the coronavirus may be more transmissible than previous variants, but the World Health Organisation (WHO) doesn’t…

3 years ago

Moscow Mutation? Siberian Strain? WHO puts Covid-19 variant first discovered in Russia on special list for ‘extra monitoring’

The strain was first detected in January this year, but it has only now been deemed severe enough to be…

3 years ago

More contagious Delta coronavirus variant becomes dominant in Germany for 1st time

The more contagious Delta strain, previously known as the Indian variant, makes up 59% of new cases recorded in Germany,…

3 years ago

Delta has now become the dominant variant in US Covid cases, says the CDC

Cases of the Delta variant outnumbered cases of the alpha variant for the first time for the two-week period ending…

3 years ago

Pfizer vaccine losing effectiveness amid Delta variant surge, Israeli Health Ministry says as it mulls 3rd shot & new restrictions

The vaccine fell to 64% effectiveness in preventing symptomatic infection over the last month, the Health Ministry reported on Monday,…

3 years ago

Iran will be swept by FIFTH wave of Covid if authorities don’t fight Delta variant – President Rouhani

“It is feared that we are on the way to a fifth wave throughout the country,” Rouhani said at a…

3 years ago

Ex-CDC boss roasted for calling Delta variant a ‘heat-seeking missile’ for unvaxxed as Israel says HALF of infected had Covid jab

“As Delta spreads rapidly, it’s acting like a heat-seeking missile targeting those who haven’t yet been vaccinated,” said Frieden, who…

3 years ago

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 jab less specific to Delta variant, but still offers better protection than other vaccines – makers

Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Denis Logunov, the deputy director of the Gamaleya Institute that developed the jab, warned that…

3 years ago

Hammered by infectious new Delta variant, Russia is now finding it has to get deadly serious about Covid-19 vaccine reluctance

For months, the country had seen the official tally of Covid-19 cases decline from its all-time peak in December and…

3 years ago