COVID-19
Europe
Omicron to Become More Dominant than Delta “Within Days” in Europe
European leaders issued warnings on Friday that the Omicron variant will likely become the dominant strain of Covid-19 in less than a week.
"We expect it to overtake Delta within days, not weeks," First minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon told...
Greece
Covid-19: Over 100 Deaths Recorded in Greece Friday
A total of 103 people with Covid-19 passed away in Greece on Friday alone, compared to the 81 people who died with the virus in the country on Thursday.
Greece recorded a total of 5,087 cases of Covid-19 on Friday,...
Education
Omicron: 10-15 Days Needed to Draw Conclusions, Greek Expert Says
It is early to draw safe conclusions on the omicron variant; we have to wait another 10 to 15 days before that, Greek expert Elias Mosialos said
Medicine
Pfizer CEO Bourla Says Fourth Dose May Come Sooner Than Expected
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC on Thursday that we may need a fourth vaccine dose "faster" in order to combat the omicron variant of Covid-19.
Bourla had previously said that he anticipated the fourth shot to only be necessary...
Medicine
This is How the Omicron Strain Looks Under a Microscope
Researchers at the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong published the first microscopic images of the new omicron variant of Covid-19 on Wednesday.
The team, which is comprised of medical scientists like pathologists and virologists, isolated an...
Crime
British Woman with “Covid Antidote” Arrested in Greece
A British national, heading an establishment called the "Ministry of Remedies," offering what she told people were Covid-19 antidotes in Arachova, Greece was arrested on Wednesday.
The woman's purported "Ministry of Remedies" offers the public a so-called Covid-19 antidote. The...
Health
Pfizer Says Three Shots Neutralize Omicron Variant
Officials from Pfizer and BioNTech, the firms that produced the very first coronavirus vaccine, said that three inoculations of their product "neutralized" the omicron variant in new laboratory tests.
They then announced that they could deliver a reformulated vaccine in...
Medicine
Study Shows Omicron Variant Partially Evades Vaccine’s Protection
Researchers studying the effects of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine on the Omicron variant announced on Tuesday that the variant is partially capable of evading the vaccine's protection.
The team, which has been working in South Africa since the discovery of the...
Greek News
New York City Will Implement New Vaccine Mandate by December 27
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced on Monday that the city will be implementing a new Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
The mandate, which will affect nearly 200,000 businesses, addresses the newly vaccinated population of children ages 5-11.
Children between those...
Europe
Twitter Most Resistant to Conspiracy Theories, Study Shows
Twitter is the most resistant to conspiracy theories among all social media platforms in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows