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Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine-or-test mandate for large businesses 22 minutes ago. Of those infected some are currently being treated at home. Coetzee emphasized that all of her patients had been healthy, and expressed worry that elderly or unvaccinated patients could be hit by the omicron much harder —especially those with comorbidities such as diabetes or heart disease.

There have been no confirmed cases of the new variant in the United States yet, but officials believe it may already be here. Two cases have been confirmed in the United Kingdom, which joined the US and European Union in issuing travel restrictions. China and South Korea face rising number of new Covid cases, critically ill patients.

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The World Health Organization announced Friday it has designated the newly identified coronavirus variant, B. It appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of South Africa and scientists are concerned its unusually high number of mutations could make it more transmissible and result in immune evasion. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said there is a "high to very high" risk the new variant will spread in Europe. Read More. The advisers recommended WHO designate the variant as "of concern," referencing the variant's large number of mutations, the possibility of increased risk of reinfection and other evidence.

Reinfection from Covid is rare, severe disease is even rarer, a study of people in Qatar finds. WHO called on countries to enhance their surveillance and sequencing efforts to better understand coronavirus variants.

South African officials initially said there was one confirmed case in a traveler from South Africa to Hong Kong. Then Hong Kong health authorities on Friday identified a second case of the B. Also on Friday, the Belgian government said one individual who had recently arrived from abroad, and was not vaccinated, had tested positive for the new variant, marking the first case in Europe.