South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths on the African continent, with over 3.9 million confirmed infections and more than 101,000 deaths
Linda Thomas-Greenfield has mild symptoms
Overall, 1 in 13 US adults have long COVID symptoms lasting for three months or more after first contracting the disease, census data show
COVAX, the World Health Organization-led scheme, wants between 400 and 600 million fewer vaccines doses than initially contracted from six pharmaceutical companies, according to internal documents seen by Reuters
In new results from a clinical study, the company said that the booster did well against BA.4 and BA.5, Omicron's latest subvariants that are becoming dominant
Rollout of shots begins for children ages 6 months to 4 years
Mass testing appears set to stay as Chinese authorities insist zero-COVID has allowed the world's most populous nation to avoid a public health catastrophe
Children 6 months to 5 years old can get vaccines for the first time
It wasn't clear how many workers would be affected and a timeline for returning to work was not disclosed
Sullivan typically has frequent contact with President Joe Biden but last was in contact with the president earlier in the week, according to a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity
Children as young as 6 months can get the vaccine
South Africa haiils WTO agreement to allow developing countries to start producing their own COVID vaccines following a near two-year battle
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