Nearly 10,000 service members requested religious waiver for COVID vaccine

Nearly 10,000 U.S. military personnel have applied for religious waivers to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine but so far not a single one has been approved, publicly available Pentagon data show. This potentially paves the way for thousands of service members…

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Dutch Detain COVID Quarantine Escapees Amid Airport Chaos

Dutch police say they have detained a couple who escaped from a COVID quarantine hotel amid criticism about how the Netherlands treats suspected coronavirus infected people.

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EU, US Ban Travel From Southern Africa Amid New COVID Variant Fears

The United States joined the European Union Friday in imposing travel restrictions on visitors from southern Africa after discovering a new COVID variant.

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COVID survivors with natural immunity at low risk for reinfection or severe symptoms, study finds

Patients who survived COVID-19 have such strong natural immunity that their chance of reinfection or serious side effects is minimal, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Israel barring tourists, renewing travel quarantine rules to contain Omicron variant

The high-level coronavirus cabinet on Saturday night approved fresh restrictions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, with ministers voting to ban non-citizens from entering the country for two weeks.

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WHO Calls New Coronavirus Strain ‘Variant of Concern’ And Names It Omicron

The United Nations health body said Friday the new coronavirus variant is “a variant of concern” and named it Omicron.

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