![]() ![]() ![]() The CDC said that the rate of such incidents is higher than previously estimated, both in women and men.Īt least nine people have died following the blood clotting incidents in the United States, the CDC has said. The highest reporting rates are in women under 50. The regulator still needs to sign off on the guidance.Ĭases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), which involves blood clots accompanied by a low level of platelets, have previously been reported in recipients of the J&J vaccine. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization voted unanimously to make the recommendation. 21.05 GMT CDC panel votes to recommend mRNA Covid vaccines over J&J'sĪ panel of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have voted to recommend Americans choose to receive one of the other two authorised Covid vaccines over Johnson & Johnson’s shot, due to rare but sometimes fatal cases of blood clotting. She expects an Omicron wave to peak in late January and then come down sometime in February. “I suspect that those numbers are going to shoot up dramatically in the next couple of weeks,” said Céline Gounder, infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at New York University and Bellevue Hospital, on Wednesday. ![]() The variant is expected to continue rising rapidly, based on the experiences of other countries and could be dominant within weeks. The Omicron variant accounted for nearly 3% of Covid cases in the US as of Saturday – up from only 0.4% the week before, according to data from the CDC. US president Joe Biden says the unvaccinated face “a winter of severe illness and death”Īfter receiving a briefing on the pandemic from advisers, Biden said the Omicron variant is “now spreading and it’s going to increase”.īiden urged Americans to get vaccinated and get their boosters as soon as possibl, saying.įor the unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death.”Ī wave of new Omicron cases is beginning to surge in America and could peak as early as January, the Centers for Disease Controls (CDC) has warned, as states are scrambling to prepare for overloaded hospitals. ![]() 23.41 GMT Biden warns of a ‘winter of severe illness and death’ for unvaccinated UK prime minister Boris Johnson attended a pizza party in No 10 Downing Street during the May 2020 lockdown, a joint investigation by the Guardian and Independent reported.The Welsh government will bring in new restrictions including closing nightclubs and imposing a 2-metre social distancing rule in offices from 27 December.New Zealand detected its first case of Omicron in an isolation facility.Israel says it is donating 1m Covid vaccines to the UN-backed COVAX program to reach African countries.Travel to and from the UK without “compelling reasons” – which does not include travel or business – will be banned. France is banning British tourists from Saturday amid concern over Omicron cases in the UK.Sweden is to end vaccine pass exemption for its Nordic neighbours.Indonesia is urging people not to travel abroad after the country detected its first Omicron case.The R number for Omicron in the UK is estimated to be between 3 and 5, Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical advisor at the UK Health and Security Agency, said.In the UK Queen Elizabeth II has cancelled plans for a pre-Christmas family lunch.Poland reported its first case of the Omicron variant.Germany’s health minister Karl Lauterbac warned the country is lacking millions of Covid vaccine doses, imperilling the country’s defence against the highly-mutated Omicron strain.Italy reported its highest Covid case rate since 12 March, with 26,109 cases, jumping 90% on three weeks ago.England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty told MPs hospital admissions could peak above levels seen last winter, before the vaccine roll-out, given Omicron’s infectiousness.Independent SAGE said it’s urging a circuit-breaker lockdown until 24 December. The UK recorded its highest tally of lab-confirmed Covid cases since the pandemic began – for the second day running – with almost 90,000 new infections.Denmark broke its daily Covid record for the fourth day running, warning new restrictions were on the horizon.The European Commission says it has struck a deal with US pharmaceutical company Moderna to speed up delivery of its Covid vaccine, particularly with a view to supplying Germany with 10 million doses in December.The panel cited the risk of rare but sometimes fatal cases of blood clotting as well as a lower level of effectiveness against Covid in the J&J shot. CDC advisers recommend Pfizer and Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson.There’s been a flurry of new developments over the past 24 hours so here is a snapshot of the key stories. ![]()
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