The Global Platform is continuing to keep an eye on COVID-19 vaccine coverage data for different age groups. For many countries, this information is not made public. For the Philippines it is.
In the wake of the rapid global spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, it is understandable that people of all ages are anxious to protect themselves as much as possible.
On 21 December 2021, South Africa’s National Institute for Infectious Diseases published new data on Omicron. The data are able to differentiate between cases that are almost certainly Omicron variant (S-gene target failure) and those related to other variants (essentially Delta).
Este artículo se basa en el último informe técnico global de la OMS sobre Omicron, con fecha el 17 de diciembre de 2021.
This piece draws on the latest WHO Global Omicron Technical Brief, dated 17 December 2021.
The six month gap is too long. It should be reduced to four.
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