Virus

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett instructs to prepare for an extensive operation to administer the 4th COVID-19 vaccination to the elderly and medical personnel in Israel:
"This is wonderful news that will assist us in getting through the Omicron wave that is engulfing the world."

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 21, 2021

MNE wrote:

MNE wrote:
12.52
10.48
9.74
10.22
14.95
10.11
10.6

11.23% prosjek, pad za 15%

9.51
12.1
10.24
8.5
9.47
10.83
8.99

9.94% prosjek, pad za 10%, čekajući omikron...

Cousin Billy wrote:Danas praktično nemamo pad broja registrovanih infekcija (jedna manje nego juče)....Mislim da je klatno sad na sredini i da ćemo za nedelju do deset dana biti jako iznenađeni i šokirani razvojem koji niko, osim WHO, CDC na oba kontinenta, vlada UK, Nemačke, Izraela i SAD, potom veterana epidemiologije i kliničara koji se već četiri semestra bave samo koronom, nije mogao da predvidi.

China orders 13 mln Xi’an residents to stay home over COVID-19 outbreak: Officials

The northern Chinese city of Xi’an ordered all 13 million residents to stay home in a strict lockdown Wednesday, while dramatically tightening travel controls to fight a growing Covid-19 outbreak.
With Beijing preparing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in February, China is on high alert as it fights local outbreaks in several cities.
Xi’an reported 52 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 143 since December 9.
From midnight on Thursday, all households may only “send one household member outside once every two days to purchase necessities,” with all others ordered to remain indoors except for emergencies, the city government said in a statement on its official Weibo social media account.
Residents “should not leave the city unless necessary,” the government said, adding that those seeking to leave would have to provide evidence of “special circumstances” and apply for approval.
The orders came a day after the city began testing all of its 13 million residents.
Long-distance bus stations were closed and authorities have set up disease control checkpoints on highways out of Xi’an, government notices said.
More than 85 percent of flights to and from the city’s main airport have been grounded, according to flight tracker VariFlight.
Inside the city, passenger capacity has been slashed on buses and trains, and schools closed.
All “non-essential” businesses and public facilities aside from supermarkets, convenience stores and medical institutions have been ordered to close, while the local government has urged employers to allow people to work from home, CCTV reported.
Large-scale meetings including activities in outdoor parks have been suspended, while the museum housing the world-famous Terracotta Army -- the 2,000-year-old mausoleum of China’s first emperor -- has shut until further notice.
China -- where the coronavirus was first detected -- has slowed new cases to a trickle since the middle of last year through a zero-Covid strategy involving tight border restrictions, targeted lockdowns and lengthy quarantines.
Even a single case can lead to a swift imposition of curbs.
The southern city of Dongxing on Tuesday ordered its 200,000 residents to isolate at home after an infection was detected.

UK reports more than 100,000 daily Covid cases for the first time since mass-testing began during the pandemic https://t.co/R52zFj81pb

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 22, 2021

3. ~70% reduction in hosp/infection rate if case is a reinfection vs. a primary case.
4. 1,2 and 3 unadjusted for vaxxed status. Adjusting for vax - hazard rate for Omi same as Delta for mRNA, reduced for AZ (basically offsetting the greater decrease in infection protection!)..2/

— Ritwik Priya (@ritwik_priya) December 22, 2021

..which means relative to Delta, *net VE* against hospitalisation is likely reduced (higher OR, flat HR for 2d; higher HR flat IR for boosted).
*Very* thin samples of hospitalisations by vax status, so still hoping either of both of those things improve as more data comes.

4/end

— Ritwik Priya (@ritwik_priya) December 22, 2021

Who is dying of #Omicron on SA?
Waasila Jassat, @nicd_sa:
1. 87% = unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated
2. 13% = fully vaccinated pic.twitter.com/focMyzjnqo

— Mia Malan (@miamalan) December 22, 2021

Nova varijanta korona virusa omikron potvrđena je danas u Srbiji, potvrdila je za "Blic" profesorka Tanja Jovanović.