Omicron: Don’t panic but prepare for likely spread, says WHO

HERALDING SOUTH Africa’s and Botswana’s decision to report the appearance of the Omicron coronavirus mutation last month, the UN health agency repeated that it will take another two weeks before more is known about how transmissible and how dangerous it actually is.

New antiviral drug Codivir shows promising effect vs. Covid-19

CODE PHARMA, a Dutch pharmaceutical company, is developing a direct antiviral drug against Covid-19 following the successful completion of a phase I study and the company said it is now initiating a phase II double-blind controlled study in Spain, Brazil, South Africa, and Israel.