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The Health Ministry <\/strong>reported<\/a><\/strong> 822 new covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, up from 799 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 370,819 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 51 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 370,819.<\/p>\n

WHO warns of \u201chigh global risk\u201d from Omicron:<\/strong> Evidence suggests that Omicron is able to override vaccine protection, meaning the new variant poses a very high global risk, the World Health Organization said in a technical briefing (pdf)<\/a>. There are still many uncertainties about how virulent the variant is compared to Delta and just how much it affects vaccine efficacy, the WHO said.<\/p>\n

More updates on Pfizer jab efficacy:<\/strong> The two-dose Pfizer shot provides just 33% protection against contracting the Omicron variant, compared to 80% efficacy with previous waves of covid-19, according to South Africa's largest private health ins. administrator, Discovery Health<\/a>. The data also found that those who have previously been infected with covid are at a higher risk of contracting Omicron and preliminary data showed that children have a 20% higher risk of hospitalization.<\/p>\n

But there is a chance that the company\u2019s oral pill works:<\/strong> Preliminary data in trials conducted by Pfizer suggests that its experimental oral pill showed \u201cpotential to maintain robust antiviral activity against Omicron,\u201d the company said<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Health Ministry reported 822 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 799 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 370,819 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 51 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 370,819. WHO warns of \u201chigh global risk\u201d from Omicron: Evidence suggests that Omicron is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9250],"tags":[107,72,146,113,406],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-553992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-watch","tag-covid-19","tag-enterpriseam","tag-pfizer","tag-vaccines","tag-world-health-organization","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"f4ad7438-93d1-45db-856f-757b89c2ed43","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[553967],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nOmicron poses a \u201cvery high\u201d global risk, WHO says - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/15\/omicron-poses-a-very-high-global-risk-who-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Omicron poses a \u201cvery high\u201d global risk, WHO says\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Health Ministry reported 822 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 799 the day before. 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