{"id":554214,"date":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/23\/fewer-hospitalizations-from-omicron\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","slug":"fewer-hospitalizations-from-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/23\/fewer-hospitalizations-from-omicron\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer hospitalizations from omicron?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Health Ministry <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/233014842343071\">reported<\/a><\/strong><strong> 879 new covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, up from 848 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 377,960 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 43 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 21,500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First at-home pill approved for use in the US: <\/strong>The FDA authorized Pfizer\u2019s at-home pill, Paxlovid, for covid-19 patients aged 12+ who are vulnerable to becoming severely ill, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/22\/health\/pfizer-covid-pill-fda-paxlovid.html\">New York Times<\/a> reports. The pill was recently proven to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/omicron-coronavirus-variant.html\">effective<\/a> against the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There may be good news on the omicron front out of South Africa<\/strong> where a new study has suggested that the variant is 80% less likely to result in hospitalization compared to other strains, reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-22\/omicron-has-80-lower-risk-of-hospitalization-new-study-shows?srnd=premium-middle-east&sref=mmeFTDW1\">Bloomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/europe\/omicrons-march-revives-urgent-global-calls-vaccinations-2021-12-22\/\">Reuters<\/a>. The research was inconclusive on whether the lower hospitalization rate is because of higher population immunity or whether the strain is milder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Ministry reported 879 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 848 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 377,960 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 43 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 21,500. 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