NHS England has announced that eight temporary ‘Nightingale’ hospitals will begin housing patients to cope with spiking Omicron cases England’s medical service is opening temporary Covid “surge hubs” in a bid to provide extra hospital beds for infected individuals after the NHS’ medical director warned doctors are on a “war footing.” Eight locations will be […]
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South Africa’s hospitalization rate plunges amid Omicron wave
The South African health minister has offered some encouraging Covid news, suggesting that the Omicron variant is causing much fewer hospitalizations than previous strains of the virus, while it is far more contagious. Speaking on Friday, South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that the hospitalization rate during the current wave of infections, driven by […]


