The latest outbreak killed 55 of the 143 people infected since September, according to health ministry figures. Six of the fatalities were health workers.
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance climbed from 75% in 2021 to 79% in 2022 in 23 countries representing nearly 60% of the global population, finds a survey published yesterday in Nature Medicine.
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In eight countries, however, vaccine hesitancy increased (range, 1.0% in the United Kingdom to 21.1% in South Africa). And nearly 1 in 8 of all respondents (12.1%), particularly those aged 18 to 29 years, said they were hesitant to receive a booster dose (range, 1.1% in China to 28.9% in Russia).
Confirmed COVID-19 cases are currently nowhere near where they were during the last two winters in the U.S., but they are expected to rise. The current numbers reported are also believed to be lower than they actually are since more people are testing at home.
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