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Australia to sizzle and cop storms on final weekend before Christmas
It's set to get hot and hotter across many parts of the country this weekend.
And the soaring temperatures are also set to spark storms across multiple states.
On Saturday, a trough will send hot, dry, gusty winds across Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, raising dust and fire danger.
Troughs will maintain heat in Australia's centre and north, triggering storms in the Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW and Victoria.
The trough will also reach southern NSW during Saturday. As it does, it will start to interact with low-level humidity built up after days of easterly winds.
This could potentially trigger severe thunderstorms in southeast NSW and eastern Victoria.
Meanwhile fronts will bring a cooler change to Western Australia's southwest, South Australia and later, Victoria and Tasmania.
By Sunday, troughs will merge, causing moisture to increase, and showers and storms to become more widespread across Victoria, NSW, central Australia and the tropics.
A front will bring strong winds and showers to Tasmania as well as southern Victoria and a few showers to southeastern SA. While a high will clear southern WA.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts areas of low to extreme heatwave conditions for northern WA, with Broome and its surrounds set to experience the hottest conditions.
There are also areas of low to severe heatwave conditions forecast for southeastern WA, NT, western Queensland and Cape York extending into western and northeastern SA.
An area of low intensity heatwave extends into northwestern NSW.
And both the heat and storms are set to stick around in the lead up to Christmas Day, with early modelling showing a hot air mass building over Australia at the start of next week.
It's going to be a quintessentially hot and sweaty Christmas in some parts of the country, according to Weatherzone.
While large areas of Australia were kept unusually cool during November by frequent spells of cloud and rain, December has been noticeably clearer and drier for much of the country.
Temperatures will gradually climb in Adelaide throughout the week with the city possibly seeing the mercury hitting 36-37C on Christmas Day, which would make it the city's hottest Christmas in three years and one of its five hottest Christmas Days in the last 35 years.
WA and Victoria are both shaping up to be warm on Christmas Day, with temperatures possibly reaching the low-thirties in Perth and Melbourne, while reaching the high-thirties in Victoria's northwest.
Australia's eastern capital cities look like they will escape a hot Christmas this year, with onshore winds likely to limit daytime heating and increase the likelihood of showers.
At this stage, Hobart will most likely be dry and reach the mid-twenties on Christmas Day, while Darwin has a chance of rain and thunderstorms.
– Reported with Weatherzone and Australian Bureau of Meteorology
What Can the World Learn from Countries Where Omicron is Surging?
London (CNN) South Africa, the United Kingdom and Denmark are three of the countries where the Omicron variant is now surging, less than a month after it was first detected.
The UK is seeking to vaccinate itself out of the crisis, with an accelerated campaign to give a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to all eligible adults by the end of December.
In South Africa, meanwhile, researchers say early data suggests Omicron causes milder symptoms — but it’s still unclear how much of a role immunity from vaccination or previous infection plays.
Denmark is mulling new restrictions in an attempt to control a spike of new cases.
So what can other countries learn from their experience?
It’s too late to keep Omicron out
Despite many nations imposing a slew of travel restrictions, the variant has spread quickly around the globe.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing Tuesday that 77 countries have now reported cases of Omicron, and “the reality is that Omicron is probably in most countries, even if it hasn’t been detected yet.”
“Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant,” Tedros said. “We’re concerned that people are dismissing Omicron as mild. Surely, we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril.”
He added that even if Omicron does cause milder disease, “the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared health systems.”
The UK government removed 11 countries, all in southern Africa, from its “red list” on Tuesday in light of the spread of the Omicron variant within its own borders, meaning hotel quarantine is no longer required for visitors from those destinations.
The variant has already been detected in 36 US states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
“I imagine Omicron will be everywhere soon,” Michael Head, a senior research fellow in global health at England’s University of Southampton, told CNN. “And there’ll be a lot of Omicron around that most countries haven’t detected yet, in part because testing systems and genomic capacities may be limited.”
It may not take long for Omicron to become the dominant strain
The first two cases of the Omicron variant were detected in the UK on November 27. By Tuesday, it had overtaken Delta as the dominant Covid-19 strain in London, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
“Now, more than ever, getting your first, second dose or booster as soon as possible is vital. Please don’t leave it to chance,” London’s regional director for public health Kevin Fenton tweeted.
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said Tuesday that Omicron cases were doubling around every two days in the country, adding that “the growth in Omicron cases here in the UK is now mirroring the rapid increase that we are seeing in South Africa.”
By Thursday, the UK had reported 88,376 new coronavirus cases, according to government data — the highest daily number since the pandemic began. South Africa also recorded its highest ever number of daily cases Wednesday.
Denmark’s Statens Serum Institute (SSI) said Omicron was expected to become the dominant coronavirus variant this week. Almost 10,000 cases of infection were confirmed in the country in the last 24 hours, the SSI said Thursday.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredricksen said that cases were “very, very high” and that she had “no doubt that new measures will be needed to break the chains of infection.”
People line up for booster shots outside a vaccination center at London’s St. Thomas Hospital on December 15, 2021.
Meanwhile, the head of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told lawmakers in Brussels that the Omicron coronavirus variant was set to become the dominant variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January.
In its latest risk assessment, published Wednesday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warned that there was a “very high” risk that the variant would spread further in the region, adding that it “is considered very likely to cause additional hospitalizations and fatalities,” beyond those already forecast from the Delta variant.
In the United States, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Tuesday that Omicron would become the dominant coronavirus variant in the country “for sure” given its doubling time.
But, Fauci said, it’s not yet clear what that will mean for levels of severe disease.
On its website, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates that Omicron makes up 2.9% of circulating virus, versus Delta’s 96.8%, as of the week ending December 11.
Too early to know if Omicron infection is milder
Data from South Africa is being scrutinized for clues as to how Omicron’s spread could play out elsewhere.
South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has struck a cautiously optimistic tone. “Although the data are still being gathered, the evidence suggests that the current wave may be milder,” the agency said.
A study released Tuesday by Discovery Health — a large health insurance company in South Africa covering 3.7 million people — found that vaccines provide less protection against the new strain, but gave indications that Omicron causes milder symptoms than previous variants.
Two doses of the Pfizer vaccine were 33% protective against infection overall but 70% effective in preventing severe complications, including hospitalization, the researchers said.
Meanwhile, the risk of ending up in the hospital from Covid-19 was 29% lower for Omicron infections in adults, compared with the original strain, the study estimated.
A resident registers her details at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in the Milnerton district of Cape Town, South Africa, on December 2.
But others are less confident. England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warned that UK daily Covid-19 case records “will be broken a lot over the next few weeks as the rates continue to go up,” and that this will translate into “big numbers” needing hospital treatment in the coming weeks.
“I want to be clear: I’m afraid this is going to be a problem,” Whitty said Wednesday. “(The) exact proportions of it, of course, South African scientists and UK scientists and scientists globally are trying to determine at the moment.”
More real-time data is urgently needed before scientists can start to evaluate the severity of Omicron infection in other populations, Head said.
In the UK, scientists will be looking at the impact of the variant on a population where 89% of the population aged 12 and over has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and 44% of those aged 12 and over have had two doses and a booster, according to government figures. But the picture is very different elsewhere.
“In a lot of countries around the world there will be people who are unvaccinated or with one dose; across sub-Saharan Africa most people have not yet had two doses,” Head said. “So we need to look a little bit about whether there’s any protection, some protection … in those populations too.”
In South Africa, it’s possible that people already have some immunity to the virus — either through vaccination, previous infection or both — and that’s protecting them, according to Richard Friedland, CEO of the private hospital network Netcare. Multiple studies have shown that people who are naturally infected and then vaccinated have very strong immunity. South Africa’s population is also generally younger.
Vaccinations alone won’t slow Omicron
Health experts recommend that as Omicron spreads, countries continue to deploy the non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that are already known to reduce transmission of airborne viruses, such as social distancing and improved ventilation indoors.
“Countries can and must prevent the spread of Omicron with measures that work today,” said Tedros, the WHO chief. “It’s not vaccines instead of masks. It’s not vaccines instead of distancing. It’s not vaccines instead of ventilation or hand hygiene. Do it all. Do it consistently. Do it well.”
Faced with what Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as an incoming “tidal wave” of Omicron infections, the UK government decided to “turbocharge” its campaign to administer booster jabs.
Johnson’s office cited data suggesting that “vaccine efficacy against symptomatic infection is substantially reduced against Omicron with just two doses, but a third dose boosts protection back up to over 70%.”
However, the UK Parliament also approved the introduction of Covid passes, that show proof of vaccination or a recent negative Covid test, for entry to nightclubs and large venues, despite a major rebellion within Johnson’s own party. Lawmakers also passed measures including mandatory mask-wearing in most indoor spaces.
South Africa’s Minister of Health Joe Phaahla called Thursday for “responsible behavior and stronger compliance” with Covid-19 restrictions to prevent a possible surge of cases linked to the holiday season, a ministry news release said.
Head said it was important to continue mitigation measures while ensuring that populations around the world, including poorer nations, get access to three doses of Covid-19 vaccines as fast as possible — which could still take another 12 to 24 months, he cautioned.
Demand for vaccines and testing may rise
The rise of the Omicron variant may encourage more people to get a booster — and cause a spike in demand for Covid-19 tests.
As the UK threw open its booster program this week to all eligible adults, the NHS (National Health Service) website crashed due to demand for booster appointments, lateral flow test kits were no longer available online and long lines formed at vaccination walk-in centers. The UK Health Security Agency said Wednesday it was doubling the number of home testing kits it was sending out.
Denmark’s SSI also reported Tuesday that the country’s Covid-19 testing system was under pressure as infection rates rise.
Demand for vaccines in South Africa has not jumped since Omicron emerged. But South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, has urged his fellow citizens to get the shot. “Do everything you can and need to, to stay safe, beginning with vaccination,” he tweeted. Ramaphosa has been forced to delay his booster shot, his office said.
Despite surging cases, we may not see more lockdowns
There has been little talk of new lockdowns so far, despite concern over the rapid spread of Omicron.
Speaking during a visit to a vaccination center in Ramsgate, southern England, the UK Prime Minister said that rather than “locking stuff down,” the government is asking people to “be cautious” and “think about their activities in the run-up to Christmas.”
Johnson, who has faced a scandal over alleged Downing Street office parties in breach of restrictions last winter, added: “This is very different from last year because what we have is the additional protection of the vaccines and the ability to test.”
“I think scientifically at the minute there is a very strong argument for more interventions in place, but politically that’s less acceptable,” said Head.
However, countries “should be realistic that they may need lockdowns at some point,” he said — whether with this variant or a future one — as a lockdown “is a useful tool of last resort.”
Countries are still drawing on a range of other measures to try to curb the spread of the Omicron and Delta variants. For example, Norway brought in a ban on the serving of alcohol in restaurants and bars this week, in addition to imposing more restrictions in schools and speeding up its vaccination campaign.
But there also appears to be some degree of acceptance that people will have to learn to “live with” the new variant, especially where Covid-19 vaccination rates are high.
In Australia’s New South Wales state — where 93.3% of people aged 16 and over have been fully vaccinated — restrictions are being eased this week despite Omicron cases being detected.
“The virus is here, Omicron is in Australia and we are going to live with the virus and not let it drag us back,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told 4BC radio.
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Salvation Army Lauds GG Seaton for Supporting Its Christmas Appeal Ministry
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — The Salvation Army Church in St. Kitts on Thursday December 16 started the distribution of 240 Christmas food hampers made available as a result of its Christmas Appeal Ministry this year, and thanked their donors, among them the Governor-General His Excellency Sir Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LLD.
“One of our regular donors, and the highest office in this land, is Sir Tapley Seaton, the Governor-General of this Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis,” announced Commanding Officer, Pastor Major Roxroy Campbell, at the food parcel-distribution function held in the church on Cayon Street in Basseterre
He added: “And so, from the top down to the last person in St. Kitts and Nevis, we have the blessing of the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, who reach out and say ‘yes’ to kindness, ‘yes’ to love, ‘yes’ to help others, and to help others in so many different ways.
According to Major Campbell, the church has an honorary advisory board that is headed by Mr Denzil Crooke. Over the years the board has been partnering with the Ministry of Social Services in the distribution of the food parcels beyond the outskirts of Basseterre to other areas on the island, and the arrangement continues this year.
The Salvation Army Church Ministry was started in 1904 in St. Kitts and while they have one church in Basseterre, they have seen the importance of going beyond St. Kitts and making distribution of food parcels in Nevis. They did it for five consecutive years with the Ministry of Social Services in the Nevis Island Administration but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was not done last year and will not be done this year
“Using this platform, I want to give wonderful deep and profound thanks to our leaders, starting with Sir Probyn Inniss who has gone before us, and the Governor-General Sir Tapley Seaton, who have given sacrificially over the years to support the ministry of the Salvation Army in our Christmas appeal,” said Major Campbell
“The list goes on to the average person on the street who says I am making a contribution in thanksgiving to God to the Christmas parcels,” he added. “This year we will be giving 240 parcels and these will be given out to the persons here in Basseterre, and the rest of the communities here in St. Kitts. I am sure you want to say thank you Jesus, thank you to the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, thanks to the love that is seen and shared in the lives of people.”
The Christmas appeal ministry was launched at the CIBC First Caribbean Bank in downtown Basseterre by the Circus. That has been the tradition from the days when it was known as Barclays Bank.
The Salvation Army Church has also seen the need to help people on the streets, and Sister Rosita Browne, Sister Dianne Hunkins, and Sister Mayretta Crosse and others worked together two Saturdays ago and did some lunches that were distributed around on the streets, in Basseterre and other areas.
“Over fifty cooked meals were delivered and we want to do this again, another Saturday, and as we go along to make this a part of our ministry because the Salvation Army has always been described as a church with its sleeves rolled up – the church with rolled-up sleeves,” said Pastor Major Campbell.
In the meantime, Major Marjorie Campbell said that this year the Salvation Army put out kettles at the doors of major supermarkets, Rams in Bird Rock, Valu Mart, and also a few days were spent at Best Buy in Camps. In Basseterre, they placed collection kettles in two locations which encouraged persons to look forward to Christmas.
“We want to say thanks to everyone who is listening to us today, who have contributed to the work of the Salvation Army through the kettles – the red pots, the red boxes – that were placed on the streets,” said Major (Mrs) Campbell. “We know we have the pandemic and the Covid is around, but praise God although we have that difficult time, we were still able to get contributions towards the work of the Salvation Army and as at this morning we have over 200 food parcels for distribution.”
Major Marjorie Campbell also explained that they had a mail appeal as well, which gave members of the business community the opportunity to participate by sending their contributions to the Salvation Army, and in that way the church was able to do the annual Christmas Appeal work.
“We want to say thanks and as I said in my prayer, those of us who are receiving I hope that we are thankful for the people who have contributed,” said Major (Mrs) Campbell in conclusion. “Whatever the contribution was, we say thanks to everyone who contributed to the Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive 2021, and we will be here again if God spares us in 2022. Thank you and God bless you.”
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NTA Official: Stakeholders Should Take Advantage of Benefits from Tourism Industry
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS– Mr. Devon Liburd, Director of Sales and Marketing at the Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA), is calling on vendors, taxi drivers and artisans to make their services available in order to reap the benefits of the tourism industry.
The NTA official’s appeal came as he gave an update on the 2021/2022 cruise and tourism seasons which run simultaneously from November to April each year.
“We are hoping that because of the changes in protocol, cruise passengers are now able to roam freely. So we should see a bit more persons walking through Charlestown visiting some of the shops, visiting some of the other attractions as oppose to just moving around in a bubble.
“So we are feeling very positive about the remainder of the season, and I want to encourage our taxi drivers, our vendors and other artisans to make themselves available so they can benefit from what will be happening in the cruise industry moving forward,” he said.
Liburd noted that the cruise season has been going well so far, despite some cancellations which he attributed to internal protocol issues faced by the cruise ships.
The largest vessel for the season, Azamara Quest with a capacity of 749 passengers, called on Nevis on December 14 after several hours of delay.
On Saturday December 18, 2021, the World Voyager is scheduled to make its inaugural call. The vessel will be the second of two inaugural calls to Nevis this season.
“Back in October we had World Navigator with us. World Voyager is a sister ship built in 2021 and they are going to be making their inaugural call on Saturday. Its capacity is just about 200 passengers but we are still grateful that they’ve decided to add Nevis on to their itinerary.
“World Voyager will be with us for two or three calls during the season so we look forward to having them,” Mr. Liburd said.
Meantime, commenting on the tourism season going forward, the NTA official explained that based on the projections of hoteliers and other stakeholders the remainder of the season looks bright.
“General feedback that we are getting from them is that the season is looking very favourable. We are getting the feedback that the holiday season looks very well moving into January, February, March. Persons are eager to travel. Persons are looking forward to capitalise on the relaxation of the protocols in St. Kitts and Nevis. So we expect the season, maybe not as high as what would have taken place prior to COVID, but we are headed in the correct direction.
“It is our hope that at the end of March/April we would look back and say it was a great season for us, and we’ll see things almost moving back to normal,” he said.
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ODI Tour of Pakistan Postponed After COVID Outbreak
West Indies have left Pakistan for the Caribbean after a COVID-19 outbreak in the camp forced the postponement of the One-Day International series set to bowl off Saturday in Karachi.
While the final Twenty20 International of the three-match series went ahead as planned on Thursday, the three-match ODI series has been shifted until next June, Cricket West Indies said in a statement.
The decision follows a morning meeting between the regional governing body and the Pakistan Cricket Board, in the wake of another batch of positive COVID tests among the West Indies touring party.
Four members – including three players – tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the start of the series last week and with Devon Thomas having picked up a finger injury in the first T20 International, West Indies found their ranks depleted.
“Taking into consideration both the teams’ welfare as well as limited resources in the West Indies side for the ODIs, it has been agreed that the series, which forms part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, will be postponed and rescheduled for early June 2022,” CWI said.
“This will provide the West Indies with an equal opportunity to field their best available players for the World Cup qualification matches.
“The West Indies team members, who returned negative results following Wednesday’s PCR and today’s Rapid Antigen tests, will depart from Pakistan after tonight’s match.”
A round of Rapid Antigen tests was carried out on Thursday morning as part of the PCB protocols and the remaining 21 members of the West Indies contingent – including 15 players – all returned negative results.
As a result, the decision was taken to go ahead with the third T20 International.
Batsman Shai Hope, left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and uncapped all-rounder Justin Greaves, all tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, along with assistant coach Roddy Estwick and team physician Dr Akshai Mansingh.
This followed similar positive tests for left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell, all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers, and a non-coaching member of the support staff last week, following the squad’s arrival in Pakistan.
The latest positive cases will now spend the next ten days in isolation and must return a negative test before they are released and allowed to fly home.
“Those who have tested positive will complete their isolation in Karachi before their travel arrangements are finalised to allow them to rejoin their families in time for Christmas celebrations,” CWI confirmed.
The tour was expected to wrap up December 22 but with the latest positive cases, it is unlikely some members currently in isolation will return to the Caribbean until after Christmas.
CMC
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Miss World Final Postponed After Several Contestants Test Covid-19 Positive
Miss World 2021 contest was slated to take place in Puerto Rico
By Web Desk
Miss World 2021 contest,taking place in Puerto Rico, has been postponed after several contestants contracted coronavirus. The announcement was made just a few hours before the finale.
In an official statement extended on Thursday the organisers announced, “Keeping in mind the rising Covid cases amongst the contestants, the Miss World Organisation has taken the decision to postpone the Miss World finale.”
“The finale will be rescheduled at Puerto Rico Coliseum Jose Miguel Agrelot within the next 90 days,” the press release added.
The contestants and staff members are currently in quarantine and will only be able to return their home countries ‘once and only when are cleared by health officials and advisors.’
Contestants including Malaysia’s Lavanya Sivaji, Miss World Indonesia Pricilia Carla Yules, Miss World India Manasa Varabasi and others have been tested positive for covid-19.
Miss India Organisation announced, “We were in great disbelief that she (Manasa Varanasi) might not be able to grace the world stage inspite of her immense hard work and dedication, however her safety is of utmost importance to us.”
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