next variant of concern will most likely be more transmissible as compared to Omicron because it will have to overtake the strains that are currently circulating, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of the World Health Organisation (WHO), on Sunday.

In addition to this, she warned that future variants may also have a greater ability for immune escape, meaning the vaccines will not be as effective against them. “We do not want to be in that situation.

So, we want to make sure that we reduce the spread," she said. “We expect that with the right interventions, the circulation of Covid-19 will be low.

But even within those circulations, there will be flare-ups among people who are not protected by the vaccine or those who have waning immunity," added Kerkhove.

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Man dies after being shot 14 times in East Germantown, police say

Philadelphia police are investigating the fatal shooting on Sunday evening. PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia are investigating a fatal shooting in East Germantown Sunday evening. According to police, officers responded to the 5900 block of North Norwood Street just before 6:00 p.m. Police say a 26-year-old was shot 14times throughout his body. He was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m.No arrests have been made in the case, according to police. This fatal shooting is the eighth in a violent weekend across Philadelphia. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Toronto celebrates 188th birthday

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Mexico's top soccer league suspends matches after massive brawl

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Netflix, TikTok block services in Russia amid media crackdown

Russia’s war in Ukraine.TikTok said Russian users of the popular social media app would no longer be able to post new videos or livestreams and they also wouldn’t be able to see videos shared from elsewhere in the world.Netflix said it was suspending its service in Russia but didn’t provide additional details.RELATED: Russian attacks halt planned civilian evacuations in Ukraine for 2nd time, official saysThe actions are likely to further isolate the country and its people after a growing number of multinational businesses have cut off Russia from vital financial services and technology products in response to Western economic sanctions and global outrage over the invasion of Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on the war, blocking Facebook and Twitter and signing into law a bill that criminalizes the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be "fake" reports."In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend livestreaming and new content to our video service while we review the safety implications of this law," TikTok said Sunday in a statement on Twitter. "Our in-app messaging service will not be affected."Ukrainian refugees fleeing to Medyka, Poland, were greeted with live music, as a man played the piano near the border crossing on March 4.

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Taron Egerton Shares Health Update After Passing Out During First Performance of His Play, 'Cock'

Taron Egerton is «completely fine» after passing out during his first performance of his new play, , at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on Saturday night.The 32-year-old actor took to his Instagram Story to address the incident, sharing they he'd be back in action for Sunday night's show.«As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night,» he began. «I am completely fine.

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‘Everyone is doing what they need to do’: Ambassador to Ukraine

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Putin miscalculated if he thinks West will move on after Ukraine invasion: ambassador

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a “miscalculation” if he thinks the West will move on from his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, says Canada’s ambassador to the sovereign democracy.In an interview with The West Block guest host Eric Sorenson, Larisa Galadza spoke from Poland where the ambassador and Canada’s diplomatic staff are operating amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Galadza and the Canadian embassy staff had been based in Kyiv before relocating to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv as the invasion began, and subsequently left the country for Poland.“It’s like a sea of humanity. It’s people standing in lineups, many of them on foot, but a lot of them are still in cars coming over the border,” Galadza said in describing Ukrainians fleeing their country.She said any assumptions on the part of Putin that the West will move on or get over his invasion of Ukraine is just “another miscalculation.”“It’s not the first miscalculation, I think, that Russia has made,” she added.“The response that we’re seeing from our like-minded governments, the response that we’re seeing from Ukrainians themselves, is unprecedented.”Some 1.2 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee as a result of the first land war on the European continent since the Second World War.

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Broadway to maintain COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandate through April

many COVID-19 mandates starting Monday.“Our current guidance is through April 30, and we are scheduled to update that guidance on April 1,” Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin said in a statement.

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Woman, teen and child stabbed in Mayfair, authorities say

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Robert Pattinson Reveals How 'Batman' Crew Reacted to His COVID Diagnosis

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Soccer players Kljestan, Hegardt swap jerseys 12 years after hospital visit wish

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In 2-day spree, 61K users book Airbnb stays in Ukraine with no plans to go

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Ontario reports 684 in hospital with COVID-19, 247 in intensive care

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Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia over war in Ukraine

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'Covid isn't finished with us' - WHO seeks global cooperation

The World Health Organization has called for enhanced global collaboration to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries and high-income countries should provide financial support to help global efforts against the raging pandemic.

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COVID-19: WHO urges caution after Denmark the latest country to drop all restrictions

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