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(CNN) Angelique Coetzee, president of the South African Medical Association, said Thursday that the number of cases of the new coronavirus in the country has begun to decline. South Africa is the first country in the world where a variant of the new coronavirus, the Omicron strain, has been confirmed.

Mr Coetzee told CNN: "The number of people infected is somewhat over the hill and is starting to decline slightly. In Gauteng, which was the epicentre of the outbreak, there has been a big drop in numbers," he said.
He pointed out that in other parts of South Africa the disease was still spreading because of the year-end holidays, but said: "If you look at our figures, the overall picture is declining.

He also said there had been no spike in mortality from the Omicron strain and that the severity of symptoms in infected people was "significantly less" than with the Delta strain.
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Japan's Shionogi & Co. has announced that a drug it is developing to treat a new coronavirus strain is expected to be effective against the Omicron strain.

　According to Shionogi, an in-house experiment using an Omicron strain obtained from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) showed that the drug, which is being developed as a treatment for the new coronavirus, suppressed the growth of the virus. Shionogi says that the mutated Omicron strain is also expected to be effective.

　Shionogi's drug is expected to be effective in preventing severe cases of the new coronavirus and improving symptoms such as fever and cough, and is currently in the final stage of clinical trials.

　Shionogi aims to file for approval by the end of this year, and will produce enough for one million people by the end of next March.

［TOKYO, Oct. 10 (Reuters) - Japan Airlines (JAL) President Yuji Akasaka said at a press conference on Thursday that although international flights have been affected by the new Omicron strain of the new coronavirus, current passenger demand on both domestic and international flights has been roughly within expectations. (JAL) said at a press conference on Wednesday that although international flights have been affected by the Omicron strain, a new variant of the new coronavirus, passenger demand on both domestic and international flights has been largely within expectations, and that it expects to post monthly EBITDA (earnings before interest and taxes plus depreciation and amortization) of "steadily in the black" during the current fiscal year. EBITDA (Earnings before interest and taxes plus depreciation and amortization) is expected to "steadily return to profitability" during this fiscal year. The assumption of passenger demand, which is the premise of this fiscal year's forecast, "does not need to be revised at this time," he said.

Mr. Akasaka explained that passenger demand in November (preliminary figures) "has recovered by about 60% for domestic flights and 10% for international flights" compared to before the new Corona. He stated that in November, "we barely entered the zone of EBITDA profitability. We expect to be able to eliminate the cash burn (meaning cash outflow), including the repayment of interest-bearing debt," he said.

The company expects passenger demand for the current fiscal year to be about 65% for domestic flights and 10% for international flights in the third quarter, and about 90% for domestic flights and 20% for international flights in the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the company expects domestic and international passenger demand to be about 65% and 10%, respectively, in the third quarter and about 90% and 20%, respectively, in the fourth quarter. For the single month of March, it is estimated to be 92% for domestic flights and 23% for international flights.

Domestic passenger demand in the third quarter was "about the same as expected or slightly lower than expected," he said, adding, "Demand is steadily increasing by about 10%, and we can fully expect it to be as expected at the end of the fiscal year. I think the situation is almost as expected or slightly lower than expected," he said.

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