Spending up to eight hours standing, sometimes under a scorching sun, without a public bathroom or water to drink and, to top it all, with the stress of being able to return with an empty backpack. They are the queues, the daily ordeal of Cubans to supply their pantries, accentuated by the COVID. “I was […]
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COVID-19: how Israel is dealing with the omicron wave
Israel, facing a wave of COVID-19 due to the very contagious omicron variant, has decided not to confine, offer a fourth dose of vaccine and appeal to the “responsibility” of its citizens. The Hebrew state closed its borders after the discovery at the end of February of the first case of omicron. But it reopened […]
COVID-19: omicron seems to start to decline dramatically in Britain and the US
Scientists are watching for signs that the alarming wave of cases of the variant omicron of coronavirus could have peaked in Britain, and is about to do the same in U.S, which means that infections could start to decrease dramatically. The reason: The variant has proven so contagious that it may already have run out […]
“Deltacron”: is it a laboratory error or a new variant of COVID-19?
Updated on 01/11/2022 05:50 pm For a week, the word “deltacron” attracted attention in the world for the combination of variants of COVID-19. Especially since its presumed existence and rapid spread could worsen the state of the new waves of the pandemic. However, scientists now believe that it could be a contamination problem in the […]
European Medicines Agency doubts the need for a fourth dose against COVID-19
Updated on 01/11/2022 02:26 pm The drug regulator of the European Union (EU) expressed doubts about the need for a fourth dose of the vaccine for him COVID-19, stating that there is currently no data to support this approach, while waiting to learn more about the contagious omicron variant. “Although the use of additional doses […]
WHO asks not to use terms like ‘deltacron’ or ‘flurone’ because they are inaccurate
Updated on 01/11/2022 12:35 pm After the Cyprus authorities announced the detection of up to 25 cases of infection of a presumed combined version of the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19, which they called deltacron, the World Health Organization (WHO) made some clarifications about the use of this term. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO Lead […]
The president of Mexico tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time in almost a year
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), 68, announced on Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19, for the second time in almost a year, after a test that was carried out this day after appearing flu in his usual daily press conference. “I inform you that I am infected with # COVID19 […]
More than 50% of the European population will be infected with omicron within 6 to 8 weeks
More than 50% of the European population will have contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the next 6 to 8 weeks at the current rate of transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday. The forecast is based on a calculation carried out by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), […]
US hospitals keep staff infected with COVID-19 working
Updated on 01/10/2022 06:28 pm Hospitals around U.S are increasingly making the extraordinary decision to allow nurses and other workers infected with COVID-19 stay at work if they have mild or no symptoms. The move is a reaction to the severe understaffing in hospitals and the staggering number of cases that the omicron variant of […]
Novartis antiviral anticovid shows positive results in phase 2
Updated on 10/01/2022 07:21 am The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced on Monday positive results of its phase 2 clinical trials of an antiviral treatment against COVID-19 developed with the Swiss laboratory Molecular Partners. Called ensovibep, this intravenously administered treatment achieved its primary goals in phase 2 trials, which corresponds to the intermediate phase of […]