When millions of Europeans in 12 countries exchanged lira, francs or pesetas for the common currency of the euro, the then French president Jacques Chirac assured that Europe was “reclaiming its identity and its power.” For the most enthusiastic promoters of the single currency, the euro was not only a hopeful step for European unity, […]
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The main challenges New York will face by 2022
The city of New York The year 2022 kicks off with a new mayor, the moderate democrat Eric Adams, so many of the city’s challenges will also be those of its councilor and his team. Vaccination, cornerstone of recovery New York, which in the spring of 2020 became a global focus of COVID-19 And in […]
The challenges that the European Union will have to face by 2022
The European Union (EU) faces a demanding 2022, with challenges such as continuing to fight against pandemic, deploy recovery funds, advance climate or digital legislation, and deal with external threats, especially from the East. COVID-19 The pandemic, now reinvigorated with the omicron variant, continues to be the first planetary challenge and the EU is focusing […]
The 3 pillars of Chinese expansion in Latin America in two years of pandemic
With the sale of millions of doses of vaccines, Beijing is giving a boost to its pharmaceutical industry and at the same time, analysts say, deepening its influence in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is what has been labeled as “covid diplomacy”, the sale and donation of masks, respirators, protective equipment and vaccines to […]
COVID-19 cases in children skyrocket in the US in December
Updated on 12/30/2021 05:08 pm The contagions by COVID-19 among minors under 18 years of age in U.S They are increasing rapidly with the arrival of the omicron variant with almost 200,000 new cases reported in the week ending December 23, 50% more than at the beginning of the month. According to the latest data […]
The world faces the New Year with more than a million cases daily
Millions of people around the world were preparing on Thursday for a celebration of New Year drastically limited by the blazing spread of the COVID-19, which in the week of December 23 to 29 surpassed the symbolic milestone of one million daily infections. In the last seven days, an average of 1,045,000 infections were detected […]
US health authorities recommend avoiding cruise ship travel, even if you are vaccinated
Updated 12/30/2021 02:52 pm The health authorities of U.S urged the population to avoid cruise travel even when vaccinated, citing a recent increase in cases of COVID-19 from the identification of the omicron variant. “Avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status,” said a post on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, which […]
COVID-19 bogs Biden in winter of discontent
The president of U.S Joe Biden He promised to “follow the science” when he replaced Donald Trump, but a year later record infections, a shortage of tests and stubborn resistance to vaccines have turned one of the political strengths of his presidency into a growing drag. Wednesday’s data with the highest number so far of […]
US epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci, hopes that in months he will coexist with COVID-19, having it under control
Updated on 12/29/2021 04:35 pm The chief epidemiologist of the US government, Anthony Fauci, hopes that the pandemic will go through a “transition” in the coming months that will lead to continue living with the coronavirus but keeping it under control and without involving a social and economic disturbance like the one it still causes. […]
Ómicron: why did the United States recommend reducing the quarantine of those infected?
Updated on 12/29/2021 04:30 pm The United States announced new measures to be taken in the face of infections or exposure omicron, the new variant of “concern” of COVID-19, which has reminded the population that we are still in a pandemic. MORE INFORMATION: Droplets of saliva from infected with COVID can spread on crowded beaches, […]