Updated on 12/21/2021 04:08 am With the Christmas At stake, governments around the world are on the lookout for the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Britain’s leading nurses union warned that fatigue and increased cases of coronavirus among staff members it is pushing them to the limit, adding pressure on the government to impose new […]
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Latin America, faced with the challenge of consolidating its growth in 2022
Latin America in 2022 faces the challenge of consolidating its economy, currently in recovery after the crisis caused by the coronavirus, with a minefield mined by inflation, social and political instability and the impact of a pandemic still unchecked. To a greater or lesser degree, but always present, these three issues are transversal in all […]
Chile announces reopening of ten land borders, with Argentina and Peru, closed due to pandemic
Updated 12/20/2021 07:02 pm The Chilean government announced the reopening of ten land borders with Argentina and Peru, closed for almost two years due to the pandemic of the COVID-19, but under strict requirements for visitors. The land crossings will be rehabilitated in two stages: Wednesday begins with Futaleufú, Huemules and Paso Integración Austral, in […]
This is what is known about omicron, a very contagious version of COVID-19
Ómicron is a variant of COVID-19 detected about a month ago and due to its high degree of transmission, it can once again change the course of the pandemic, especially due to its impact on vaccination. What is omicron? Omicron It is a new version of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus originating from the pandemic), identified at […]
Moderna Announces Booster Dose Increases Omicron Protection
Updated on 12/20/2021 07:31 am The American pharmaceutical company Moderna has assured today that a booster dose of its vaccine against COVID-19 increases protection against the omicron variant. The multinational has released today the preliminary data of the studies they have carried out on the booster doses and the strategy they plan to implement to […]
JPMorgan urges employees to exercise caution as cases rise
Updated on 12/20/2021 04:40 am JPMorgan Chase & Co., without actually prohibiting their teams from Wall Street hold year-end meetings, urged employees to “exercise caution and good judgment” if they do meet, in addition to being tested for COVID-19 before returning to work after vacation. “We strongly recommend postponing any events where it is difficult […]
Moderna Delays Vaccine Patent Due to Dispute with US Government
Updated on 12/20/2021 02:52 am Moderna Inc. said he delayed the issuance of his patent vaccine COVID with the intention of allowing negotiations with its partners in the Government of U.S on who should be listed as inventors. For its part, the US government is opposed to Moderna listing only scientists from the company, and […]
Contagions, vaccines and variants: this is how the world faced its second year of pandemic in 2021
2021 was a challenging year in terms of global health. COVID-19 settled during this period bringing with it new variants that put the population of the five continents on alert. In more than 90% of countries, deaths caused by the coronavirus doubled and, in some cases, even tripled. Scientific efforts to combat this pandemic continue […]
COVID-19: US CDC Panel Recommends Pfizer or Moderna Vaccines Over J&J
Most Americans should get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines against COVID-19 instead of Jansen’s vaccine Johnson & Johnson (J&J), which on rare occasions can cause serious clots, recommended a panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the United States. The unusual clotting problem has caused nine confirmed deaths in people who […]
Omicron could be the dominant variant in the world in a couple of months
The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 it could become dominant in the world in a matter of a couple of months and displace the delta variant, said Ramus Bech Hansen, CEO of Airifnity, a scientific information analysis company. “Ómicron is going very fast and has become the dominant variant in some countries, […]