Updated on 02/12/2021 07:02 pm At least 50 people in the capital of Norway and its surroundings have the omicron variant of the coronavirus and the cases are related to a company’s Christmas party at a restaurant in Oslo, authorities reported Thursday. “More cases are expected. A scan is being carried out to limit transmission […]
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COVID-19: Delta variant may have greater ability to evade immunity from vaccines
Updated on 02/12/2021 05:30 pm The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 may be more successful in evading the protective response of vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca, indicates a study that does not include the new omicron and published by Plos. A team of British scientists, led by the University of Glasgow, did an analysis to quantify […]
Agreement in the WTO to reduce procedures in global trade in services
Updated on 02/12/2021 03:13 pm A total of 67 countries that represent 90% of global trade in services signed this Thursday within the World Trade Organization (WTO) an important agreement to reduce paperwork in this sector, which is expected to save costs of US $ 150,000 million annually. The agreement “will reduce paperwork and facilitate […]
India detects the first two cases of the omicron variant
Updated on 02/12/2021 07:53 am India announced Thursday that it had detected the first two cases of the contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus on its territory, a few months after a devastating wave of infections left more than 200,000 dead in the country. Two men, aged 66 and 46, tested positive in the southern […]
The United States will require all travelers to take a negative 24-hour test before their flight
The United States will require from next Monday all travelers who travel to its territory to present a negative test for coronavirus in the 24 hours prior to their flight, regardless of their vaccination status or country of departure, in order to slow down a possible spread of the new variant of COVID-19, omicron. It […]
U.S. federal government shutdown looms amid disputes in Congress
Updated on 12/01/2021 08:34 pm The threat of a federal government shutdown of USA It increased on Wednesday because lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement, with just two days to run out of funding. Congress has until Friday night to draft a new budget to avoid a sudden halt to most of the federal […]
COVID-19: Moderna says company could have omicron booster ready in March
Updated on 12/01/2021 03:45 pm Moderna Inc. could have a booster vaccine against COVID-19 addressed to the omicron variant tested and ready to request authorization in USA in March, said company president Stephen Hoge. He stated that he believes that booster vaccines that carry genes specifically targeting mutations in the recently discovered omicron variant would […]
Ómicron: Peruvian who carried the new variant passed through Brazil before arriving in Japan
Updated on 12/01/2021 03:16 pm The Peruvian traveler who has been detected today in Japan with the omicron variant of the coronavirus had previously passed through Brazil before reaching Japanese territory, according to the director of the National Epidemiology Center of the Ministry of Health of Peru, César Munayco. The epidemiologist explained to Radio Exitosa […]
PAHO estimates that omicron may circulate “soon” in the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) estimated that the new variant of the coronavirus ómicron may be “soon” circulating in the Americas, after identifying only imported cases in three countries of the continent. Brazil, Canada and the United States have already reported cases in recent days, all from people from Africa. “It is likely that […]
COVID-19 Radically Altered Mobility, IOM Says
The coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated hostile rhetoric against migrants around the world and radically altered mobility, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Likewise, it projected that travel restrictions and other aspects of the fight against COVID-19 could curb migration around the world as long as they remain in force. IOM […]