Japan suspended on Wednesday for at least a month the new incoming flight reservations to the country, ignoring the WHO recommendation not to prohibit travel due to the emergency of the new omicron variant that has already arrived in Latin America. The appearance of this new variant, apparently more contagious and with multiple mutations, has […]
Tag: Coronavirus
The worst thing about omicron, so far, is the uncertainty
Por Andreas Kluth Here we go again … The coronavirus mutated, as we always knew it would, and the new variant, called the omicron, is spreading rapidly. Should we be scared or optimistic? Should we modify our behavior and plans or move on? To answer these questions, we need three pieces of information that we […]
The new omicron variant of COVID-19 rekindles misinformation in networks
The new variant of the coronavirus COVID-19 revived old conspiracy theories in USA, since information was disseminated on social networks stating that the omicron variant was nothing more than a screen to cover up darker targets. Some personalities on the internet hinted over the weekend that the government, Democrats or other powerful people made up […]
Diagnosis of a pandemic: “background noise” or resurgence in 2022?
After two years of pandemic, the COVID-19 could be controlled, but the inability of the international community to equally distribute the vaccines it could prolong or exacerbate in 2022 a pandemic that has already cost millions of lives. Despite the explosion of cases in Europe today, many public health experts believe that the world now […]
Six figures showing the economic and social impact of the pandemic in Latin America
One in four people in Latin America has not been able to regain the job they had before the pandemic. And about half of households have not managed to bring their total income back to the pre-pandemic level, despite the fiscal aid that has been given to the most vulnerable families, according to a joint […]
US FDA Panel Endorses Merck Pill For COVID-19 Treatment
Updated on 11/30/2021 05:50 pm A panel of health advisers from the FDA from USA narrowly supported the benefits of a pill from the pharmaceutical company Merck to treat COVID-19, paving the way for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to fight the disease. With a vote of […]
COVID-19: Brazil, first country in Latin America to report two cases of omicron
Updated on 11/30/2021 05:40 pm The Secretary of Health of Sao Paulo confirmed the first two positive cases of the variant omicron of the COVID-19, which makes Brazil the first Latin American country to report infections of this type. Samples from a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman who had arrived in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, […]
Inflation and pandemic fears hold back US consumer confidence, house prices cool
US consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November amid concerns about the rising cost of living and fatigue pandemicBut that probably won’t change expectations for stronger economic growth in the current quarter. The Conference Board poll released Tuesday showed consumers are less excited about buying a home and expensive items like motor vehicles […]
COVID-19: US admits it will take weeks to learn about new omicron variant and its effects
The response team against pandemic The government of the United States admitted that it will take weeks, at least between two and four, until they have enough information about the new variant of the COVID-19, omicron, its transmission capacity and its aggressiveness. For this reason, both the main epidemiologist of the Administration, Antony Fauci, and […]
Ómicron: over 60 and vulnerable people should not travel by the new variant, says WHO
Updated on 11/30/2021 03:19 pm General travel bans will not prevent the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, the WHO warned on Tuesday, recommending those over 60 to postpone their travels. In its recommendations, the World Health Organization noted that, until November 28, “56 countries had applied travel measures to try to […]