Updated on 11/04/2021 02:15 pm The world is in a position to control pandemic in 2022, but this will depend on the individual and collective decisions made in our societies, said the head of the anti-COVID technical unit of the World Health Organization (WHO), Maria Van Kerkhove. “What happens in 2022 depends on us, the […]
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Biden orders mandatory vaccination in companies with more than 100 workers
Updated on 04/11/2021 08:28 am The Government of Joe Biden announced this Thursday that private companies with more than 100 employees must guarantee as of January 4 that their workers are vaccinated against COVID-19. In case of not wanting to be vaccinated, the workers of these large companies will have to undergo weekly tests and […]
UK Approves Merck’s COVID-19 Pill
Updated on 04/11/2021 07:50 am The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that it is the first country in the world to authorize molnupiravir, the tablet treatment against COVID-19 developed by the US laboratory Merck. “Today is a historic day for our country, because the United Kingdom is now the first country in the world to […]
Who should get a booster dose of the COVID vaccine? PAHO sets priorities
Only two groups of people are currently recommended to receive a booster dose of the vaccine against COVID-19said the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Americas office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Based on the evidence collected by the SAGE group of experts, a committee that independently advises WHO, PAHO does not advise giving an […]
How does reducing the Fed’s bond purchase work?
The Federal Reserve (Fed) from USA announced on Wednesday that it will begin to reduce its asset purchase program this month, eliminating a first pillar of the expansionary emergency monetary policy introduced in March 2020 to protect the economy from the pandemic of the COVID-19. The following is a guide to why and how the […]
WHO Authorizes Emergency Use of Indian Covaxin COVID-19 Vaccine
Updated on 11/03/2021 09:38 am The World Health Organization (WHO) authorized the emergency use of the Covaxin vaccine against COVID-19 developed in India, which supports a drug that the country’s regulators authorized long before completing advanced safety and efficiency tests . The health agency of the HIM-HER-IT It said in a statement that it authorized […]
Global COVID-19 Cases Rise for Second Week in a Row
Global cases of COVID-19 increased by three percent last week, exceeding three million, which is the second period of seven consecutive days in which an upward line is observed, according to statistics provided today by the World Organization for Health (WHO). In Europe, the currently most affected region (1.7 million cases last week), positives rose […]
CDC Goes Green for Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine to Children Ages 5 to 11 in the U.S.
Some 28 million children between the ages of 5 and 11 can already receive the vaccine against COVID-19 from Pfizer-BioNTech at USA, a new step in the vaccination campaign that many parents eagerly awaited. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially gave the green light to this immunizer on Tuesday night, after authorization […]
US Scientific Committee Advises Pfizer Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11
A scientific panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States recommended the vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech against COVID-19 for kids between 5 and 11 years, with which the administration of this serum could begin in the next few days in the country. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously […]
Bolivia confirms the start of the fourth wave of COVID-19 after an increase in infections
Bolivia has registered a sustained increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks, Health Minister Jeyson Auza reported on Monday, although the official data on deaths are fluctuating. Auza pointed out in a press conference that three of the nine departments of the country stand out in the increase: Santa Cruz (east), Cochabamba (center) and Chuquisaca […]