Updated on 10/19/2021 02:15 pm The British Government confirmed that it “closely follows” the appearance of a “descendant” of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which could be between 10% and 15% more transmissible than this, which is already twice as contagious as the original SARS-CoV-2. Experts have called it “AY.4.2” and warn that its […]
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From China to Nicaragua, governments used the pandemic to suppress freedom of expression
Governments around the world, from China to Russia through Nicaragua, Venezuela or Cuba, used the pandemic as a pretext to silence criticism or restrict access to information, says a report by International Amnesty posted on Tuesday. In the 38 pages of “Silenced and misinformed, freedom of expression in danger during the COVID-19″, the NGO details […]
Russia: reasons for its low progress in immunization despite developing one of the first vaccines
Russia has been exceeding its maximum COVID-19 contagion day by day and today’s latest figures are no exception: 34,303 reported cases, the fourth consecutive daily maximum since the beginning of the pandemic. This places Russia as the fifth country in the world that has registered the highest number of infections with more than 7.8 million […]
The findings of the commission that investigated the pandemic in Brazil
The Brazilian Senate installed a commission in April to investigate possible omissions by the government of Jair Bolsonaro in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which left more than 600,000 dead in the country. In five months, lawmakers summoned dozens of witnesses and revealed a series of behind-the-scenes flaws in managing the health emergency that […]
The US recognizes that its supply problems will last until next year
The Secretary of Transportation of USA, Pete Buttigieg, recognized this Sunday that the problems in the supply chain of the country will last until next year, and urged to pass the infrastructure bill to minimize the impact of these disturbances. “Certainly, many of the challenges we have been experiencing this year will continue into the […]
The collapse in the port of Los Angeles staggers the US.
The strong increase in online purchases during the pandemic and the lack of carriers and trucks have caused chaos in the terminals of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the two largest in the country, which are now seeking strategies to solve an unprecedented collapse. The proximity of the Christmas dates has put […]
The regrets of an unvaccinated COVID-19 in a hospital in Rome
In a hospital Roma, the vast majority of patients in intensive care are hospitalized for COVID-19among them Francesco, an unvaccinated, who confessed his remorse for having rejected the vaccine. “The vaccine does not inspire confidence in me, but unfortunately it has to be done because anyway it is the only thing that can help us […]
Small US businesses face major setbacks amid rising prices and lack of deliveries
To find out how to make and deliver his bikes, Wayne Sosin of Worksman Cycles claims to have tried everything since the beginning of the cycle. pandemic. He searched in vain for a container to ship cargo to Saudi Arabia for six weeks. Not to mention the tire supplier, who will have to wait a […]
Do we still need to clean the packages?
Should we still carry hand sanitizer to use every time we touch a doorknob or anything in a public place? At the beginning of the pandemic, there was a lot of concern about contracting COVID-19 touching surfaces of everyday life: the pole of a subway car, the doorknob, an Amazon package or the pen used […]
Harassment and threats against scientists who speak of COVID-19 in the media
Internet harassment, death threats, and even attempted assassinations. The consequences for scientists who have had a media presence as a result of the COVID-19 have been violent at times, according to a survey published by Nature. When he thought of taking the afternoon of May 17 off, Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst was unaware that […]