The 194 member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) have been working on a new international pandemic preparedness and response agreement for two years. The following are the key factors at play in the final week of negotiations: Why do countries want an agreement? The Covid-19 pandemic showed how ill-prepared the world was to […]
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Inflation will return this year to its pre-COVID-19 level
After 2020, inflation climbed to a peak of 8.46%, its highest level in just over two decades, and only four years after the pandemic is it expected to normalize and close at 2.2%, according to the Bank Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). What do we call regularized inflation? It is when the Consumer Price […]
Passenger COVID testing expanded to more US airports
The health authorities of USA expanded a testing program to international travelers to detect the COVID and other infectious diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program asks international travelers to voluntarily submit to a nasal swab test and answer questions about their travel. The program operates at six airports, and on Tuesday, […]
Unemployment in California is “crazy,” say those affected by the coronavirus crisis | PHOTOS
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With Hollywood productions suspended, sports stadiums empty and bars closed, California is the state with the most applications for unemployment benefits, among the 17 million Americans who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here the faces of this crisis in California. Films At any other time, the show would have to go on. […]
China eliminates some COVID-19 customs requirements when entering the country
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The General Administration of Customs of China announced Thursday in a statement that cross-border travelers will no longer be required to report certain information related to COVID-19, such as test results or previous infections, when passing through customs upon arrival at the country. International travelers planning to enter China They will still have to deliver […]
WHO: “future generations would not forgive” if a treaty against pandemics is not achieved
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO)Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today acknowledged difficulties in negotiating a global treaty for pandemic preparedness, and warned member countries that “future generations would not forgive” if it was not achieved. “I am concerned that Member States are not fulfilling their commitments, time is ticking and there are still […]
Chile will host a meeting of Latin American education ministers on the post-pandemic
Chili will host on January 25 and 26 the extraordinary meeting of ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean, ‘Ministerial of Education: Santiago 2024’which will seek to propose concrete actions to overcome the educational crisis left by the pandemic in the region. “Efforts must be redoubled so that educational recovery and transformation are […]
Science is on the eve of a renaissance thanks to AI, according to Pfizer
The science is on the eve of entering a period of “rebirth” gthanks to the artificial intelligencewhich accelerates research and allows for faster results, said today the CEO of the pharmaceutical company PfizerAlbert Bourla. “I truly believe that we are about to enter a scientific renaissance in the life sciences due to the coexistence of […]
COVID-19: they ask not to let our guard down in America due to a new variant and an increase in cases
Much of Latin America is registering an uptick in cases of COVID-19 after the end of the year celebrations, while the situation seems under control in Brazil or Mexico, so the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the coronavirus continues to “mutate and kill” so we should not let our guard down. In the last […]
BA.2.86 variant of covid may be more problematic in the lung
The BA.2.86 subvariant of the virus what causes the covid-19 is less resistant to vaccinesbut a new study suggests that it causes greater fusion with human lung cells. A study published today in Cell, and led by Ohio State University (USA), indicated that this subvariant of ommicron can infect human cells that line the lower […]