Updated on 02/01/2022 12:27 pm The director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, considered this Tuesday “premature” to declare a victory against COVID-19 and abandon the effort to stop the transmission of the virus. “It is premature for any country to capitulate or declare itself victorious”, said the person in charge at […]
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WHO says gloves are not needed to vaccinate against COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that the people in charge of inoculating the vaccines against COVID-19 do not need to use disposable gloves, as in vaccination for any other disease, which would reduce the gigantic amount of sanitary waste. that the pandemic has generated and that in most poor countries they are not […]
Fitting masks is key to protecting against COVID-19, warns 3M
Updated on 02/01/2022 11:48 am The proper fit of N95 masks or respirators is the key to ensuring the best protection against the COVID-95 virus, the manufacturer 3M said. “Fit is important. N95 respirators must be donned correctly to effectively protect”, says Dr. Nikki Vars McCullough, 3M vice president and chief respiratory protection officer. “Respirators […]
This is the first country in Europe to lift all its restrictions due to COVID and return “to the previous life”
Updated on 02/01/2022 10:37 am Denmark today eliminated all the restrictions imposed by the fourth wave of coronavirus, considering its authorities that the omicron variant does not imply a “danger” for its health or its inhabitants and despite the high levels of incidence registered in the Nordic country. From this Tuesday it is no longer […]
Waste caused by COVID-19 poses a threat, according to WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a report to warn of one of the most neglected consequences of the pandemic: the thousands of tons of additional medical waste it has produced and which it fears will have a very negative impact on health and the environment. environment. Disposable gloves, masks and gowns, used vaccine vials, […]
SARS-CoV-2 virus membrane bursts with some mouthwashes
A study has made it possible to visualize for the first time that the SARS-CoV-2 membrane bursts when it comes into contact with a chemical compound present in some mouthwashes, which would have the consequence that the virus decreases its ability to infect human cells. The study, carried out by the Universitat de València (UV), […]
Two centuries of vaccination and distrust
The distrust of vaccines and the total rejection of a part of the population to be vaccinated are phenomena that appeared when this technique was invented, at the end of the 18th century. “Vaccination refusal is as old as vaccination itself,” according to health historian Patrick Zylberman. Now that feeling is back in the news […]
Two years of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines
Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is a global phenomenon that fuels public mistrust and contributes to undermining vaccination campaigns. The main mechanism of misinformation is to exaggerate side effects or even make them up to make people believe that vaccines are more dangerous than COVID-19. Distorted figures on the “side effects” Like any medical device, COVID-19 […]
COVID-19: subvariant of omicron BA.2 is more contagious than the “original”, according to Danish study
The BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has advanced rapidly in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more capable of infecting vaccinated people, according to a Danish study. The study, which looked at coronavirus infections in more than 8,500 Danish households between December and January, found that […]
Drugs with the capacity to curb the mortality of COVID-19 are identified
Researchers at the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) have made a hierarchical list of compounds capable of curbing the body’s inflammatory response, which could help reduce mortality in the most seriously ill patients with COVID-19 and in patients with other pathologies in which intervenes the inflammatory phenomenon. Inflammation is a response of the body to […]