Updated on 01/19/2022 03:30 pm The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) discouraged COVID-19 tests at home due to possible misuse of samples and asked governments to prioritize screening tests for people with symptoms. “We do not have enough evidence to support the performance and use of home assays. Great care must be taken about the […]
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Swiss researchers launch COVID-19 ‘patch’ vaccine trial
Updated on 01/19/2022 03:20 pm Swiss researchers said they have launched an early-stage study to test a new-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate to be administered via a patch on the arm, the latest to study alternative methods to injections. Unlike conventional vaccines that stimulate the production of antibodies, the new PepGNP-COVID19 vaccine candidate focuses on T […]
Pharmaceutical Chemical College in favor of regulating Covid-19 drug prices
The dean of the Pharmaceutical Chemical College of Peru, Arnaldo Tipiani, urged the Government to regulate the prices of medicines related to the treatment of Covid-19, given the high demand and to avoid speculation by pharmacies. “Pharmacies and drugstores are regulating by supply and demand, and there is speculation or hoarding. The Government has to […]
MTPE clarifies that Minister Chávez is not infected with COVID-19
The Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) clarified this Wednesday, January 19, that the head of the sector, Betssy Chávez, is not infected by the COVID-19, as reported by some media outlets. Through an announcement, the press team of the MTPE He reported that Chávez Chino “continues with his usual agenda, which includes work […]
Ombudsman calls for regulatory changes for companies to grant medical breaks due to COVID-19
The Ombudsman’s Office denounced this past January 19 that many workers are being mistreated by their employers, by not providing them with facilities for their break Y isolation by COVID-19. Faced with this, he urgently requested “regulatory changes and attitudes of the human resources offices.” Through its social networks, the entity that runs Walter Gutierrez […]
COVID-19: WHO registers 18 million cases, the wave of omicron stops
Updated on 01/19/2022 09:49 am The number of new cases of coronavirus rose 20% last week, to more than 18 million worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which meant that the wave of infections caused by the omicron variant of the virus began to subside. In its weekly report on the pandemic, the […]
The omicron variant gains ground and already concentrates 72% of global cases
Updated on 01/19/2022 07:25 am The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, discovered in early November, is already present in 71.9% of the cases analyzed in the last 30 days by the global network of GISAID laboratories, the weekly epidemiological report of the World Health Organization (WHO). Of the 405,000 specimens collected, the […]
How to act if someone in the household is infected with COVID-19: the eight keys to coexistence
PHOTO GALLERY. The pandemic is already marked by the predominance of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. It is more transmissible than the previous ones and has produced explosive increases in cases of people with COVID-19 in most countries where community circulation already occurs. Therefore, it is not uncommon for a member of a family […]
WHO maintains international emergency for coronavirus despite lower lethality
Updated on 01/18/2022 11:43 am The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it maintains the international emergency due to COVID-19, declared since January 30, 2020, despite the fact that the current wave of global infections, with record numbers, is not accompanied by an increase in deaths, as many new cases are mild. The WHO Emergency […]
World tourism advanced in 2021, but is still a fraction of pre-pandemic levels
The global tourism industry barely improved last year compared to 2020 as all indicators remain well below pre-pandemic levels and industry professionals do not expect a full recovery before 2024, the World Organization said. of Tourism (UNWTO). The tourism sector took a major hit in 2020 as a result of lockdowns and travel restrictions aimed […]