Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn that the dizzying spread of omicron all over the world practically guarantees that it won’t be the last worrying variant of the coronavirus. Each infection offers an opportunity for the virus to mutate, and ómicron has an advantage over its predecessors: it spreads much faster despite […]
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Some COVID patients can infect after ten days, according to study
Updated on 01/15/2022 04:48 am Some people with COVID were able to spread the virus to others after a 10-day quarantine, at least in the early days of the pandemic, a new UK study shows. This according to research from the University of Exeter, which used an adapted test that can detect whether the virus […]
Omicron is less serious even for the unvaccinated, according to study
The omicron variant of the coronavirus causes less severe disease than the delta variant, even in those who are not vaccinated or who have not had a previous COVID-19 infection, according to a study from South Africa’s Western Cape province. The research in the region where Cape Town is the capital compared 11,609 patients from […]
What is the price of the COVID-19 self-test in other countries?
Updated on 01/14/2022 09:20 pm This week the Ministry of Health (minsa) announced that Peruvian pharmacies and drugstores would sell self-tests of COVID-19 nationally. In recent weeks, the new variant omicron It has spread increasing cases in the country. It is so the National Association of Pharmacy Chains (Anacab) He commented that the test would […]
COVID-19: US health authorities encourage the population to use N95 masks
Updated on 01/14/2022 08:51 pm The American health authorities exhorted the population to use the masks of type N95 or KN95 to stop the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. These types of masks are considered the most suitable for filtering the air and are used by health personnel. But before they were in short supply, and […]
Sunafil: more than 3,000 inspections in 2021 ended in infractions for COVID-19 at work
The National Superintendence of Labor Inspection (Sunafil) reported that during 2021 it carried out a total of 7,436 inspections, of which 3,224 ended in an infraction record for cases of COVID-19. The result corresponds to the inspections carried out in the companies, where it was inspected that they comply with the plans for the surveillance, […]
COVID-19 will be an endemic disease by the end of the year, according to a German scientist
COVID-19 will become an endemic disease by the end of this year, according to German virologist Christian Drosten, who indicated that vaccinating the entire population every few months is not a viable long-term strategy. “We hope to reach an endemic situation. By the end of the year, we will either have reached it or be […]
EMA lists rare spinal condition as side effect of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine
Updated on 01/14/2022 10:12 am A European medicines regulator safety panel on Friday recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has faced several setbacks, including production delays and probing from regulatory bodies after rare cases of serious side effects such as blood clots […]
Childhood hospitalizations for COVID rise to record
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients is reaching record levels in the United States as cases caused by the omicron variant skyrocket. COVID-19 hospitalizations rose 165% to an average of 830 daily admissions of people under 17, compared to the week ending Dec. 26, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease […]
Prices of N95 masks reach exorbitant highs
The possibility of a new recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sparked a race for N95 masks and increased their prices. The agency is considering changing its guidance to recommend that people wear higher-quality masks, according to a Washington Post report. This contributes to an increase in the prices of […]