Updated on 01/11/2022 12:35 pm After the Cyprus authorities announced the detection of up to 25 cases of infection of a presumed combined version of the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19, which they called deltacron, the World Health Organization (WHO) made some clarifications about the use of this term. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO Lead […]
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Third Chinese city confined on second anniversary of first COVID-19 death
China on Tuesday confined the residents of a third city as the country battles multiple COVID-19 outbreaks on the second anniversary of the first recorded death from the pandemic. Since that January 11, 2020, when that disease still did not have a specific name, COVID-19 has caused almost 5.5 million deaths in the world, which […]
Australia’s difficult dilemma with Djokovic
When Australian immigration authorities rejected Novak Djokovic’s medical exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement and canceled his Australian visa, they opened a battle with bureaucratic, political and legal consequences. The world’s top-ranked male tennis player was held in a dingy detention hotel for four days, among undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, before federal Circuit Court […]
The president of Mexico tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time in almost a year
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), 68, announced on Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19, for the second time in almost a year, after a test that was carried out this day after appearing flu in his usual daily press conference. “I inform you that I am infected with # COVID19 […]
COVID-19: WHO says more research is needed on the efficacy of omicron vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said more research is needed to find out whether current COVID-19 vaccines provide adequate protection against the highly contagious omicron variant, even as manufacturers are already developing vaccines from Next Generation. The latest technical report from the world health agency aims to answer some of the big pending questions about […]
More than 50% of the European population will be infected with omicron within 6 to 8 weeks
More than 50% of the European population will have contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the next 6 to 8 weeks at the current rate of transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday. The forecast is based on a calculation carried out by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), […]
Common cold T cells protect against COVID, study finds
High levels of protective immune cells that fight some common colds also made people less likely to get COVID-19 in one study. Researchers found higher levels of T cells against certain colds in people who did not develop COVID while living with someone who had the disease, according to a study published Monday by Imperial […]
Chile begins application of fourth dose against COVID-19
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera kicked off the application of the fourth dose against COVID-19 on Monday at a time when there is a constant rise in new daily infections. Piñera was present when Miguel and Teresa, two adults with immunosuppression problems, characteristic of those who undergo dialysis or have been transplanted, were inoculated with the […]
Novartis antiviral anticovid shows positive results in phase 2
Updated on 10/01/2022 07:21 am The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced on Monday positive results of its phase 2 clinical trials of an antiviral treatment against COVID-19 developed with the Swiss laboratory Molecular Partners. Called ensovibep, this intravenously administered treatment achieved its primary goals in phase 2 trials, which corresponds to the intermediate phase of […]
Deltacron: 25 cases with combination version of variants detected in Cyprus
Updated on 01/09/2022 11:20 am The Cyprus authorities have reported the detection of up to 25 cases of infection with a combined version of the delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus that they have named Deltacron. “Currently there are omicron and delta co-infections. We have found a variant that is a combination of both […]