The effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19 continues to be a matter of controversy worldwide, where various sectors of the population who oppose being inoculated have been campaigning denouncing side effects of the doses or even criticizing measures by authorities that encourage the vaccination. The truth is that from the beginning the authorities of different governments, […]
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France identifies a new variant of COVID called IHU: with more mutations than omicron
Updated on 04/01/2022 01:17 pm A new variant of COVID has been identified a few weeks ago by French researchers, derived from another whose first cases had been detected in the Republic of Congo last September. The University Hospital Institute of Marseille, at the origin of this discovery, communicated on December 9 on its Twitter […]
Zoo in Chile begins vaccinating animals against COVID-19
Charly and Sandai, a Bengal tiger and a Bornean orangutan, both in danger of extinction, were vaccinated against the coronavirus as part of a unique experimental program in Latin America carried out by the Buin Zoo in Santiago de Chile. At 26 years old, Sandai is a unique orangutan in South America, with great potential […]
COVID-19: Brazil investigates new suspected cases of flurone after confirming six
The health authorities of the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina and Rio de Janeiro reported that they are investigating new suspected cases of flurone, a name given to the simultaneous infection of flu and COVID-19, after the confirmation of the first six cases in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro’s municipal secretary of Health, Daniel […]
China confines another million people after detecting COVID-19 cases
Updated on 04/01/2022 10:11 am China confined another million inhabitants to a town in the center of the country, after detecting three asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, a month before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Since the epidemic appeared in December 2019, the authorities have applied the strategy “Zero COVID“, Which consists of doing […]
WHO: it is not certain that omicron will fall in the world as soon as in South Africa
Updated on 04/01/2022 09:57 am The current global wave of infections by the omicron variant of COVID-19 may not decline as quickly as it has in South Africa, the first country where this new strain was detected, warned the World Health Organization (WHO). “You have to be cautious, because South Africa had a similar situation […]
COVID-19: WHO expert says flurone does not increase risk of coronavirus mutation
Updated on 04/01/2022 09:20 am Flu and COVID-19 viruses do not share information, so the proliferation of cases of flurone (people with both diseases at the same time) does not increase the risk that the coronavirus evolves into more dangerous variants, said an expert of the World Health Organization (WHO). “These are viruses from completely […]
Indian Lab Dr Reddy’s To Launch Merck’s Generic COVID-19 Drug At About US $ 0.50
Updated on 04/01/2022 09:17 am Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd announced that it will launch its generic version of Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral pill, molnupiravir, at a price of Rs 35, which is equivalent to less than 50 cents (US $). 0.4693) per capsule, a company spokesperson said. The total cost for a patient treated […]
US COVID Figures Suggest Cases May Be Underestimated
Updated on 04/01/2022 03:58 am The United States has reported record COVID-19 infections in recent days, but the actual number could be significantly higher. Last week, average daily cases reached about 405,000, about 60% more than the previous peak in the United States in January 2021, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. However, the […]
Flurone: what is it and what are its symptoms?
Have you heard of the flurona? It is a very rare word that has been multiplying in Internet searches and that has triggered the alarms in several countries of the world, which is going through a new crisis with the pandemic. Do you want to know what it is about ?, pay attention to the […]