Argentina reported this Wednesday a record 42,032 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of positives to 5’556,239, confirming the vertiginous increase in infections that the country is going through in its third wave of the pandemic. The number of positives notified this Wednesday exceeds the previous historical mark of 41,080 cases that had […]
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Ómicron: why did the United States recommend reducing the quarantine of those infected?
Updated on 12/29/2021 04:30 pm The United States announced new measures to be taken in the face of infections or exposure omicron, the new variant of “concern” of COVID-19, which has reminded the population that we are still in a pandemic. MORE INFORMATION: Droplets of saliva from infected with COVID can spread on crowded beaches, […]
COVID: five encouraging news about the omicron variant at the end of 2021
By Ignacio López-Goñi (The Conversation) * The pandemic is not over, and we do not know how or when it will end. The level of uncertainty remains very high. There are still many things we do not know about omicron and predicting how the virus will evolve is very risky, according to the professor of […]
Increase in global cases of COVID-19 triggers tests and fear of new quarantines
Daily COVID-19 infections have reached record highs in the United States, swaths of Europe and Australia, with the rapid spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus that keeps workers at home and saturates testing centers. Almost two years after China first reported a cluster of “viral pneumoniaIn the city of Wuhan, the new […]
COVID-19: omicron variant alters transport and treatment services in hospitals
The force with which the omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading is affecting different services, such as transport, due to the absence of workers, while more cases arrive at hospitals, not necessarily more serious, which also alter their operation. COVID-19 cases in the world increased by 11% last week, due to the rise of […]
“Vaccine”, word of the year 2021 for the FundéuRAE
The Urgent Spanish Foundation (FundéuRAE), promoted by the EFE Agency and the Royal Spanish Academy, has chosen “vaccine” as the word of the year 2021. In addition to its great presence in the social, political, scientific and economic debate, the Foundation has selected it for its linguistic interest. The concept of “vaccine” arose in the […]
The main risks for the global economy in 2022
By 2022, economies – both the great powers and the emerging ones – are expected to turn towards a true growth path after the statistical rebound left by the second year of the pandemic. According to Bloomberg Economics, the baseline scenario is a solid recovery with cooling prices and distancing from emergency monetary policy scenarios; […]
South America, Hard Hit by COVID-19, Now Leads the Global Vaccination Race
For much of 2020 and early 2021, South America was the epicenter of the global fight against COVID-19. Oxygen was depleted in Peru. Gravediggers worked all night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The bodies were kept in containers in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, saw its death toll from coronavirus become the […]
After the euphoria of the recovery, the world economy enters a period of turmoil
After the economic cataclysm of 2020, the recovery of the world economy has been good, but the health situation caused by the appearance of the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19, shortages of essential products and inflation cast a shadow over the outlook for 2022 . A multi-speed recovery From China to the United States, […]
Cruises, under the magnifying glass of the US after COVID-19 eruption by omicron
The new COVID-19 explosion triggered contagion investigations on cruise ships by the authorities in the United States, as some shipping companies tighten measures and further limit their occupation in the hope that the new and highly contagious omicron variant will be less deadly . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, in English) of […]