Updated 12/14/2021 01:05 pm The British government will remove all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list as of Wednesday, as there is now community transmission of omicron in the United Kingdom, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said. The omicron variant was first detected in southern Africa and Hong Kong. The British government has added […]
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Gates and why he believes the acute phase of COVID will end in 2022
The creator of Microsoft, Bill Gates, on his personal blog wrote an intimate post where he addressed personal issues such as his divorce, but also made a recount of what happened in 2021 and what is to come for next year, such as the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to their estimates. Gates He […]
Austria recommends the third dose of the vaccine from the age of twelve
Updated 12/14/2021 12:07 pm The Austrian Government announced today that the use of the booster dose against COVID-19 will also be recommended for those over twelve years of age, while tomorrow the special doses of Biontech / Pfizer will be used for children from five . The Minister of Health, the environmentalist Wolfgang Mückstein, explained […]
Lab test: Eli Lilly and Regeneron’s therapies lose their effectiveness with omicron
German researchers have observed that the COVID-19 therapies developed by Eli Lilly and Regeneron lose most of their effectiveness when exposed in laboratory tests to the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Cologne and Berlin-based group of scientists found that the protection of GlaxoSmithKline and Vir’s Xevudy antibody cocktail was maintained when exposed to omicron […]
China confines half a million people due to COVID outbreak in economic engine
Updated on 12/14/2021 08:57 am Zhejiang province, an economic engine in China, recorded a COVID-19 outbreak on Tuesday that forced authorities to confine half a million people and shut down businesses in several districts. Zhejiang, an industrial and export hub on the east coast, reported 44 of 51 direct contagion COVID-19 cases detected on Tuesday, […]
Pfizer vaccine protects 70% of severe cases of the omicron variant
A vaccine from the US laboratory Pfizer is globally less effective against omicron, but protects 70% in severe cases, according to a study presented on Tuesday and carried out in South Africa, where the new variant of the coronavirus was detected in November. This new variant of the COVID-19 raises many questions. According to the […]
China confines half a million people due to COVID outbreak in province that is economic engine
Updated on 12/14/2021 07:29 am Zhejiang province, an economic engine in China, recorded a COVID-19 outbreak on Tuesday that forced authorities to confine half a million people and shut down businesses in several districts. Zhejiang, an industrial and export hub on the east coast, reported 44 of the 51 cases of COVID-19 by direct contagion […]
Omicron reduces vaccine protection in Oxford study
The omicron variant reduced the protection provided by two doses of the COVID vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc, as feared, increasing the risk of contagion, researchers revealed. Blood samples collected from people vaccinated with doses of one of the two pharmaceutical companies and tested against the new variant showed a significant drop […]
UK embarks on a race against time against the omicron variant
The British Government is focused from today on a race against time to give the booster dose against COVID-19 to all adults before 2022 against the advance of the omicron variant, present in 20% of infections in that country and in more than 44% of London cases. The Executive intends to provide that extra injection […]
Boris Johnson confirms the first death from the omicron variant in the United Kingdom
Updated on 12/13/2021 08:45 am At least one person has died in the United Kingdom from the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, which in London alone already represents approximately “40% of cases”British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday. Speaking to the media during a visit to a vaccination center in the Paddington neighborhood, […]