During the last week of November, Africa put the world on alert by detecting new cases of COVID-19 infections of a variant unknown until then and that could face a new pandemic wave. Ómicron, as the WHO dubbed it, has become potentially more contagious than Delta and has at least 32 mutations. Initially it was […]
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Scientists assess whether COVID-19 vaccines should be updated for new Omicron variant
Are companies likely to need to create new vaccines to better combat omicron? The answer could be yes if this new variant is shown to be different from the original strain of COVID-19. The BBC interviewed the microbiologist, Deborah Fuller, who detailed in 5 questions why it is possible that the pharmaceutical need to update […]
Pandemic denialism begins to take its toll on Bolsonaro
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, will be investigated in the Supreme Court for linking the anti-void vaccine to AIDS, another example of his denial in the face of the pandemic, which is already beginning to take its toll on the justice system and from which his new political party has distanced itself. The far-right […]
Ómicron threatens to widen gap in global vaccination
The omicron variant threatens to widen an already huge gap in access to covid vaccines as scientists are bracing for the possibility that repurposed vaccines are needed and rich countries once again rush to get them first. The omicron variant emerges just as vaccine supplies destined for low-income countries begin to rebound. At the start […]
COVID-19: WHO says it may take up to three weeks to better understand the omicron variant
Updated on 03/12/2021 03:14 pm The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will take between one and three weeks to interpret and draw conclusions from the scientific data that is being collected on the omicron variant of the coronanirus and to determine more clearly its ability to be transmitted, the degree of disease it can […]
COVID-19: scientists warn that reinfection with omicron appears to be more likely
Updated on 03/12/2021 01:46 pm Scientists from South Africa warn that reinfection among people who have already battled COVID-19 appears to be more likely with the new omicron variant than with previous mutations of the coronavirus. A research group that has followed reinfections in South Africa reported an increase with the arrival of the omicron […]
COVID-19: BioNTech Can Quickly Tailor Its Omicron Vaccine
Updated on 03/12/2021 09:59 am German biopharmaceutical company BioNTech should be able to tailor its COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly in response to the emergence of the omicron variant, chief executive Ugur Sahin said. BioNTech and Pfizer Inc together produced one of the first immunizations against the COVID-19 and Sahin said these vaccines should continue […]
British Study Finds Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Provide Greater Booster Impact
Updated on 03/12/2021 09:48 am COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna using mRNA technology provide the biggest boost to antibody levels when given 10 to 12 weeks after the second dose, according to a new British study. The study “COV-Boost”Was quoted by British officials when they announced that they preferred to use Pfizer and […]
WHO anticipates that the omicron variant will spread as it did with delta
The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that there is no doubt that the omicron variant of the coronavirus will spread, as the delta variant did, and called on governments to carefully examine the data they collect within their borders and assess their risks. to take appropriate containment measures. “We can be sure that this variant […]
Ómicron Accelerates Momentum for Second Generation COVID Vaccines
The search for second-generation vaccines against COVID, including vaccines that may offer broader protection against a number of possible new variants of the coronavirus, is intensifying in the face of the omicron threat. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI, for its acronym in English), a group that works to advance vaccine development, hopes to […]