Faced with the appearance of the new variant called omicron, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) announced in an interview that, as of Friday, December 3All delivery workers must present their complete vaccination card, with both doses, in order to continue mobilizing and providing the delivery service normally. “Drivers and collectors of all public transport services, […]
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Norway confirms 50 cases of omicron after Christmas party
Updated on 02/12/2021 07:02 pm At least 50 people in the capital of Norway and its surroundings have the omicron variant of the coronavirus and the cases are related to a company’s Christmas party at a restaurant in Oslo, authorities reported Thursday. “More cases are expected. A scan is being carried out to limit transmission […]
Germany Extends Restrictions to Non-Immunized; vaccination will be mandatory from February
Germany will impose nationwide restrictions on the unimmunized and introduce mandatory vaccination predictably from next February, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel announced, following her meeting with her foreseeable successor, Olaf Scholz, and regional leaders. The measures adopted include the closure of nightlife from certain levels of incidence of infections, as well as restrictions on public events […]
COVID-19: GSK Says Tests Indicates Its Antibody Drug Works Against Omicron
Updated on 02/12/2021 08:42 am Laboratory tests of GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) antibody-based COVID-19 therapy being developed with US partner Vir have indicated that the drug is effective against the new omicron variant, the British drugmaker reported. A statement from GSK said laboratory tests and a study in hamsters have shown that the sotrovimab antibody cocktail works […]
India detects the first two cases of the omicron variant
Updated on 02/12/2021 07:53 am India announced Thursday that it had detected the first two cases of the contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus on its territory, a few months after a devastating wave of infections left more than 200,000 dead in the country. Two men, aged 66 and 46, tested positive in the southern […]
The United States will require all travelers to take a negative 24-hour test before their flight
The United States will require from next Monday all travelers who travel to its territory to present a negative test for coronavirus in the 24 hours prior to their flight, regardless of their vaccination status or country of departure, in order to slow down a possible spread of the new variant of COVID-19, omicron. It […]
Sanofi questions market for COVID vaccines after pandemic
Updated on 02/12/2021 03:44 am Sanofi offered a surprisingly low projection of the future need for COVID vaccines, saying boosters will be required only once every three to five years. By 2024, the COVID vaccine market will likely peak at around 500 million doses a year, and people’s immunity will be more durable and the […]
Ómicron: Peruvian who carried the new variant passed through Brazil before arriving in Japan
Updated on 12/01/2021 03:16 pm The Peruvian traveler who has been detected today in Japan with the omicron variant of the coronavirus had previously passed through Brazil before reaching Japanese territory, according to the director of the National Epidemiology Center of the Ministry of Health of Peru, César Munayco. The epidemiologist explained to Radio Exitosa […]
World tourism again affected by COVID-19, today by omicron variant
Updated on 12/01/2021 11:31 am Tourism businesses that had just found their foothold after almost two years of devastation caused by the pandemic of the COVID-19, They are again shocked as countries announce new travel restrictions to contain the omicron variant of the coronavirus. From shopping districts in Japan and tourist guides in the Holy […]
COVID-19 Radically Altered Mobility, IOM Says
The coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated hostile rhetoric against migrants around the world and radically altered mobility, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Likewise, it projected that travel restrictions and other aspects of the fight against COVID-19 could curb migration around the world as long as they remain in force. IOM […]