The Austrian Government announced this Friday the fourth general confinement since the beginning of the pandemic and, to get out of the “vicious circle” of restrictions, it imposes mandatory vaccination of the entire population from February. Austria, where 65% of the population has the complete guideline, thus becomes the first European country to introduce a […]
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Gates optimism on COVID mortality opposes data
Updated on 11/19/2021 03:48 am Bill Gates said Thursday that COVID-19 deaths could fall below seasonal flu levels by mid-2022. If he’s right, it will be a notable turnaround. The United States still records a seven-day average of about 1,028 deaths from COVID-19; an annualized rate of 375,220, or about 10 times the rate of […]
AstraZeneca drug reduced risk of developing COVID-19 in population at risk by 83%
An experimental treatment consisting of the AZD7442 antibody combination, developed by AstraZeneca, reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 83% in “high-risk” people, experts revealed. According to AstraZeneca, around 2% of the global population considers itself to be “risk of providing an inadequate response to the COVID-19 vaccine″, Such as patients with blood or […]
US Launches Plan to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Production
Updated on 11/17/2021 02:03 pm The US government will make billions of dollars available to pharmaceutical companies to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines, hoping to increase capacity to produce an additional 1 billion injections each year to share with the rest. of the world. Under the new initiative, the Biomedical Research and Development Authority of […]
Europe is the only region where deaths from COVID-19 rise, WHO says
Updated on 11/17/2021 12:06 pm Deaths from coronavirus in Europe rose 5% last week, making it the only region in the world where they increased, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. The agency of the HIM-HER-IT He said confirmed cases were up 6% globally, driven by infections in the Americas, Europe and Asia. In its […]
Mayor of Arica asks to open the border with Peru in January 2022 and not next December
Updated on 11/17/2021 11:16 am The Chilean health authorities announced that the country will open its land borders as of December 1. However, the mayor of Arica believes that the term should be longer. The mayor of the city of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola, stated that It should grant a period of 45 days to open […]
Incipient fatigue and frustration with China’s COVID-zero strategy
After almost two years of a pandemic that China has fought with some of the most forceful measures in the world, some signs of unease are beginning to emerge in the Asian giant against this strategy of zero tolerance to COVID-19. While many nations – also in the cautious Asian region – are trying to […]
US Secures US $ 1 Billion Dose of GSK-Vir Antibody Therapy Against COVID-19
Updated on 11/17/2021 10:17 am The United States signed contracts worth approximately US $ 1 billion for the doses of the treatment with antibodies against COVID-19 from the British GSK and the American Vir Biotechnology, securing promising options beyond vaccines. Pharmaceuticals said US orders bring the total number of doses to be supplied worldwide to […]
The Economist: The Inevitable Cost of China’s ‘Zero COVID’ Strategy
The trade war between the United States and China, paradoxically, brought some citizens of both countries closer together. Ben Kostrzewa, a business attorney for Hogan Lovells, moved from Washington, DC to Hong Kong to help his corporate clients deal with tariffs, penalties, and export controls. I used to travel two or three times a month […]
73% of people in the world prefer flexible work after the pandemic, according to a survey
The pandemic COVID-19 accelerated the movement of the digital revolution and became the largest experiment in the history of the job. According to a study carried out by The Work Trend Index in 31 countries, and with a sample of more than 30,000 respondents, 73% responded that they prefer the flexible work, that is to […]