Updated on 04/11/2021 08:28 am The Government of Joe Biden announced this Thursday that private companies with more than 100 employees must guarantee as of January 4 that their workers are vaccinated against COVID-19. In case of not wanting to be vaccinated, the workers of these large companies will have to undergo weekly tests and […]
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UK Approves Merck’s COVID-19 Pill
Updated on 04/11/2021 07:50 am The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that it is the first country in the world to authorize molnupiravir, the tablet treatment against COVID-19 developed by the US laboratory Merck. “Today is a historic day for our country, because the United Kingdom is now the first country in the world to […]
America marks two consecutive months of decreases in COVID-19 cases
America has recorded two consecutive months of weekly declines in the number of coronavirus cases, at a time when almost half of the region’s population has received the full vaccination schedule. This was announced by the deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, at the weekly press conference of the organization […]
US begins vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19
The United States entered a new phase of its vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, with inoculations now available to millions of children in elementary school, in what health authorities called a major achievement after more than 18 months of illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, and school suspensions. With the federal government promising enough vaccines […]
COVID-19 Infections Affect Older People Again, Expert Says
Updated on 11/03/2021 09:48 am The rise in the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK, despite the extensive vaccination plan, shows that “the infection is now beginning to penetrate older age groups”Said Deputy Medical Director for Health in England, Jonathan Van-Tam. The expert, one of the country’s leading medical personalities during the pandemic, […]
WHO Authorizes Emergency Use of Indian Covaxin COVID-19 Vaccine
Updated on 11/03/2021 09:38 am The World Health Organization (WHO) authorized the emergency use of the Covaxin vaccine against COVID-19 developed in India, which supports a drug that the country’s regulators authorized long before completing advanced safety and efficiency tests . The health agency of the HIM-HER-IT It said in a statement that it authorized […]
Lancet highlights high level of protection of single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine, according to Russian agency
The scientific journal The Lancet has highlighted the high level of protection generated by the Russian single-dose vaccine Sputnik Light in a new article published on the publication’s website, announced the Russian Direct Investment Fund (FIDR), which distributes the drug . FIDR indicates that The Lancet experts concluded that the single-dose vaccine that Russia registered […]
Chinese stock up on food as temperatures drop and advance of COVID-19
Beijing residents stocked up on cabbage, rice and flour for the winter on Wednesday, after the government urged people to keep essentials in case of emergencies, although it assured them there were enough supplies after some purchases of panic. China’s Ministry of Commerce published a seasonal advisory on Monday encouraging authorities to do a good […]
EMA concludes evaluation of Lilly’s monoclonal antibodies against COVID-19
Updated on 11/03/2021 09:32 am The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Wednesday that it is ending the evaluation of the treatment of COVID-19 with monoclonal antibodies developed by the US pharmaceutical Eli Lilly, after the company has withdrawn from the process. The European regulator began last March a real-time analysis of the data that […]
Global COVID-19 Cases Rise for Second Week in a Row
Global cases of COVID-19 increased by three percent last week, exceeding three million, which is the second period of seven consecutive days in which an upward line is observed, according to statistics provided today by the World Organization for Health (WHO). In Europe, the currently most affected region (1.7 million cases last week), positives rose […]