Updated on 04/01/2022 08:16 am A fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is five times the number of antibodies a week after the injection was given, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday, citing preliminary results from an Israeli study. “One week after the fourth dose we know with a higher degree of certainty […]
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After omicron, now appears the “flurona”, a mixture between flu and COVID: the first cases
Updated on 03/01/2022 08:04 am In the midst of the global health crisis, a new manifestation of COVID has emerged, it is the mixture with the flu, called “flurone”. The first case in Israel of this new infection was known at the weekend, and today in Catalonia, Spain. Although there is still very little scientific […]
Belgium agrees to buy 10,000 doses of COVID-19 pills from Pfizer and Merck
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Updated on 01/03/2022 08:00 am Belgium has agreed to buy 10,000 doses of each of the COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments developed by Pfizer and Merck & CO, a Ministry of Health spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed statement Monday. Governments around the world are rushing to buy Paxlovid, the pill developed by Pfizer. Molnupiravir, jointly […]
Leo Messi positive for COVID
The Argentine star of Paris SG, Leo Messi, is one of the four players on the PSG squad who have tested positive for COVID, the French club announced this Sunday, a day before their round of 32 match of the French Cup against the amateur team Vannes. Leo Messi, the Spanish side Juan Bernat, the […]
Dominican Republic sees strong rebound in tourism despite COVID
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The Dominican Republic is preparing to receive about 5 million visitors this year, consolidating a recovery for the main tourist destination in the Caribbean despite the threat of the omicron variant, said the Vice Minister of Tourism, Jacqueline Mora. In a telephone interview, Mora said tourism was rebounding strongly from last year’s pandemic lows, with […]
JetBlue cuts about 1,280 flights through mid-January due to omicron obstacles
Updated on 12/30/2021 07:46 am JetBlue Airways Corp will reduce its itineraries through January 13 by about 1,280 flights due to an increase in crew members who became ill from the omicron variant of the coronavirus, it told Reuters on Thursday an airline spokesman. Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights every day in the United […]
90% of COVID-19 patients in UK intensive care did not get booster doses
Updated on 12/29/2021 09:43 am Up to 90% of COVID patients in intensive care in the UK have not received a booster dose of vaccine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, once again excluding any tightening of restrictions before the New Year. . “I’m sorry to say, but the vast majority of people […]
The increase in global cases of COVID triggers tests and the fear of new quarantines
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Daily COVID-19 infections have reached record highs in the United States, swaths of Europe and Australia, with the rapid spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus that keeps workers at home and saturates testing centers. Almost two years after China first reported a cluster of “viral pneumonia” cases in the city of Wuhan, […]
WHO foresees “large number” of hospitalizations, although omicron is less dangerous
Updated on 12/28/2021 07:24 am The rapid spread of omicron will cause “a large number of hospitalizations” of COVID-19 patients, albeit a slightly less dangerous variant than its predecessor, the European branch of the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. “A rapid increase in omicron, such as that seen in several countries – even if […]
Infections rise in France during Christmas
Updated on 12/26/2021 08:48 am France has registered more than 100,000 infections of the virus in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began, and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have doubled in the last month, while the contagious omicron variant complicates the government’s efforts to avoid a new quarantine. More than one in […]