The most recent variant of COVID-19 disrupted the end-of-year plans of tens of thousands of travelers but did not cause much damage to sales for the season. Airlines canceled more flights on Sunday, citing understaffing due to COVID-19-related issues, as hardships for those wishing to travel have dragged on past Christmas with no clear indication […]
Tag: Omicron
Chaos in air transport and new restrictions planned in France by ómicron
The omicron variant continues to sow chaos in air transport, with thousands of flights canceled around the world since Christmas weekend, and its rapid advance would lead France to announce new sanitary restrictions on Monday to face the pandemic. Europe is the region of the world that registers the most cases in the last seven […]
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 […]
Ómicron presents new risks for pregnant women without vaccines
The omicron variant is increasing risks for this little-talked-about demographic: pregnant women. After being left out of preliminary vaccine trials and faced with confusing messages and misinformation about the dangers to their unborn children, a disproportionately large number of pregnant women have avoided COVID vaccines. About 75% of pregnant women in the UK and about […]
Countries resume restrictions as at the beginning of the pandemic after the arrival of omicron
After the decrease in cases of contagion by COVID-19 in the middle of this year and with the arrival of vaccines, countries began to reject some restrictions imposed in 2020 in order to prevent the spread of the virus. Some governments allowed to leave the use of masks in open places, the public returned to […]
The world celebrates Christmas in the shadow of the pandemic
Billions of people in the world celebrate this Saturday the Christmas, tarnished for the second year in a row by the Covid-19 pandemic, especially by the explosion of infections due to the contagious variant omicron. Unmissable appointment every December 25, Pope Francis will offer his Urbi et Orbi blessing from St. Peter’s Square at noon. […]
Over 4,000 flight cancellations add frustration to pandemic
Some 4,400 flights were canceled worldwide over Christmas and thousands more were delayed due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to tracking website Flightaware, adding to the frustration of the pandemic. According to Flightaware.com, as of 0720 GMT, at least 2,000 flights had been canceled around the world on Christmas Day, including roughly […]
Ómicron, a new blow to the exhausted front-line staff
COVID-19 staff absences tripled this month in London hospitals and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters missed work due to illness. In New York, about 2,700 police officers were absent this week, twice the average number of sick officers. And in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Judy Snar said she was on the edge, with 50-hour weekly […]
More than 2,000 flights canceled around the world due to the advance of ómicron
More than 2,000 flights have been canceled around the world on Christmas Eve, marked by the advancement of the omicron variant, reported the American company Flight Aware, which specializes in providing real-time data on flights. At 9:00 am local time on the east coast of the United States (14:00 GMT), 2,045 flights had already been […]
Study reveals that omicron has 80% less risk of hospitalization
Updated on 12/24/2021 04:05 am South Africans who contract COVID-19 in the current fourth wave of infections are 80% less likely to be hospitalized if they contract the omicron variant, compared to other variants, according to a study published by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases. Once hospitalized, the risk of serious illness does not […]