The omicron variant of the coronavirus, cataloged by the World Health Organization (WHO) of “high contagious risk”, it spreads very quickly in the world, which would compromise the return to face-to-face work of many large companies that have been forced to strengthen their arsenal anti-COVID-19 and delay the return to the offices. Google, for example, […]
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Omicron and vaccines: what is the degree of immunity of those vaccinated according to initial studies?
Updated on 12/19/2021 02:27 pm Preliminary data, among a multitude that is being collected around the world, indicates that there is a reduction in immunity against the omicron variant among those who have the initial full vaccination schedule (two or one dose, depending on the vaccine received) or who have passed the COVID infection, the […]
Russia is convinced that the WHO will approve the Sputnik V vaccine in a few months
Updated on 12/19/2021 11:29 am The Kremlin is convinced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will approve the Russian vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 within a few months, the Interfax news agency said on Sunday, citing spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had not yet provided all the information necessary for […]
COVID-19: Why aren’t antibodies the only defense against omicron?
In the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus, a key component of the immune system garnered attention: antibodies. These Y-shaped proteins have made headlines recently because COVID vaccines don’t make enough of them to fight the omicron variant of the coronavirus, unless something is introduced to stimulate them. Trained by both vaccines and infection, the antibodies […]
Will omicron outperform delta? It’s a question for scientists
Updated on 12/19/2021 03:55 am Scientists who were part of a network that was the first to sequence the omicron variant are watching to see if the coronavirus variant will dictate the course of the pandemic. Will future variants stem from your lineage, or will other variants displace it? Initial findings in South Africa, where […]
Germany: regions ask to tighten entry conditions to stop omicron
Updated on 12/18/2021 10:39 am The regions german They asked the government this Saturday to tighten the rules of entry into the territory and prohibit arrivals from the United Kingdom to slow the spread of omicron variant. In a videoconference, the health ministers of the 16 federal states asked that passengers over 6 years of […]
Ómicron, a very contagious version of COVID-19
Ómicron is a variant of COVID-19 detected about a month ago and due to its high degree of transmission, it can once again change the course of the pandemic, especially due to its impact on vaccination. What is omicron? Ómicron is a new version of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus originating from the pandemic), identified at the […]
A “tsunami”: omicron could cause a wave of COVID-19 in the US
After two years of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S faces another bleak winter, in which the variant omicron of COVID-19, red-hot, threatens to further exacerbate an already dangerous surge in cases. COVID-19 hospitalizations have soared 45% in the past month, and cases have risen 40% to a seven-day average of 123,000 new infections a day, according […]
Booster vaccines lose efficacy against omicron, according to a British study
A clinical model suggests that the efficacy of booster vaccines against COVID-19 caused by omicron is lower than that of the delta variant, although they still offer high protection against the disease, according to researchers from Imperial College London (United Kingdom). The researchers also analyzed the risk of reinfection with omicron in another study and […]
Ómicron changes plans for COVID-19 in 2022
As the omicron variant gathers momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are revising their expectations for next year’s COVID-19 pandemic. Just a few weeks ago, disease experts predicted that countries would begin to emerge from the pandemic after enduring a series of rallies driven by alpha, beta, gamma and delta variants. First, populations […]