The omicron variant reduced the protection provided by two doses of the COVID vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc, as feared, increasing the risk of contagion, researchers revealed. Blood samples collected from people vaccinated with doses of one of the two pharmaceutical companies and tested against the new variant showed a significant drop […]
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Boris Johnson confirms the first death from the omicron variant in the United Kingdom
Updated on 12/13/2021 08:45 am At least one person has died in the United Kingdom from the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, which in London alone already represents approximately “40% of cases”British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday. Speaking to the media during a visit to a vaccination center in the Paddington neighborhood, […]
Chile detects omicron variant in Santiago by community transmission
Updated on 12/13/2021 07:01 am The Chilean health authorities confirmed the detection of the first case of the Ómicron variant in Santiago in a 65-year-old man who had no links with travelers arriving in the country, being the first infected by community transmission of this COVID-19 mutation. The Regional Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of Health of […]
The arrival of the omicron variant: How serious and communicable is the new COVID-19 mutation?
A new variant of COVID-19, potentially more contagious and with multiple mutations, was detected in South Africa at the end of November, signifying a battle against a possible new pandemic wave, according to scientists. This new lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 family received the name of omicron. In fact, the number of daily infections in this […]
Companies reconsider return to the office by omicron variant
Companies of all sizes are rethinking their plans to return workers to their offices as the new variant of the coronavirus, omicron, brings a new layer of uncertainty. Google, de Alphabet, and Ford Co., the second-largest automaker in the United States, are among those that have again delayed their plans to return to work in […]
Omicron is four times more transmittable than delta in Japanese study
Updated on 12/10/2021 03:32 am The omicron variant of COVID-19 is 4.2 times more transmissible in its early stage than its delta predecessor, according to a study by a Japanese scientist advising the country’s Ministry of Health, a finding that likely confirms fears about the spread of COVID-19. new variant. Hiroshi Nishiura, a professor of […]
WHO: vaccines unlikely to lose all efficacy to omicron
Although COVID vaccines might respond differently to the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, “they are not likely to lose all their effectiveness”Said today the director of the Department of Immunization of the World Health Organization (WHO), Kate O’Brien. “No one expects vaccines to have no effect on the new variant“O’Brien stressed at a press […]
Ómicron: what it means and how the names of the COVID-19 variants are chosen
After the appearance of the new variant of the coronavirus B.1.1.529, which was named Omicron and that on November 26, 2021 it was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “worrying”, the alarms went off around the planet when it was revealed that it has several mutations that could affect the characteristics of the […]
The omicron variant is already in almost 60 countries, but mild cases abound
A total of 57 countries have already detected cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, although many of them without symptoms or mild, highlights the World Health Organization (WHO) in a report where it warns about the high possibility of reinfection that it seems to have the new strain. The organization’s weekly epidemiological […]
BioNTech and Pfizer say three doses of their vaccine neutralize omicron
Updated on 08/12/2021 08:10 am BioNTech and Pfizer claimed Wednesday that a three-injection cycle of their COVID-19 vaccine was shown to have a neutralizing effect against the new omicron variant of the coronavirus in a laboratory test and noted that they could deliver an omicron-based vaccine in March 2022. If necessary. In the first official […]