According to the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreading across southern Africa and appearing in other countries, scientists eagerly watch a battle unfold that could determine the future of the pandemic. Will the world’s most recent competitor to the delta be able to unseat it? After analyzing the data from South Africa and Great Britain, […]
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COVID-19: Pfizer thinks omicron symptoms are milder, but more communicable
Updated on 07/12/2021 09:45 pm The chief executive of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Albert Bourla, assured that the symptoms caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus seem milder than those caused by other mutations, but warned that it is transmitted faster. “I don’t think it’s good news to have something that spreads quickly“Bourla said […]
UK sees signs that omicron variant is “more transmittable”
Updated on 07/12/2021 06:40 pm British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his government cabinet on Tuesday that the first signs point to the omicron variant of the coronavirus being “more transmissibleThan the delta. A spokesman for Downing Street, his official office, stressed at the same time that it is too early to draw definitive conclusions […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Would Only Partially Protect Against Omicron
Updated on 07/12/2021 06:35 pm The omicron variant of the coronavirus may partially evade the protection of the vaccine against the COVID-19 from Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech, Bloomberg News reported, citing the head of research for a laboratory at the African Health Research Institute in South Africa. His evasion is not complete and […]
Omicron mutations could provide clues to their origin
The unusually high number of omicron variant mutations in the gene that helps spread the coronavirus could provide clues as to how it developed, according to a computational analysis of the variant. The coexistence of mutations in the so-called S gene that would normally inhibit the virus’s ability to thrive suggests that such mutations are […]
Could the omicron variant cause a milder disease?
The variant omicron, which is spreading in southern Africa and has been detected in more than 30 countries, has raised fears that it could significantly undermine the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19. However, as scientists rush to understand all the consequences of omicron, some also wonder if this new version of the coronavirus could cause […]
Russia detects its first two omicron cases
Updated on 06/12/2021 07:25 am Russia confirmed this Monday that it has detected in the country two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in travelers from South Africa, according to the health regulator Roskomnadzor. The regulator details that the patients with omicron are two citizens who were placed under observation after their arrival in […]
The United States detects more infected with the omicron variant
USA is detecting more cases of infected with the variant omicron of the coronavirus. New York announced three more cases of the omicron on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in the state to eight. “The variant omicron it is here and as anticipated we are seeing the beginning of its spread among the […]
Ómicron: the arrival of the new variant in Latin America and how it prepares to face it
During the last week of November, Africa put the world on alert by detecting new cases of COVID-19 infections of a variant unknown until then and that could face a new pandemic wave. Ómicron, as the WHO dubbed it, has become potentially more contagious than Delta and has at least 32 mutations. Initially it was […]
Scientists assess whether COVID-19 vaccines should be updated for new Omicron variant
Are companies likely to need to create new vaccines to better combat omicron? The answer could be yes if this new variant is shown to be different from the original strain of COVID-19. The BBC interviewed the microbiologist, Deborah Fuller, who detailed in 5 questions why it is possible that the pharmaceutical need to update […]