The United States will require from next Monday all travelers who travel to its territory to present a negative test for coronavirus in the 24 hours prior to their flight, regardless of their vaccination status or country of departure, in order to slow down a possible spread of the new variant of COVID-19, omicron. It […]
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India detects the first two cases of the omicron variant
Updated on 02/12/2021 07:53 am India announced Thursday that it had detected the first two cases of the contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus on its territory, a few months after a devastating wave of infections left more than 200,000 dead in the country. Two men, aged 66 and 46, tested positive in the southern […]
The United States will require all travelers to take a negative 24-hour test before their flight
The United States will require from next Monday all travelers who travel to its territory to present a negative test for coronavirus in the 24 hours prior to their flight, regardless of their vaccination status or country of departure, in order to slow down a possible spread of the new variant of COVID-19, omicron. It […]
The United States reports the first case of the omicron variant
Updated on 12/01/2021 03:53 pm The United States identified a first case of the new variant of the omicron coronavirus in California, the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Wednesday. For days, US health authorities have said that the new variant – first detected in South Africa and announced on November […]
COVID-19: Moderna says company could have omicron booster ready in March
Updated on 12/01/2021 03:45 pm Moderna Inc. could have a booster vaccine against COVID-19 addressed to the omicron variant tested and ready to request authorization in USA in March, said company president Stephen Hoge. He stated that he believes that booster vaccines that carry genes specifically targeting mutations in the recently discovered omicron variant would […]
Ómicron: Peruvian who carried the new variant passed through Brazil before arriving in Japan
Updated on 12/01/2021 03:16 pm The Peruvian traveler who has been detected today in Japan with the omicron variant of the coronavirus had previously passed through Brazil before reaching Japanese territory, according to the director of the National Epidemiology Center of the Ministry of Health of Peru, César Munayco. The epidemiologist explained to Radio Exitosa […]
PAHO estimates that omicron may circulate “soon” in the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) estimated that the new variant of the coronavirus ómicron may be “soon” circulating in the Americas, after identifying only imported cases in three countries of the continent. Brazil, Canada and the United States have already reported cases in recent days, all from people from Africa. “It is likely that […]
France lifts ban on flights from southern Africa, but with restrictions
Updated on 12/01/2021 09:50 am France will allow flights from ten countries in southern Africa from Saturday but with “drastic” restrictions, since it will only allow French citizens, the European Union, diplomats and cabin crew to disembark. Passengers must undergo a test COVID-19 upon arrival, and they will have to do seven days of quarantine […]
WHO sees possible that vaccines reduce their effectiveness against the omicron variant
Updated on 12/01/2021 09:23 am Anti-COVID vaccines could be less effective against the new omicron variant in preventing infection and the development of symptomatic COVID-19, although they seem to maintain their effectiveness against serious forms of the disease, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) . In its weekly epidemiological report, the United Nations, which has […]
Japan suspends flight reservations for omicron variant, which has already arrived in Latin America
Japan suspended on Wednesday for at least a month the new incoming flight reservations to the country, ignoring the WHO recommendation not to prohibit travel due to the emergency of the new omicron variant that has already arrived in Latin America. The appearance of this new variant, apparently more contagious and with multiple mutations, has […]