The OECD has warned that the COVID-19 omicron variant may be a threat to the global economic recovery and cut its projections for global growth in 2021, advocating for faster distribution of vaccines. The world economy could grow 5.6% this year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development anticipated in its projections (OECD), that is, […]
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Traveler from Peru is second contagion by omicron in Japan
Updated on 12/01/2021 07:28 am The Government of Japan confirmed today the detection of the second case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, in a traveler from Peru, and on the same day that the country announced additional border restrictions to try to stop the entry of the pathogen. After identifying the new variant […]
COVID-19: omicron complicates global economic recovery amid new restrictions, Moody’s warns
The emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus poses new risks to global economic growth and the outlook for inflation, as concerns about health risks from the variant intensify and several countries have imposed new travel restrictions on countries. last days. These restrictions are likely to increase in the coming weeks until scientists learn […]
The worst thing about omicron, so far, is the uncertainty
Por Andreas Kluth Here we go again … The coronavirus mutated, as we always knew it would, and the new variant, called the omicron, is spreading rapidly. Should we be scared or optimistic? Should we modify our behavior and plans or move on? To answer these questions, we need three pieces of information that we […]
COVID-19: Brazil, first country in Latin America to report two cases of omicron
Updated on 11/30/2021 05:40 pm The Secretary of Health of Sao Paulo confirmed the first two positive cases of the variant omicron of the COVID-19, which makes Brazil the first Latin American country to report infections of this type. Samples from a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman who had arrived in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, […]
COVID-19: US admits it will take weeks to learn about new omicron variant and its effects
The response team against pandemic The government of the United States admitted that it will take weeks, at least between two and four, until they have enough information about the new variant of the COVID-19, omicron, its transmission capacity and its aggressiveness. For this reason, both the main epidemiologist of the Administration, Antony Fauci, and […]
Ómicron: over 60 and vulnerable people should not travel by the new variant, says WHO
Updated on 11/30/2021 03:19 pm General travel bans will not prevent the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, the WHO warned on Tuesday, recommending those over 60 to postpone their travels. In its recommendations, the World Health Organization noted that, until November 28, “56 countries had applied travel measures to try to […]
EMA estimates that adapting vaccines to the omicron variant will take between three and four months
Updated on 11/30/2021 11:59 am The director of the European Medicines Agency, Emer Cooke, said on Tuesday that the agency has plans to accelerate the adaptation of vaccines to the new omicron variant if necessary, a process that he has estimated will take between three and four months. . In an intervention in the European […]
Regeneron Says His COVID-19 Drug May Be Less Effective Against Omicron Variant
Updated on 11/30/2021 11:10 am Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc reported that analyzes suggested that its cocktail of antibodies against COVID-19, and similar drugs, may have reduced activity against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The drugmaker said the analysis shows that the individual mutations present in the omicron variant indicate “that there may be a reduced […]
Oxford University Says No Evidence Yet Vaccines Do Not Protect Against Serious Omicron Disease
Updated on 11/30/2021 09:34 am The University of Oxford stated that there was no evidence that the vaccines did not prevent severe omicron variant disease, but that it was prepared to rapidly develop an updated version of its AstraZeneca-developed vaccine if necessary. Earlier on Tuesday, the director of drug maker Moderna said COVID-19 vaccines were […]