Updated on 01/11/2022 07:48 pm With the passage of time, all viruses change, something to which the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which so far leaves tens of millions of deaths worldwide. MORE INFORMATION: How to differentiate influenza from COVID-19: symptoms According to the World Health Organization (WHO), most of the time these changes […]
Tag: Omicron
COVID-19: omicron seems to start to decline dramatically in Britain and the US
Scientists are watching for signs that the alarming wave of cases of the variant omicron of coronavirus could have peaked in Britain, and is about to do the same in U.S, which means that infections could start to decrease dramatically. The reason: The variant has proven so contagious that it may already have run out […]
“Deltacron”: is it a laboratory error or a new variant of COVID-19?
Updated on 01/11/2022 05:50 pm For a week, the word “deltacron” attracted attention in the world for the combination of variants of COVID-19. Especially since its presumed existence and rapid spread could worsen the state of the new waves of the pandemic. However, scientists now believe that it could be a contamination problem in the […]
More than 50% of the European population will be infected with omicron within 6 to 8 weeks
More than 50% of the European population will have contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the next 6 to 8 weeks at the current rate of transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday. The forecast is based on a calculation carried out by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), […]
Pfizer says new omicron vaccine will be ready in March
The US pharmaceutical Pfizer announced that it hopes to have a new vaccine against COVID-19 in March that improves protection against the omicron variant. The CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, explained that it is not yet clear if this new product will be necessary, but said that his company is already beginning to manufacture the […]
Deltacron: 25 cases with combination version of variants detected in Cyprus
Updated on 01/09/2022 11:20 am The Cyprus authorities have reported the detection of up to 25 cases of infection with a combined version of the delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus that they have named Deltacron. “Currently there are omicron and delta co-infections. We have found a variant that is a combination of both […]
USA: staying home or going to work sick with COVID-19?
As the variant omicron coronavirus infects workers everywhere U.S, millions have to choose between their health and their salary. While many companies instituted stronger sick leave policies at the beginning of the pandemic, some have been reduced since then with the advent of vaccines. Meanwhile, the staff shortage adds to pressure from workers who have […]
The certainties and the two great uncertainties that surround omicron
What impact will it have omicron in hospital services, and this could be the last wave of the COVID-19? They are the two main questions around the variant, much more contagious but less virulent than the previous ones. What do we know about omicron? Six weeks after its identification in South Africa, data from several […]
Ómicron: two million daily cases of COVID-19 in the world
Updated on 08/01/2022 06:11 pm More than two million daily cases of COVID-19 were registered on average in the world during the week of January 1 to 7, a figure that doubled in ten days, according to an AFP count. In the last seven days, an average of 2’106,118 daily cases were registered. The threshold […]
Everything that is known about the new variant of COVID-19 called IHU
It has been only weeks since South Africa released the Omicron variant to the world and now French researchers are releasing “IHU”. So far there are only 12 cases in the world, all of them reside in the southeast of France. Origin of the investigation The University Hospital Institute of Infectious Diseases (IHU) de Marseille, […]