Between canceled parties, curfews and other restrictions, the world is preparing this Friday to enter 2022 after another year of pandemic in which, despite the deployment of vaccines, the omicron variant caused a boom in infections never seen before. The last twelve months left a change of president in the United States, an Olympic Games […]
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The challenges that the European Union will have to face by 2022
The European Union (EU) faces a demanding 2022, with challenges such as continuing to fight against pandemic, deploy recovery funds, advance climate or digital legislation, and deal with external threats, especially from the East. COVID-19 The pandemic, now reinvigorated with the omicron variant, continues to be the first planetary challenge and the EU is focusing […]
The world faces the New Year with more than a million cases daily
Millions of people around the world were preparing on Thursday for a celebration of New Year drastically limited by the blazing spread of the COVID-19, which in the week of December 23 to 29 surpassed the symbolic milestone of one million daily infections. In the last seven days, an average of 1,045,000 infections were detected […]
Europe at high risk from COVID-19 as countries tighten restrictions
Europe closes the year in a generalized situation of high risk due to the high contagion of coronavirus driven by the omicron variant of COVID-19, while governments tighten restrictions and urge prudence in celebrations. With the exception of Romania, hit hard in the fall by the previous wave of COVID-19, the rest of Europe You […]
COVID-19: Two doses of J&J vaccine can reduce hospitalization for omicron by 85%
Updated 12/30/2021 10:18 am People vaccinated with two doses of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Jansenn vaccine may be 85% protected from needing hospitalization after contracting COVID-19 with the omicron variant, according to a study conducted in South Africa. The research was conducted on a sample of 69,092 healthcare workers who were given a booster shot […]
Xian Strives to Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Worst Outbreak in China This Year
The Xian Industrial and Technology Center in China reported more than 100 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing its count of locally transmitted infections to the highest of any Chinese city this year. Xian reported 155 new local cases by December 29, official data showed. That brings its number of local infections to more than […]
COVID-19 casts a shadow over New Years celebrations, again
COVID-19 will stifle New Years celebrations around the world for the second year in a row, as governments in many countries have cut holiday times and capacities in an effort to contain a rampant wave of infections. Global coronavirus infections hit a record in the past seven days, with nearly a million cases detected on […]
The ten challenges for the United States in 2022
U.S is preparing to receive 2022 as the country with the most infections and deaths due to pandemic and it faces difficult challenges such as curbing inflation not seen in decades or achieving the necessary consensus to approve major social and economic plans, without forgetting the mid-term elections. Here are ten of the challenges facing […]
“Vaccine”, word of the year 2021 for the FundéuRAE
The Urgent Spanish Foundation (FundéuRAE), promoted by the EFE Agency and the Royal Spanish Academy, has chosen “vaccine” as the word of the year 2021. In addition to its great presence in the social, political, scientific and economic debate, the Foundation has selected it for its linguistic interest. The concept of “vaccine” arose in the […]
After the euphoria of the recovery, the world economy enters a period of turmoil
After the economic cataclysm of 2020, the recovery of the world economy has been good, but the health situation caused by the appearance of the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19, shortages of essential products and inflation cast a shadow over the outlook for 2022 . A multi-speed recovery From China to the United States, […]