Madrid exempts vaccinated nursing home staff from quarantine
The Community of Madrid has published an instruction that, in line with the decisions adopted for other labor groups that work with vulnerable people, exempts vaccinated personnel from social health centers for the elderly in the region who have been in close contact with a positive for covid-19. The document, from the Ministries of Health and Family, Youth and Social Policy, establishes that workers with the complete vaccination schedule who are in this circumstance will be able to continue developing their work activity normally, the Madrid Government has specified in a note. To do this, they will have to use at all times the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for the tasks they carry out, as established in the procedure for the prevention of occupational risks against exposure to the virus. To guarantee the safety and protection of both the employees and the users of the residences, these workers will be followed up with at least two diagnostic tests within 10 days after contact with a confirmed case. preferably PCR. (Eph)
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More than 2,000 flights canceled around the world due to the advance of the omicron
More than 2,000 flights have been canceled around the world on Christmas Eve due to the advance of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, as reported by the American company Flight Aware, which specializes in providing real-time data on flights. As of 9 a.m. (US East Coast time), 2,045 flights had already been suspended worldwide, of which 457 were destined for or departed from the United States. In addition, 4,604 routes have experienced delays globally, of those who 509 were heading to the US or departing from that country. (Eph)
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A Sevillian pharmacy puts 10,000 antigen tests on sale
A pharmacy in Dos Hermanas (Seville) has put 10,000 antigen tests on sale to detect the coronavirus. The manager of the Los Angeles pharmacy, Jaime Moreno, has commented that the tests have been acquired from a Chinese company through negotiations with distributors: “They have had us three days without sleep until they arrived yesterday -Thursday- and we put them on sale” . The queues at the doors of the establishment have not stopped and there are people who buy up to 80 tests that are sold at 7.90 euros each. In just 24 hours the pharmacy has sold half of the batch to people who have come from different parts of the province. “We have looked for the tests under the stones, making a lot of calls, many of them negative,” said Moreno, who added that the request was intervened in Madrid and did not reach its destination until all permits were obtained. The pharmacy managers have not set a limit of units per person and anticipate that they will sell the tests until stocks run out and, if necessary, they will try to place new orders. Informs Margot Molina.
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