Corona: What do you know about the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 – and how dangerous are they?

Corona: What do you know about the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 – and how dangerous are they?

Faster spread, but no more dangerous Due to the rapid spread, “an overall increase in the number of infections and a renewed increase in the pressure of infection on vulnerable groups of people could already occur in the summer”. According to the RKI, the findings so far do not indicate that the disease progresses more … Read more

Rising corona numbers: Lauterbach advises wearing a mask indoors

Rising corona numbers: Lauterbach advises wearing a mask indoors

AIn view of the sharp increase in corona cases, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) has called for masks to be worn indoors voluntarily. “A summer wave was to be expected,” Lauterbach wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. Wearing a mask indoors and a fourth vaccination are “the best antidotes”. The seven-day incidence of new infections … Read more

According to Drosten, the corona situation is “not initially threatening” – but the situation in Portugal is “worrying”​

According to Drosten, the corona situation is “not initially threatening” – but the situation in Portugal is “worrying”​

June 9, 2022 at 3:20 p.m Increase in the omicron subvariant : According to Drosten, the situation is “not initially threatening” – but the view of Portugal is “somewhat worrying” – Virologist Christian Drosten spoke about the current development of the corona situation in Germany and other European countries. Photo: dpa/Michael Kappeler – – Berlin … Read more

Corona Omicron Variant BA.5 – Is the new wave ending a relaxed time in Germany?​

Corona Omicron Variant BA.5 – Is the new wave ending a relaxed time in Germany?​

June 1, 2022 at 2:34 p.m Exploding incidence in Portugal : Will the new Omikron wave end the relaxed time in Germany? – The Corona variant BA.5 turns the popular travel destination Lisbon into a hotspot (symbol image). Foto: Shutterstock/Shevdinov1 – – Düsseldorf In the popular holiday destination of Portugal, the Omicron variant BA.5 is … Read more

Because of omicron variant BA.5: Montgomery warns of increasing corona numbers

Because of omicron variant BA.5: Montgomery warns of increasing corona numbers

Wegen Omikron-Variant BA.5 Montgomery warns of rising corona numbers 05/31/2022, 08:35 am – In Portugal, the Corona numbers are already rising again. The reason seems to be the prevailing omicron variant BA.5. In autumn or winter, this could lead to significantly more corona infections in Germany, warns the head of the World Medical Association, Montgomery. … Read more

Coincidence or Genetics? Why some people didn’t have Corona

Coincidence or Genetics?  Why some people didn’t have Corona

Often more than coincidence Why some people didn’t have Corona 05/18/2022 10:52 am – It has been proven that millions of people in Germany were infected with Sars-CoV-2 in the Omicron wave. Vaccinated, unvaccinated, from infants to the elderly. However, some people have never had a positive test result before. What can be the reason? … Read more

Who needs the second corona booster

Who needs the second corona booster

Coronavirus Vaccination With healthy young people, you can and should take your time with the boosters. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin The third dose of vaccination against the Sars-Cov-2 virus already strengthens the immune response so sustainably that there is long-term protection against serious illness. One current study at Rockefeller University in … Read more

STUDY. Protection against omikron decreases a few months after booster with Pfizer

STUDY.  Protection against omikron decreases a few months after booster with Pfizer

The high degree of protection offered by a booster vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech against the omikron variant of the coronavirus decreases again after a few months. This is evident from a new study published in the journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine on Monday. – – Door Belgian &nbsp- 25/04/2022 om 18:00 – “Pfizer/Biontech’s booster vaccinations against … Read more

USA: New York braces itself against Omicron

USA: New York braces itself against Omicron

How America’s vibrant metropolis is trying to maintain normality despite the high number of infections and countless absences from illness. Nothing good was in the offing for many visitors when Peter Gelb, the director of the New York Metropolitan Opera, stepped in front of the stage curtain, which was still closed, on New Year’s Eve. … Read more

New York Fires Unvaccinated City Employees – World

New York Fires Unvaccinated City Employees – World

The US metropolis New York relies on tough corona rules. More than 1,400 city employees are jobless – they were not vaccinated. Around half a year after the introduction of compulsory coronavirus vaccination, the metropolis of New York fired 1,430 city employees who did not comply. Almost all of these employees have been on unpaid … Read more