In advance of vaccination against Influenza: Could there be cases of ‘Flurona’ in Chile? | Health & Wellness

In advance of vaccination against Influenza: Could there be cases of ‘Flurona’ in Chile?  |  Health & Wellness

The rise in infections, combined with new cases of Omicron 2 and the advancement of the vaccination campaign against Influenza has caused alarm in the country. – “We are concerned about influenza because it is already circulating” with this sentence the Health Minister Enrique Paris announced last weekend that vaccination against the virus was coming … Read more

Covid, Sicily in the orange zone from 24 January 2022

Covid, Sicily in the orange zone from 24 January 2022

As already anticipated for days, Sicily will become the orange zone from Monday. In fact, the island has exceeded all three parameters that determine the color change: in the last week the incidence was 1,169.4 new cases per hundred thousand inhabitants (threshold of 250), the occupation of ordinary departments has risen to 36.6% (the ceiling … Read more

Famous parades postponed again because of Corona

Famous parades postponed again because of Corona

Jan 22, 2022 @ 8:24am Omicron meets carnival : Rio postpones famous moves again because of Corona – 15 pictures Carnival 2020 in Rio was so colourful Photo: dpa / Other Pens – – Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro without carnival was a hard blow last year. Optimism grew as the vaccination campaign progressed, … Read more

Omicron BA.2 subvariant: is it more contagious or more dangerous than other viruses?

Omicron BA.2 subvariant: is it more contagious or more dangerous than other viruses?

While most European countries are announcing the easing of health restrictions against Covid-19, the specter of a new wave of contamination is raising concern among the scientific community. A sub-variant of Omicron, also detected in France, is now being closely monitored by the health authorities. baptized BA.2, he is already majority in Denmark and India, … Read more

“I think we can already speak of a community circulation, unfortunately,” says Borba

“I think we can already speak of a community circulation, unfortunately,” says Borba

Taking into account the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 that was reflected in the latest epidemiological reports, the Minister of Health, Julio Borba, said that it is necessary “to take the situation with great caution.” Given this, from the health portfolio they urge to apply vaccines and respect health measures. Borba expressed in a … Read more

This is the incubation period in the omicron variant

This is the incubation period in the omicron variant

The omicron variant has broken a record in the almost 22 months of the covid-19 pandemic; barely a month after it was identified, it has already far surpassed its predecessor in the first place of the variant SARS-CoV-2 infections worldwide, and it seems that it has come to stay. In South Africa, where that first … Read more

Corona: Number of Omicron cases in Thuringia unclear

Corona: Number of Omicron cases in Thuringia unclear

In Thuringia, twelve cases of the Omikron variant are currently officially known. This comes from the latest figures from the Robert Koch Institute on Thursday. However, according to the Thuringian Ministry of Health, it is unclear how many people in Thuringia are actually infected with an Omicron variant. The reason is that only five percent … Read more

Covid-19. Antigenic tests are less sensitive to the Omicron variant

Covid-19.  Antigenic tests are less sensitive to the Omicron variant

Antigenic tests of Covid-19 screening, which have the advantage of delivering a result in just a few minutes, are less sensitive to the Omicron variant than to previous variantsUS health authorities warned on Tuesday. This means that these tests are more likely to indicate a negative result despite an infection – the notorious false negatives … Read more

Fireworks December 31, Rennes, is it canceled for the New Year? – Breakflip Awé

Fireworks December 31, Rennes, is it canceled for the New Year?  – Breakflip Awé

Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced new measures for the end of year celebrations, is the fireworks display canceled in Rennes? The virus Covid–19 is still present in France and around the world, in particular with the emergence of the Omicron variant. Vaccination campaigns are still underway to protect populations and more particularly the most … Read more

How and when could COVID-19 go from a pandemic to an endemic virus in Latin America?

How and when could COVID-19 go from a pandemic to an endemic virus in Latin America?

BOGOTÁ – A few months after the two-year anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the coronavirus a pandemic -with the consequent impact on our lives- the region is facing another challenge: the omicron variant. The achievement of the expected herd immunity, which would close the way to COVID-19 by virtue of the vaccination … Read more