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Bill Gates: Danger to a more contagious and deadly COVID-19 mutation

Bill Gates: Danger to a more contagious and deadly COVID-19 mutation Bill Gates: Danger to a more contagious and deadly COVID-19 mutation

The need to create a team of international experts, from epidemiologists to computer model makers, to quickly identify global health threats and improve coordination between countries, Bill Gates said in an interview with the Financial Times, warning that more investment is needed. avoiding a new pandemic The founder of Microsoft, who in 2015 first publicly […]

Science: Kidney transplant recipients are particularly vulnerable to variations

Science: Kidney transplant recipients are particularly vulnerable to variations Science: Kidney transplant recipients are particularly vulnerable to variations

Most people who have had a kidney transplant do not show a strong immune response at the antibody level after being vaccinated twice, which is why they are particularly vulnerable to new variants of the coronavirus, according to a new German scientific study. the appearance of Omicron, which makes it even more necessary to administer […]

USA: Borders are closed to travelers from 8 countries in South Africa

USA: Borders are closed to travelers from 8 countries in South Africa USA: Borders are closed to travelers from 8 countries in South Africa

The United States today announced the closure of the border to travelers from eight South African countries, due to the appearance of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Arrivals from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi will be banned from arriving in the United States from Monday, a senior US official has […]

AstraZeneca: ‘We are examining the resistance of the new mutation to the vaccine’

AstraZeneca: ‘We are examining the resistance of the new mutation to the vaccine’ AstraZeneca: ‘We are examining the resistance of the new mutation to the vaccine’

AstraZeneca said on Friday it hoped its anti-covid-19 antibody cocktail would retain its effectiveness against the new mutation spreading in South Africa and was testing whether the variant was resistant to its vaccine. “As with any new mutation, we are looking at strain B.1.1.529 to find out more about it and its vaccine resistance,” AstraZeneca […]

Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport

Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport

Hundreds of passengers, who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa today, were faced with hours of delays while undergoing a covid-19 test due to concerns about the new coronavirus variant. The Dutch government issued a ban on all passengers on flights from South Africa earlier today. Health Minister Hugo de Jong said […]

EU: 27 unanimously suspend flights to / from South African countries due to … mutation

EU: 27 unanimously suspend flights to / from South African countries due to … mutation EU: 27 unanimously suspend flights to / from South African countries due to … mutation

LAST UPDATE: 19.19 The 27 member states of the European Union have agreed to temporarily suspend flights to and from countries in southern Africa as a precautionary measure against a new coronavirus mutation first detected in Botswana, the Slovenian government announced on Friday afternoon. EU Presidency. “A committee of health experts from all 27 countries” […]

New Covid-Fauci mutation: US studies data to decide whether to impose travel bans

New Covid-Fauci mutation: US studies data to decide whether to impose travel bans New Covid-Fauci mutation: US studies data to decide whether to impose travel bans

Leading epidemiologist Anthony Fauci said today that a ban on flights from South African countries was a possibility and that the United States was gathering evidence for a new variant of SARS-COV-2. No decision has yet been made to suspend flights. “It is always possible to do what the United Kingdom did, to exclude travel […]

The new African mutation – Case in Belgium – has arrived in Europe

The new African mutation – Case in Belgium – has arrived in Europe The new African mutation – Case in Belgium – has arrived in Europe

LAST UPDATE: 15.55 The first confirmed case of the new variant of the coronavirus was recorded in Belgium. According to the correspondent of the Athenian Macedonian News Agency in Brussels, this is a young woman who showed symptoms 11 days after traveling to Egypt via Turkey. She was unvaccinated and had not been previously diagnosed […]

WHERE: It will take a few weeks to understand the impact of the new variant

WHERE: It will take a few weeks to understand the impact of the new variant WHERE: It will take a few weeks to understand the impact of the new variant

The World Health Organization urges countries not to rush into travel restrictions related to B.1.1.529, the new variant of SARS-COV-2, stressing that a scientific approach based on risk assessment should be applied such measures. “At the moment, the imposition of travel measures is not recommended,” said Christian Lindmeier, a spokesman for the Geneva-based news agency. […]

What do we know at the moment about the new variant from South Africa

What do we know at the moment about the new variant from South Africa What do we know at the moment about the new variant from South Africa

The new coronavirus strain has been identified as B.1.1.529, located in South Africa, identified in Botswana, and to date 10 cases of this strain have been confirmed, a reason for which the World Health Organization (WHO) holds an extraordinary meeting on Friday . Outside of South Africa, he has been identified as a Hong Kong […]