We are at one million: many Italians are in quarantine, those ended up in home isolation after a swab at the pharmacy, the “official” positives (even if the infected, in total, according to estimates, are at least double). In this fifth wave of Covid, the growth of the contagion curve is exponential, and increases by […]
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Omicron 4 and 5, what the variants that infect even those who had remained “immune” mean for the pandemic
The prestigious scientific journal Nature returns to take stock of the last two sub-variants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5 because, as the long in-depth analysis says in the attack, “Omicron is back“. The last two strains are feeding one resumption of infections in many countries of the world: they are much more contagious, more than […]
Th. Pleuris: The increase in COVID cases in the summer will not put pressure on the NHS
Minister of Health Thanos Pleuris attended a conference of the Medical Association of Heraklion on the topic “Challenges and lessons learned for Sars-CoV-2, continuing his tour in Crete. Mr. Pleuris, who reiterated that the estimates are that the increase in cases in the context of the new wave of the pandemic in the heart of […]
Italy: The active reproduction number (Rt) of the new coronavirus increased for the 4th week in a row
The active reproduction number of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy has increased for the fourth week in a row, according to data from the Ministry of Health. This index – Rt – remained above 1.0 for the second week in a row, indicating that the virus is still spreading. For the period from June 7 to June […]
Italy: Nearly a million Italians test positive for coronavirus – Many hospital ‘Covid wards’ reopen
According to the data of the Italian Ministry of Health, the inhabitants of the country who are currently positive for the coronavirus amount to 929,000. In recent days, their number shows a continuous upward trend. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 18,610,011 people have been infected with the virus in the country, and 168,425 have […]
Italy-Coronavirus: Rt transmission rate and hospital admissions rise
In the last week, Italy recorded 763 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants, while the previous week there were 504, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health in Rome and the Italian Supreme Institute of Health. At the same time, the Rt transmission index stood at 1.30 in the country, while in […]
Russia lifts all Covid restrictions
Russia announced today that it is ending all restrictions imposed to combat COVID-19, including mandatory mask use, citing a steady decline in deaths from the coronavirus. However, he did not rule out reimposing restrictive measures if the situation worsens. Consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor said “imposed restrictions” are being suspended, including the mask measure. It said […]
North Korea: Authorities blame ‘foreign objects’ for country’s Covid outbreak
North Korean authorities claimed today that the country’s first outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic began when people touched “foreign objects” near the border with South Korea, apparently blaming the outbreak on Seoul. Pyongyang, while announcing the results of a survey conducted, asked North Koreans “to treat foreign objects arriving due to wind and other climatic […]
Masks at work: what happens from now on
The word obligation is not there, but what is in the text on which trade unions and ministries have discussed is more than advice on the use of masks. “The use of Ffp2 masks remains an important safeguard for the protection of the health of workers for the purpose of preventing contagion»Reads the agreement signed […]
WHO Europe expects an increased number of coronavirus cases in the summer
The World Health Organization said today it expects “high levels” of Covid-19 cases this summer in Europe and urged its members to monitor the situation closely after infections tripled in the past month. “As countries across Europe ease social distancing measures, the virus will circulate at high levels in the summer,” said WHO Europe Director […]
