The fifth wave of the pandemic will come and will be the wave of the “Omicron” variant, estimates the president of the “Robert Koch” Institute Lothar Wheeler, emphasizing that the most important way to level the new wave is the immediate reduction of cases, through vaccination and protection measures. Mr Wheeler also points out that […]
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Rutte: In a strict lockdown from Sunday the Netherlands
The Netherlands will enter a severe lockdown from Sunday morning to address the risk of a new jump in COVID-19 cases due to the micron mutation, said the country’s Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a press conference, as reported by Reuters. The Dutch Prime Minister pointed out that the lockdown is inevitable due to the […]
Route: The Netherlands is in a strict lockdown
LAST UPDATE: 09.13 The Netherlands is entering a severe lockdown from today to address the risk of a new jump in COVID-19 cases due to the micron mutation, said the country’s Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a press conference, as reported by Reuters. The Dutch Prime Minister pointed out yesterday that the lockdown is inevitable […]
France-Coronavirus: More than 10% of new cases suspected of belonging to Omicron
LAST UPDATE: 10:51 The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is now suspected of accounting for more than 10% of new confirmed infections from COVID-19 in France and is the main reason behind the plans, for stricter health restrictions to allow access to public places. as the Minister of Health stated today. The new vaccination pass […]
Pfizer: Low immunological response to the vaccine in children under 5 years of age
Weaker than expected is the immune response elicited by the lower-dose vaccine for children 2 to 4 years old tested by Pfizer, the drug giant announced on Friday, adding that it is targeting a three-dose regimen. In particular, as the company announced, during a presentation to investors, the study conducted on children aged 2 to […]
Huw Pill (BoE): Omicron poses ‘two-way’ risk to inflation
The Bank of England is carefully assessing the risks posed by the mutated coronavirus strain in the light of its surprise decision to raise interest rates, said Huw Pill, chief economist at central bank. It is recalled that yesterday the Bank of England raised its key interest rate to 0.25% from the historically low level […]
Omicron is associated with a five times higher risk of re-infection than Delta
The risk of re-infection by the mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus is more than five times higher than the risk posed by Delta, while at the same time the infection does not appear to be milder, according to a study by Imerial College London, at a time of pandemic Europe erupts and threatens the […]
Britain-Covid-19: New case record with more than 93,000 infections
Britain today set a new Covid-19 infection record for the third day in a row, with 93,045 cases in 24 hours, breaking the record of 88,376 cases the day before. According to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, facing a “tsunami” due to the Omicron variant, Britain counts a total of 147,048 dead from Covid-19, of which […]
Portugal: Omicron mutation could be responsible for 80% of new infections by year’s end
Portugal estimated today that infections with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus double every two days and could reach 80% of all new infections by the end of December. Omicron’s current prevalence in Portugal is about 20%, Health Minister Marta Temido told a news conference. This percentage may mean that many more people […]
Putin: Russian Sputnik-V vaccine is effective against Omicron variant
The Russian Sputnik-V vaccine is effective against the Omicron variant and works better in the case of this variant than the other vaccines, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in his speech at a conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, noting that Russia is ready to supply other countries including European countries with […]
