Against the background of mass vaccinations in Britain, people under 50 have the chance of dying from the delta strain of the coronavirus (formerly called “Indian”) has dropped to 0.0097%. Writes about this in Twitter Public Health England virologist Meegan Kell, citing a new report from that health organization. “Okay, and before someone writes:” […]
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Wars and conflicts in 2020 on the world map, forecast for Ukraine vs Russia: data from SIPRI
In 2020, active armed conflicts occurred in at least 39 states: this is five countries more than in 2019. Two conflicts took place in the Americas, seven in Asia and Oceania, three in Europe, seven in the Middle East and North Africa, and 20 more in sub-Saharan Africa. These are the data of the Stockholm […]
The risk of hospitalization from the Δ-strain of coronavirus is almost three times higher than from the “first” mutant
Coronavirus disease from the delta strain (formerly referred to in the media as “Indian”) leads to a significant increase in the risk of hospitalization. After checking cases with the disease from March 29 to May 20 and decrypting 38,805 samples of the virus genomes, this was the conclusion reached by British health care, according to […]
Peru is the world leader in deaths from coronavirus per capita
Peru has become the world leader in the death rate from the coronavirus disease COVID-19 per capita after the South American country adjusted statistics, resulting in the number of deaths almost tripled. The Voice of America writes about this with reference to data from Johns Hopkins University. An earlier record figure was in Hungary […]
How a single dose of Pfizer and AstraZeneca protects against hospitalization with covid: a report from the UK
Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca anti-coronavirus vaccines have shown roughly the same effectiveness in protecting the oldest people from COVID-19 a few weeks after a single dose. This is the conclusion reached by British researchers, their report was published in the journal The BMJ. The report included data on 156,930 vaccinated participants ≥70 years old who […]
Israel clarifies the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech anti-coronavirus vaccine
The vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech a week or more after the second dose is 95.3% effective against coronavirus infection. Updated estimates of the effectiveness of a biological product in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in Israel were published by The Lancet. The authors used surveillance data from the first four months of the national […]
How Pfizer-biontech Vaccine Protects Seniors Against Life-threatening COVID-19 Cases – Report
Vaccination with anti-coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna was 94% effective against hospitalization with COVID-19 in fully immunized people ≥65 years of age. This is reported in a press release by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, a single dose of these mRNA vaccines resulted in 64 percent protection […]
Effectiveness of Moderna and Pfizer-BNT Against Symptoms and Hospitalization: First Estimates from the USA
American doctors have assessed the effectiveness of Moderna and Pfizer-BNT RNA vaccinations in preventing COVID-19 symptoms no longer in clinical trials, but in real conditions of mass vaccination of the US population. A preprint (not yet peer reviewed report) is available on medRxiv. The report was compiled by experts from the Mayo Clinic network using […]