COVID

Cuba applies new measures for epidemiological surveillance

Published on: December 28, 2021
21:21

Havana, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's government on Tuesday passed new measures to strengthen border surveillance and increase active research ahead of the increased Covid-19 cases reported in the country.

England, Wales report record 129,471 Covid-19 cases

Published on: December 28, 2021
18:03

London, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) England and Wales on Tuesday reported 129,471 new coronavirus infections, a record daily tally as Omicron variant cases surge, without yet including data from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Cuba’s Abdala vaccine available in Saint Vincent and the Grenedines

Published on: December 28, 2021
13:14

Kingstown, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban-made Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 is available to the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the first country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to authorize the use of that immunizer, it was reported on Tuesday.

¨We have more work to do,¨ Biden says, pledges more Covid-19 tests

Published on: December 27, 2021
19:17

Washington, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden on Monday pledged to ease a shortage of Covid-19 tests as the Omicron variant threatened to overwhelm hospitals and stifle travel plans as it spreads across the United States this holiday week.

WHO concerns about health system overload in Europe

Published on: December 27, 2021
18:03

Geneva, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed deep concern about possible health system overload in Europe, as Covid-19 cases surge.

Children hospitalized with Covid-19 in U.S. hits record number

Published on: December 24, 2021
20:02

Washington, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) The number of children hospitalized in some US states increased along with the spread of omicron, a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that has nowadays caused 73% of Covid-19 cases reported in the United States.

Japan approves new Merck Covid-19 pill

Published on: December 24, 2021
19:45

Tokyo, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) Japan´s Health Ministry has approved today an oral Covid-19 drug developed by the US pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co, making it the first such pill to be used in the country.

U.S. to lift travel curbs on eight African countries

Published on: December 24, 2021
18:22

Washington, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) The United States will lift travel bans imposed last month on eight African countries as it sought to slow the fast-spreading Covid-19 omicron variant, the White House said Friday.

Nearly 100 billion dolars stolen from Covid-19 relief programs

Published on: December 23, 2021
17:13

Washington, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) A minimum of nearly billion has been stolen from government Covid-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, according to the US Secret Service.

What makes the omicron variant so strange and surprising

Published on: December 23, 2021
16:23

London, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, discovered just a few weeks ago, is poised to dominate key antibody treatments in the first tests, according to an article published in the Nature British journal.

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