Omicron

China calls citizens to get vaccinated against new Omicron variant

Published on: April 22, 2023
09:13

Beijing, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Chinese experts on Saturday urged population, especially the most vulnerable, to get vaccinated against Covid-19 to avoid contagion given fresh Omicron XBB.1.16 variant nationwide.

WHO urges nations to remain vigilant ahead of Omicron sublineages

Published on: January 4, 2023
16:50

Geneva, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged international community to remain vigilant, to monitor and report sequences, as well as to conduct independent and comparative analyses of the different Omicron sublineages, including BA.1 and BA.2.

DPRK calls to reinforce domestic epidemiological campaign

Published on: July 17, 2022
15:11

Pyongyang, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The State Emergency Prophylaxis Command of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday called to reinforce the epidemiological campaign against the fresh wave of new omicron "BA.4" and "BA.5" subvariants.

NY Times warns about possible increased Covid-19 cases in the US

Published on: July 7, 2022
16:21

Washington, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) More transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 threaten a substantial increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States, The New York Times warned on Thursday.

New omicron subvariant BA.5 now a majority of US Covid-19 cases

Published on: July 6, 2022
16:36

Washington, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Most of Covid-19 cases reported nowadays in the United States are due to the omicron subvariant known as BA.5, according to date released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

DPRK reports one Covid-19 death and five people with fever

Published on: May 13, 2022
11:21

Pyongyang, May 13 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday reported one Covid-19 death and five people with fever, whose cause could not be identified, and more than 350,000 citizens who had shown signs of that fever since April.

DPRK confirms first Covid-19 case, activates lockdown

Published on: May 12, 2022
09:58

Pyongyang, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday confirmed its first Covid-19 case since the outbreak of the pandemic and activated lockdown to stop the spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Iranian vaccine against Omicron concludes effective clinical trials

Published on: February 17, 2022
06:58

Tehran, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) An Iranian pharmaceutical company has concluded the clinical trials in animals of a vaccine against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant with 100 percent effectiveness, a health communique reported on Thursday.

Mexico keeps track of the BA.2 variant of Omicron

Published on: February 3, 2022
08:52

Mexico, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's health authorities are keeping a close eye on the evolution of the BA.2 Omicron subvariant of SARS-Cov-2, responsible for the Covid-19 disease, although only one case has been detected so far.

Omicron sub-variant BA.2 more infectious than original version

Published on: February 1, 2022
18:07

Copenhagen, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Omicron sub-variant BA.2 would be more infectious than the original one (BA.1), according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Copenhagen and the Statens Serum Institut.

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