Omicron

Omicron now dominant variant in Denmark, says health minister

Covid-19
Published on: December 21, 2021
17:36

Copenhagen, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) Danish health authorities reported on Tuesday 13,558 Omicron cases and 17 deaths in just 24 hours, recognizing it is the predominant variant in the country.

Omicron: School closures must be avoided whenever possible

Published on: December 17, 2021
16:34

United Nations, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant “nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible.”

Fauci: Omicron likely dominant in U.S. in few weeks

Published on: December 16, 2021
18:59

Washington, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that the Omicron variant will likely be dominant in the U.S. in a few weeks and warned of the possibility of hospitals being overwhelmed this winter.

Cuba reports four Omicron contagions

Published on: December 16, 2021
13:08

Havana, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported on Thursday that as a result of the sequence studies carried out to date, four imported cases have been detected with the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the Covid-19.

Nasal vaccines may aid fight new Covid-19 viral variants

Published on: December 13, 2021
22:28

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) The results of studies by researchers at Yale University have demonstrated how intranasal vaccination can provide broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in mice, while systemic immunization, which used an injection to elicit body-wide protection, does not.

WHO says Omicron likely to outpace Delta variant

Published on: December 13, 2021
20:39

Geneva, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that the Omicron Covid-19 variant is likely to outcompete Delta in countries suffering from both strains, as scientists predict that the highly mutated and potentially more vaccine-resistant strain may become dominant un many nations.

4 possible Omicron cases reported in Brazil

Published on: December 13, 2021
19:37

Brasilia, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian health authorities on Monday reported about the detection of four possible cases of Omicron variant.

UK could face Omicron variant wave without further restrictions

Covid-19
Published on: December 11, 2021
16:41

London, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) UK experts on Saturday warned that England could face a large wave of Covid-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant in the coming months if more restrictions on social gatherings are not imposed.

Omicron wave in Denmark is a warning to the world

Published on: December 10, 2021
19:36

Copenhagen, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) The number of people infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Denmark is doubling every two days, which gives an idea of a situation that is probably spreading throughout Europe.

South Africa: Omicron drives the resurgence of Covid-19 cases

Published on: December 10, 2021
16:51

Pretoria, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla told a digital press briefing on Friday that the new variant Omicron was responsible for the resurgence of Covid-19 cases.

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