Tag: Contagion
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The Debate – Ómicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that raises more questions than answers
First modification: 12/01/2021 – 18:16 Ómicron, the most recent variant of SARS-CoV-2 to be detected and the most mutated so far, is the new focus of attention for world authorities, health authorities, governments, the media and the general population. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined it as a “variant of concern”, a category in…
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Ómicron would have spread in Europe before being detected for the first time in South Africa
The Netherlands National Institute of Public Health (RIVM) reported this November 30 that it found the presence of the new variant of Sars-Cov-2 Omicron in diagnostic tests that were carried out days before the South African authorities reported on the detection of the new variant in its territory. Meanwhile, several countries report new cases of…
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High rates of contagion portend a health abyss in Europe for Christmas and spring
Health workers transport a coronavirus patient by helicopter to the Motol University Hospital in Prague. / EFE More than a million and a half people have lost their lives victims of the covid and the WHO predicts that another 700,000 will die until March The numbers couldn’t be more alarming. More than a million and…