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Monday, January 31

07:00 Tokyo's population was reduced last year for the first time in a quarter of a century, since more companies resorted to remote work in the middle of the pandemic.The population of the capital of Japan was reduced by about 48.600 people just under 14 million in early 2022, the first decrease since 1996, the Metropolitan Government, according to Bloomberg on Monday, according to Bloomberg.

Japan has been trying for years of reliving its regional economies and preventing Tokyo from becoming more and more to the increasingly reduced population of the nation.Now, the coronavirus seems to have done what no government policy could do: stop the flow of people to the crowded city.

Sunday, January 30

17:30 Argentina recorded this Sunday 21.570 new cases of COVID-19, with which the total number of positives amounted to 8.335.184, while the deaths rose to 120.988, after being notified 152 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The figures mark a decrease with respect to the infections reported on Saturday, when 41 were reported.978 positive.

The positivity index reported on this day for the whole country was 46.8 %, since 46 were made.067 tests throughout the national territory.

According to official figures, there are 7.6 million people who spread and have been discharged, while the number of confirmed diagnosis patients from the coronavirus who remain admitted to intensive care units was this Sunday of 2 2.912, growing these last weeks but below the maximum of 7.969 of June 14.

12:30 The prime minister of Israel, Naftali Benet, said today the "beginning of a stabilization" of the fifth wave of coronavirus caused by the omicron variant, although he warned that the serious cases, which today exceeded the thousand, are still high.

"We are dealing with overcrowding in hospitals and an still high number of infected," said Benet.

In the country there were more than 53.000 cases in the last 24 hours, but in turn a decrease in the reproduction ratio - which represents the average number of people that each bearer infects - below 1, which points to a decrease in the propagation of the virus.

Severe cases are located in 1.110 and the authorities estimate that they have not reached the highest figure, so they will not descend until the end of next week.Most Covid patients are unaccoured people or with a validity vaccination pattern.

11:00 In a new report from the Ministry of Health, 28 were notified.480 new cases of coronavirus, so the sum of patients who are in active stage amounts to 110.141 people.In addition, in the last 24 hours 130 were recorded.969 exams and positivity reached 19.82% nationwide.

Regarding the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, on the last day, 31 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19, so that the total number reaches 39.684.

Saturday, January 29

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Saturday of a record of 29.175 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 20.18% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 132.299 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 20.64%.

The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, stressed that during this current week "we have registered the highest testing figures since the beginning of the Pandemia and today Saturday, January 29 we can inform 132.299 PCR exams and antigens, the largest number of testing in a single day in Chile, during the last six days we have informed a total of 639.292 PCR exams and antigen test ".

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 2.107.612.Of that total, 99.474 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.961.936.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 33 deaths were recorded due to causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.653 in the country.

Friday, January 28

19:00 The National Institute for Food and Medication Surveillance (INVIMA) of Colombia announced that it approved the emergency use of the Molnupiravir, the antiviral pill developed by the biotechnology Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics to combat COVID-19, in the middle of the notoriousrise in new cases and deaths due to the virus omicron variant that plagues the region.

"The decision is given after the advisory body of INVIMA experts, protecting itself in the current health regulations with absolute autonomy and independence, and always attending to the country's public health interests evaluate the scientific information provided and found a balance of the Risk Risk Acceptable BenefitFor the current moment of the Pandemia because of COVID-19, "said Julio César Aldana, General Director of Invima.

According to the official statement, the medicine is indicated to treat mild or moderate symptoms of older adults not vaccinated with at least one risk factor (obesity, renal disease, etc..), that have been positive in PCR or antigen test and that they have not previously contracted the virus.

Earlier today, Merck announced the result of six preliminary studies showing that the molnupiravir grants a "consistent antiviral activity against an omicron", accounting for the effectiveness of the medication to combat the symptoms of the new variant, according tothe investigations that the firm carried out with Ridgeback.

Covid-19 deaths in Colombia have multiplied by six so far from 2022 and currently the occupation of critical beds nationwide reaches 65%.The Ministry of Health reported that 61.1% of the population has been vaccinated against the virus with a complete scheme and 17.1% have a reinforcement dose.

15:00 United Kingdom will begin to distribute in February the covid pill of the pharmaceutical Pfizer to the most exposed population to contract serious symptoms, the country's Ministry of Health reported.Laboratory studies show that the medicine can reduce hospitalizations and the risk of death by COVID-19 by 88%, says the medical director of the National Health Service (NHS), Stephen Powis.

"It is great news that this new treatment, the last avant-garde drug that the NHS is implementing through the new medication administration units for COVID-19, will now be available to help people with the greatest risk of contracting theVirus, "Powis said.

Meanwhile, the American pharmacist Merck reported that six preliminary studies showed that its covid pill already approved in the United Kingdom, the Molnupiravir, grants consistent protection against the omicron variant.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Friday of a daily record in Pandemia of 26.727 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 19.1% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with exams, PCR and antigen test, 125.215.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 20.45%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 76% and 285% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, two regions decrease their cases in the last week and none in the last 14 days.The regions with the greatest increase in new cases confirmed in the last 7 days are the lakes, Maule, Biobío, and O'Higgins.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 2.075.703.Of that total, 87.734 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.941.840.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 26 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.620 in the country.

08:00 The General Director of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the NigerianVaccine patents against COVID, like those who oppose it, Efe reported.

"The issue of patents is very complex, we are trying to make progress, we have not yet arrived.In a month we hope to have a starting point that serves as a commitment "for the two blocks of faced countries, said Okonjo-Iweala in Paris, who spoke to the press after meeting with France's Foreign Trade Minister Franck Riester.

The WTO general director explained that there is a large group of countries, about a hundred, in favor of releasing patents to facilitate the production and distribution of vaccines against COVID."They believe that release is essential for access" to immunization.

07:00 Hong Kong is considering expanding the obligation of vaccines to include premises that include shopping centers and public transport, Hket said.Singapore will increase the application of its social distancing rules during the Lunar New Year holiday next week in an effort to mitigate the propagation of OMICRON.

Meanwhile, China reported two new cases of coronavirus among Olympic teams, while the seven -day infections rate in Germany reached a record.San Francisco eliminated the mandatory use of indoor masks for offices and gyms, provided that people show that they are up to date with vaccines and reinforcements, as of February 1.Shipping containers.

Thursday, January 27

20:10 Brazil today added Thursday 228.954 new contagios and 672 deaths per Covid-19, while exceeding 625 thousand deaths caused by the virus, according to the last epidemiological bulletin of the National Council of Secretaries of Health (Conass), in the midst of the intense propagation of theomicron variant.

The agency's national panel indicates that in the last epidemiological week, the Latin American giant adds 1.830 deaths, which means an increase of 77% compared to 1.034 deaths reported in the previous seven days.Despite the unprecedented number of new infections, weekly deaths are still far from the 21.141 Informed in the worst epidemiological week of Pandemia in Brazil, in April 2021.

According to the Ministry of Health, 70% of the almost 215 million inhabitants of the country have already been inoculated with the full vaccination scheme.

Anyway, the current wave of COVID-19 in Brazil has put the public health system alert, with some regions at the cap capacity in its intensive care units (ICU),EFE reports.In addition, the country is having problems with testing for the shortage of supplies in regions such as Rio de Janeiro, the agency details.

13:30 The reinforcement doses "significantly" the risk of death from the coronavirus omicron variant, indicates the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA, acronym in English), based on its monitoring reports on the effects ofVaccines in the population.

"The findings show that after about six months after the second dose of any vaccine for COVID-19, protection against omicron death was about 60% in those over 50 years old.However, this increased to about 95% after two weeks of receiving a reinforcement dose, "said the agency in a statement.

"Pandemia is not over and the vaccine is the best way to increase your protection against the serious consequences of the virus.Please, Agenda your time for the first, second or third dose as soon as possible, "says Mary Ramsay, head of immunizations of the UKHSA.

The agency reported Thursday 338 new deceased because of the virus.COVID-19 deaths in the United Kingdom have recently stabilized in about 27 weekly per million inhabitants, as well as the weekly count of new infections, which remain in the order of 9 thousand per million inhabitants.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported Thursday, 24.037 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 18.82% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 114.063 exams, PCR and antigen test.The daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 19.06%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 75% and 299% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, a region decreases its cases in the last week and none in the last 14 days.The regions with the greatest increase in new cases confirmed in the last 7 days are: Maule, Biobío, O'Higgins and Los Lagos.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 2.045.874.Of that total, 76.778 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.923.031.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, 47 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.594 in the country.

10:00 countries must increase the acceptance of the vaccine in the unaccoured population and offer reinforcement to the three months of completing the pattern to all adults suitable to stop the transmission of the Coronavirus omicron variant, warned this ThursdayThe European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

This reference body for Epidemics of the European Union (EU) stressed that omicron is being transmitted at an "unprecedented" speed and intensity on the continent, with infection indexes three times higher than the pandemic peak.

"The high number of infected people is exerting significant pressure in many EuropeStockholm.

The European Health CommissionRisk and the non -vaccinated population.

07:00 Denmark will end virus restrictions next week and reclassify COVID-19 as a disease that no longer represents a threat to society, even when infections reach a record.

The Nordic country will not extend the measures against pandemia beyond January 31, said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.Denmark's decision to reclassify the virus dramatically drives an idea that recently emerged in Europe: which is time to start thinking about Covid as something endemic instead of a pandemic.However, experts from the World Health Organization have warned against self -complacency.

The relaxation of the restrictions is also echoed from the recent movements in other places, including Ireland and the United Kingdom, to reduce restrictions in signals that the OMICRON is less dangerous than the previous variants of the virus.

Wednesday, January 26

20:30 (EFE) The health authorities of Colombia today reported Wednesday 282 deaths from Coronavirus, bringing the registration to maximum of almost six months, in an escalation of death that afflicts the country.The figure is the highest since July 31, when 291 deaths were registered because of the virus.The accumulated figure adds a total of 133.019 deaths.

According to today's Ministry of Health, there were 17.889 infections in the last 24 hours.In this way, the total confirmed cases rises to 5.798.799, of which 100.970 correspond to active cases.

In recent days, Colombia has observed how the number of deaths by the disease has increased while cases remain stable, although the number of tests is less than that of other days.

On the other hand, with 91.803 vaccines placed on Monday, of which 95.302 are second doses, the coffee country already has more than 30.9 million people with the complete vaccination scheme, that is, 60.8 % of the population.

18:40 Brazil, one of the countries most affected by the Covid-19 Pandemia, reached a new 224 record on Wednesday.567 infected in the last 24 hours, the National Council of Health Secretariats (Conass) reported.The previous record was on January 19, when the Latin American giant reported 204.854 new contagios.

The total of infected by the virus exceeds 24.5 million since the beginning of the pandemic in the country of 215 million inhabitants, although estimates of experts suggest that the real infection figure would be much greater.The country also added 570 new deaths associated with the virus, accumulating a total of 624.413 deaths from this cause.

The mortality rate in Brazil has accelerated from January 6 and records a weekly average of 1.55 deaths per million per million inhabitants (in Chile they are 0.86), which is still far from the 14.54 (equivalent to 3.112 Daily Deaths) reported on April 11, 2021.

15:30 The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported Wednesday that in the last week there were more than 8 million new cases of COVID-19, at a virtual press conference by the director of the PAHO, Clarissa Etienne.This is the highest weekly cases from the beginning of the pandemic in the contine in the period.

The Regional Health Agency warns about the situation in southern Mexico, where the new infections tripled in the last seven days, while in Central America the deaths increased by 107% in the same period.Regarding South America, he points out that infections in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador are "especially high".

"As Covid cases spread more actively and faster than ever, it is clear that omicron has conveyed in the strain of Sars COV2 predominant in our region at this time," says Etienne, warning that the countries ofThe region must "gather more data" to deal with the pandemic more effectively.

11:00 The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported a record in pandemic 18.446 new COVID-19 cases in the country, with a positivity of 17.81% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 91.398 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 15.9%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 71% and 312% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, a region decreases its cases in the last week and none in the last 14 days.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 2.020.082.Of that total, 68.142 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.905.981.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, 4 hours were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.547 in the country.

07:10 The cases of COVID-19 associated with the omicron variant, more contagious than the previous coronavirus strains, are already 90% of those analyzed in laboratories around the world, the World Health Organization reported last night (WHO).

In its global epidemiological report, the Geneva -based agency indicated that of the 372.000 specimens analyzed by the Gisaid Laboratory Global Network In the last 30 days the omicron variant was detected in 332.000 (89.1%).The Delta variant, which was the dominant strain in a large part of the year 2021, was confirmed in just 10.7 % of the cases, and the percentages of other strains were almost despicable.

The report indicated that several countries have detected increases from a subvariant of the binding strain, the BA.2, which worries some scientists about their greatest difficulty in being detected by the tests, although WHO indicates that 98.8 % of the confirmed omicron cases belong to the sub -ventiant.1, that does not have that characteristic.

07:00 A "zero tolerance" approach from Hong Kong could keep the Asian financial center isolated from most of the world until 2024, according to a preliminary report from the European Chamber of Commerce in the city, released on Wednesday by Bloomberg.

Meanwhile, the state of New York has seen an 86% decrease in cases since its maximum of January 7.Singapore cases shot, while South Korea and Germany registered record numbers.

PFIZER INC.and Biontech were reported yesterday that they are starting a study of a COVID-19 vaccine that is directed to the OMICRON variant, enrolling the participants in a clinical trial that will evaluate the ability of the injection to cause an immune response in adults.The general director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, approached to fulfill a second five -year term.

Tuesday, January 25

20:40 The Ministry of Health of Colombia today reported Tuesday 260 new deaths by COVID-19, a figure that was not seen since August 3, in the middle of a wave where deaths grow at an accelerated pace.The country of almost 52 million inhabitants officially accumulates 132.737 deaths from virus.

The infections remain stable, although the number of tests is lower in relation to other days.The health authority reported 19.512 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the total to 5.780.910 infected from the beginning of the pandemic, of which 116.698 are still active.

As for vaccination, with 91.803 doses injected on Sunday, of which 35.299 are second doses, Colombia already has more than 30.8 million people with the complete vaccination scheme (60.6% of the total population), while 5.134.877 people have their reinforcement dose.

18:30 Argentina exceeded 8 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began after adding 100.863 new infected in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health of the trans -Andean country reported Tuesday.According to the report, a total of 8.041.520 people have become ill from the virus since March 2020, while the cases still active are 836.932.The number of accumulated deaths is 119.703, of which 260 were reported in the last 24 hours.

As for hospitalizations, there are in Argentina 2.640 COVID-19 patients in intensive care treatment, which means an occupation of 48.7% of the total adult UTI beds.For the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, the largest urban area of the country, the figure is 47.7%.

Official data show that 34.579.325 people are vaccinated with the complete scheme, while 8.392.130 have reinforcement dose, which corresponds to 75% and 18% respectively of the almost 46 million inhabitants that Argentina has.

At the beginning of 2022, the government of Alberto Fernández imposed the use of a sanitary pass, which requires accrediting complete vaccination schemes to be able to attend activities considered of "epidemiological risk", such as massive outdoor events or in closed spaces, says theEFE agency.

15:00 United Kingdom registered 439 daily deaths by COVID-19, the highest figure since February 24, 2021, according to data published Tuesday by the British Ministry of Health.For its part, the number of new infections in 24 hours corresponds to 94.326, which marks a certain stabilization after the historical record of 218.724 reported on January 4.

While deaths confirmed by COVID-19 mean a maximum of almost a year, the figure is far from 1.359 reported on January 19, 2021, in full peak of the second wave of pandemic in the United Kingdom.

Data as of January 23 show that since the beginning of the pandemia, the European country accumulates a total of 2.257 deceased per million inhabitants because of the coronavirus, while Chile records 2.055.

Vaccination rates in the United Kingdom show that 90.9% have their first dose, 83.9% have the second and 64.3% have been vaccinated with the third or reinforcement dose, indicates the databaseofficial.

In two days the country governed by Boris Johnson will lift most health restrictions aimed at fighting the virus.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 14.291 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 15.82% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 80.163 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 13.59%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 69% and 314% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, a region decreases its cases in the last week and none in the last 14 days.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 2.001.346.Of that total, 67.018 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.888.382.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 8 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.543 in the country.

10:00 PFIZER INC y BioNTech SE dijeron el martes que iniciaron un ensayo clínico para probar una nueva versión de su vacuna diseñada específicamente para atacar la variante ómicron del Covid-19, que ha eludido parte de la protección proporcionada por el régimen original de dos dosis del fármaco.

Companies plan to prove the immune response generated by the omicron -based vaccine both in a three dose regime in unaccoured people and in a reinforcement injection for people who have already received two doses of the original vaccine.

They are also testing a fourth dose of the current vaccine in front of a fourth dose of the omicron -based vaccine on people who received their third dose of the Pfizer/Bionntech vaccine between three and six months before.Companies plan to study the safety and tolerability of injections in the more than 1.400 people who will participate in the study, said Reuters.

08:00 Japan will double the number of regions submitted to reinforced controls of the Coronavirus, while trying to adapt its strategy to deal with the record number of cases caused by the omicron variant, in order to guarantee a rapid treatment for those who need it,Reuters reported.

The case count throughout the country exceeded 60.000 For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, as shown on Tuesday the TV chain Fuji TV.The capital, Tokyo, registered 12.813 new cases, while the Osaka region reported 8.612, both records.

A group of health experts approved the expansion of the strictest measures in 18 other regions, including Western Prefectures of Kyoto and Osaka, in response to the increase in infections and hospital income caused by omicron.

The restrictions will be applied from Thursday to February 20, empowering regional governors to ask restaurants and bars to reduce their opening schedule and stop serving alcohol.

07:00 China offered help to Hong Kong to accelerate a bombardment of massive tests to stop a bun.

"The province of Guangdong has expressed to my office that she is happy to provide her support," said Hong Kong executive director Carrie Lam, journalists at a regular press conference on Tuesday."So, it's about considering how we can use your support better to help Hong Kong".

Health officials fight to contain a growing group of COVID-19 infections in a huge public housing complex where some 276 people positive in recent days, since the government imposes five-day closures in the towers that house thousands of people.

Monday, January 24

19:00 The United Kingdom will stop demanding vaccinated travelers to perform a COVID-19 test after arriving in England, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The new rules are part of a general relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions as the United Kingdom begins to treat the virus as endemic.

"Then, what we are doing with respect to trips, to show that this country is open for business, open for travelers, will see changes so that people who arrive no longer have to test if they have been vaccinated, if they havebeen vaccinated twice."Johnson told the announcers on Monday in a joint interview.

The Easyjet CEO, Johan Lundgren, said in a statement that the airline is looking towards what he thinks "will be a strong summer".

17:00 Pfizer and Bionntech said that a pair of laboratory studies confirmed that three doses of their COVID-19 vaccine produce antibodies that can neutralize the omicron variant.

Published in the Science magazine reviewed by peers, studies also indicate that immunity provided by T cells after two vaccine injections can still protect against serious diseases.

A third study published on the Biorxiv Preprimpression server without peer review also showed antibody restoration, but indicated that its ability to neutralize omicron decreases up to twice for four months.

The partners said that they are now planning humans in an additional dose of the original vaccine, as well as a vaccine expressly designed for the omicron variant.

16:00 As some parts of Europe begin to recover from the last increase in COVID-10 cases driven by the omicron variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that the region is entering a "new phase"Pandemia.

Hans Klge, WWS regional director for Europe, said in a statement that omicron offers "a plausible hope of stabilization and normalization", but that is "too soon to relax".

Citing the milder symptoms of ano.He said that 2022 must be the "year of equity in vaccines in the European region and beyond".The WHO European region covers 53 countries with different vaccination rates and medical care systems.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Monday a record of 14.780 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 13.66% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 96.154 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 13.68%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 68% and 323% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, no region decreases its new cases in the last seven and 14 days.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.984.190.Of that total, 66.738 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.871.528.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 23 deaths were recorded due to causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.535 in the country.

10:00 Modern today announced a new supply agreement with the Chilean government for two million doses of the Modern COVID-19 reinforcement vaccine or an updated vaccine candidate, if approved."Under the terms of the agreement, Modern expects to initiate the delivery of the doses during the month of February, after obtaining the authorization for emergency use by the local authorities," the biotechnology company, a pioneer in theDevelopment of messenger RNA therapies and vaccines (MNA).

"COVID-19 vaccines are the best lines of defense against COVID-19, and proud that our reinforcement vaccine can play an important role in Chile," said Román Saglio, director of Modern Commercial Alliances for Latin America."We thank the Government of Chile for its planning for 2022 and its support for our work to develop an updated reinforcement vaccine".

08:00 A fourth dose of vaccine for older adults leaves them better protected against coronavirus infection than their peers that received three vaccines, according to a study published by the Ministry of Health of Israel.

Preliminary analysis compares the data of about 400.000 people 60 years or more who received a fourth dose in January and about 600.000 people from the same age group who received only three doses of the vaccine, with the third managed four months or more.

The researchers determined that those who received the fourth dose had twice the protection against an infection as the others, and at least three times the protection against serious illness.

Israel began to administer a fourth dose to older adults, health workers and people with immunological systems committed at the end of December as the omicron variant spread rapidly within the population.Since then, almost 600.000 Israelis have received extra dose. La gran mayoría de la gente en Israel ha recibido la vacuna de PFIZER INC.

07:00 the Chinese city of Xi'an lifted a block of a month after an outbreak of covid was eliminated.Stores, supermarkets and restaurants in the city of 13 million inhabitants can resume their activities, said a local government statement, cited by the Bloomberg agency.

Yesterday, President Joe Biden's medical advisor, Anthony Fauci, expressed his optimism that the increase in chest will soon reach its maximum point, but said the decrease will not be uniform throughout the United States.

The current wave of infections in India may have reached its maximum point, according to a note from the Indian COVID-19 tracker of the University of Cambridge.Cathay Pacific said that his monthly cash burning will be expanded as the greatest number of daily cases in approximately one year in Hong Kong brings stricter restrictions.

Sunday, January 23

18:00 New Zealand Prime Minister Jaconda Ardern, reported Sunday that he canceled her wedding in the middle of the new restrictions to curb the community propagation of the Covid-19 omicron variant, said Reuters.

New Zealand will impose rules on the use of masks and limit meetings from midnight on Sunday, after nine cases of Covid-19 were produced from the islands of the north to those of the south after a wedding.A family returned by plane to Nelson, on the South Island, after attending a wedding and other events in Auckland, on the north island.The family and a hostess gave positive.

"My wedding will not take place," Arduern told journalists on Sunday, adding that he regretted him for anyone who was in a similar situation.The official had not revealed the wedding date, but it was rumored that it was imminent.

When journalists asked him how he felt about the cancellation of his wedding with his partner, the presenter of a fishing program, Clarke Gayford, Ardern replied: "This is life"."I am not different, I dare to say it, of thousands of New Zealandes who have had much more devastating impacts on the pandemic, the most devastating of which is the inability to be with a loved one sometimes when they are seriously ill.That will far exceed any sadness you experience, "he said.

16:00 President Joe Biden's medical advisor, Anthony Fauci, expressed his optimism that the increase in bus cases will soon reach its maximum point, but said that the decrease will not be uniform throughout the United States.

Meanwhile, Germany is likely to maintain the current pandemic measures after a meeting on Monday to discuss the matter, according to regional leaders of the country, cited by Bloomberg.In Brussels, meanwhile, protests against restrictions become violent.

Hong Kong reported the largest number of Covid-19 cases in approximately one year, while Russian infections reached a daily record.A group of Covid in the capital of China, Beijing, continues to grow and shows early signs of propagation to the neighboring provinces, which increases the pressure on the authorities to contain the outbreak two weeks before the official start of the Winter Winter Games.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported this Sunday of 13.674 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 13.6% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 91.715 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 13.3%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 73% and 334% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, no region decreases its new cases in those lapses.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.965.393.Of that total, 58.573 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.860.971.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 15 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.512 in the country

The Minister of Health (s), María Teresa Valenzuela, called on the population to "not forget and strengthen self -care measures during the holiday period, which are very important at this time of the pandemic to avoid infections, such as theCorrect use of the mask, we recommend surgical 3 folds, physical distancing, ventilation of closed spaces and the preference of exteriors for social meetings, hand washing and avoiding agglomerations.On vacation we should not relax, we have to continue taking care and respect the sanitary measures even more before the presence of the omicron variant in our country ".

10:00 Hong Kong reported the largest number of Covid-19 cases in approximately one year, while Russian infections reached a daily record.Germany is likely to maintain the current pandemic measures after a meeting on Monday to discuss the matter, according to the country's regional leaders, Bloomberg reported.

Meanwhile, a Covid outbreak in the capital of China, Beijing, continues to grow and shows early signs of propagation to the neighboring provinces, which increases the pressure on the authorities to contain the outbreak two weeks before the official start of the Olympic Games of winter.

New Zealand will harden the restrictions after the evidence shows that the OMICRON variant is rooting in the community, which forced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to cancel her next wedding.

Saturday, January 22

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 14.449 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, after this week's record, with a positivity of 13.29% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 96.583 exams, PCR and antigen test.The daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 13.7%.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.949.675.Of that total, 53.101 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.850.742.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 23 deaths were recorded due to causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.497 in the country.

The health minister (s), María Teresa Valenzuela, explained that "in the frameWithout the correct use of a mask, of a confirmed case of Coronavirus in the last two days before the start of its symptoms, or two days before the sample of the PCR or antigen examination of the confirmed case ".Considering this definition, "if I get sick, I take care of you", a strategy that started last Thursday is "a plan that coordinates in real time with all the institutions that depend on the Ministry of Health to respond to the needs required by theBusicron pandemic management, "Valenzuela said.The health authority stressed that following the speed of infection that characterizes the omicron variant, the plan seeks to focus on "arrive quickly and more efficiently to the confirmed cases of SARS COV-2 and thereby isolate them quickly, deliveringA timely diagnosis ".

Friday, January 21

18:30 Citigroup today asked his staff in New York City to return to the office next month, according to the Bloomberg agency, since the sanitary indicators show that the recent wave of infections, driven by the CORONAVIRUS omicron variant, is in retreat.However, Governor Kathy Hochul points out that this does not happen in the same way throughout the State and hospital pressure remains high.

This is a measure follows the steps of what was instructed by Citi in London, where those who work in the financial services giant must already go to the office at least three times a week.

The normalization, details Bloomberg, follows the tendency of other developed countries that have recently been beaten by the new Covid-19 strain.Ireland is leaving the majority of emergency sanitary measures, while the United Kingdom, France and Belgium are removing certain restrictions regardless of the influx of new infections.

15:15 (Reuters) The new cases of COVID-19 are falling in the areas of the United States most affected by the rapid propagation omicron variant, according to an analysis of public health data reuters, which offers an early indication that thevirus could be once again.

The infections have decreased in 19 more Washington DC and Puerto Rico states, while in the northeast beaten, 40% decreased last week compared to the previous week."Certainly, it is a good omen for us in terms of the jerk," said Wafaa El-Sadr, professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at Columbia University in New York City.

In the west, however, the cases increased 11% in the last seven days compared to the previous week, and increased 2% in the south, although the rise has slowed considerably in recent weeks.

COVID-19 hospitalizations yesterday marked a 152 record.746, but have shown signs of stabilizing in around 150 thousand last week, while the new deaths average 50% more than at the beginning of the month, their highest level since the end of September, but they continue to be under the maximumJanuary 2021.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported a record in Pandemic in Chile of 14.757 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 12.9% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 102.755 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 13.53%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 95% and 355% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, no region decreases its new cases in the last seven and 14 days.

According to today's report, 14.757 new cases of COVID-19, 8.094 correspond to symptomatic people and 2.166 do not present symptoms.In addition, 4 were recorded.497 positive PCR test that were not notified.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.934.204.Of that total, 48.201 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.840.249.

As for death.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.474 in the country.

07:00 Ireland is ready to eliminate most pandemic restrictions as concerns are relieved.record record daily cases.

Meanwhile, the data in the United Kingdom showed that retail sales collapsed in December because the propagation of the variant kept buyers at home, Bloomberg reported.

In Asia, about 1.5% of athletes and other people entering Beijing for the winter Olympic Games, according to the Covid-19 support team of the International Olympic Committee.And a growing number of infections in Hong Kong is also disconcerating the authorities, with an alleged super propagation event that caused three days of restrictions for thousands of residents.The city added 50 new locations where mandatory evidence is required.Meanwhile, pet owners struggled to save the hamsters of the government's sacrifice.

The shortage of hospital personnel from the United States, exacerbated by the last wave, shows signs of relief, but many rural states and the west coast are still experiencing the worst.

Thursday, January 20

19:20 Brazil registered 168.495 new cases of COVID-19, the second largest number of daily infections since the beginning of the pandemic, the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) reported Thursday (Conass) Thursday.In the last 24 hours, the country also added 350 deaths associated with the virus, which raised the total deceased at 622.205.The figure arrives in the middle of the exponential contagion rise due to the omicron variant, in one of the countries most beaten by the COVID-19 worldwide.

The number of new confirmed deaths is seeing a slight rise in relation to previous levels, already exceeding the weekly average of 1 daily death per million inhabitants (equal to the current levels of Chile, under the same metric) although it remains far from the14.5 scored in the Peak of the second wave, in April.

As of January 19, accumulated deaths in Brazil correspond to 2.907 per million inhabitants, a figure that exceeds 45% at 2.052 registered by Chile.

16:00 The National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil (Anvisa) unanimously approved its directors the use of the CORONAVAC, the Vaccine against COVID-19 of the China Syovac pharmaceutical."The authorization of emergency use for the inclusion of a new age group in the prospectAnd presented by the Butanten Institute in the process, "was the announcement issued by the Brazilian regulator.

Now we are for children and adolescents in Brazil, only the Pfizer/Bionntech vaccine was allowed, while the Coronavac was reserved for over 18 years old.

The Institute Butantan Research Center, after a failed initial attempt, presented on December 15 an application to incorporate minors in Vaccination with Coronavac, supporting data collected in the clinical study conducted with children in Chile, which took the stepTo the recent approval.

The announcement adds to the authorization of the Argentina regulator to use Pfizer vaccines in children between five and 11 years, according to theEFE agency.

For its part, in Chile the inoculation of a fourth dose against COVID-19 began on Chile to all health personnel, as communicated by the Ministry of Health.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday of a new 12 record.500 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 11.69% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 96.981 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 12.21%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 102% and 354% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, no region decreases its new cases in the last seven and 14 days.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.916.522.Of that total, 67.512 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.803.312.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 25 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.456 in the country.

10:30 The Ministry of Health reported that this Thursday arrived in Chile a new vaccines against SARS-COV-2 of 309.660 dose of the Pfizer-Bionntech laboratory, which gives a total of 19.573.320 of that pharmacist.The breakdown of this shipment is 231.660 dose for over 18 years and 78.000 pediatric doses.

With this shipment, the 50 million 930 thousand vaccines against COVID-19 entered to Chile are exceeded that allow continuity to the vaccination plan.

To date, 45 has been administered.942.756 dose.Of these, 14.3. 4. 5.616 correspond to people with first and only dose and 14.068.895 completed their vaccination scheme.This is 94.37% and 92.55%, of the population that can be vaccinated, respectively, in a process that is voluntary and free.Meanwhile, 6.372.807 have been administered in people between 3 and 17 years and 12.140.616 correspond to reinforcement dose throughout the population.

07:00 China is intensifying its Coronavirus test regime, while Tokyo raised its virus alert at the highest level, Bloomberg reported.Germany reported a second consecutive record in new cases of COVID-19 and Hong Kong suspended high school classes.

Meanwhile, researchers in South Africa discovered that reinforcement injections with Messenger RNA vaccines failed.

Wednesday, January 19

16:45 The French Biotechnology Company Valneva today announced Wednesday that three doses of its VLA2001 vaccine neutralize the coronavirus omicron variant, according to the results of an initial initial laboratory study."VLA2001 is currently the only vaccine candidate with adjuvant, inactivated and full virus in clinical trials against COVID-19 in Europe," says the statement issued by the firm.

Juan Carlos Jaramillo, medical director of Valneva, said that "we are very satisfied with these results, which confirm the broad spectrum protection potential of our virus vaccine inactivated with adjuvant and its ability to address the variants of concern that currently circulate".

According to the study, 100% of the samples of serum analyzed presented neutralizing antibodies against the original virus and the delta variant, while 87% responded in the same way against the omicron strain.

According to the statement, the vaccine could receive approvals in the first three months of 2022 and is providing information to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Regulators of the United Kingdom and Bahrain.If the vaccine is approved in Europe, Valneva hopes to start dose supply in April.

13:45 (Reuters) Covid-19 infections continue to accelerate in America, reaching new records, with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15 thousand deaths related to the disease in the last week, the Pan American organization said WednesdayHealth (PAHO)."The virus is spreading more actively than ever," said the director of the PAHO, Carissa Etienne, in an informative session.

North America, the United States and Canada continue to experience an increase in hospitalizations by COVID-19.Meanwhile, the Caribbean presents the most pronounced increase in Coronavirus infections since the beginning of the pandemic, said the regional health agency.

11:00 - The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported a new 9 record.509 new COVID-19 cases in Chile, with a positivity of 12.1% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 70.480 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 11.45%.

The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 114% and 344% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, no region decreases its new cases in the last seven and 14 days.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.902.657.Of that total, 58.918 patients are in active stage.The recovered cases are 1.798.131.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, 4 hours were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.431 in the country.

To date, 409 people are hospitalized in intensive care units, of which 318 are with mechanical ventilation support.In relation to the integrated health network, there are a total of 305 critical beds available for the patient who requires it, independent of the region where it is.

07:00 El gobierno metropolitano de Tokio buscará que los bares y restaurantes cierren temprano bajo una cuasi emergencia del virus y, en algunos casos, dejarán de servir alcohol, ya que el número de casos se dispara a un récord en todo el país, dijo la emisora ​​​​nacional NHK, citada por Bloomberg.

The 13 Prefectures, including Tokyo and its surroundings, will be under control of the virus from Friday to February 13, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on Wednesday.

With three regions already under a quasi-emergency, the measure will mean that 16 of the 47 prefectures of Japan will be affected, which represents more than half of the country's economic activity.The western region of Osaka is also experiencing record infections that could soon lead the government to act.Tokyo registered a 7 record.377 new Covid cases on Wednesday.

Tuesday, January 18

18:30 The Ministry of Health of Argentina reported Tuesday 120.982 contagios by COVID-19 and 189 deceased in 24 hours.165.124 new tests carried out by the Ministry threw 73% positivity and the daily deaths confirmed by COVID-19 are more than four times those reported at the beginning of the year, as the crownoairus omicron variant expands through Latin America.

According to Our World in Data, on December 15, both Argentina and Chile converged in a weekly average of 72 daily infections per million inhabitants.Currently the figures are radically different: under the same metric, Argentina registered yesterday 2.500 and Chile reported 387, which accounts for the explosive rise in the infections of the South American region, where the trans -Andean country stands out in particular for the enormous dissemination of the virus and in a trend that continues to rise.

For its part, the number of deaths adjusted to population (per million inhabitants) shows that Argentina doubles to Chile into the weekly average of daily deaths, with 2.15 and 1.05 respectively in the week that arrives at January 17.In fact, Argentina's current figure is 4.3 times greater than 0.5 registered at the beginning of 2022.

Hospitalizations reported by the health portfolio correspond to 2.330 Internships in Intensive Therapy (UTI), which means that the percentage of adult -adult -adult bedreaches 45%.

15:30 After three studies from various laboratories, Pfizer indicated that its Paxlovid pill is effective against the omicron variant, despite its mutations.

Pfizer clinical trial data showed that their two -pills antiviral regime is 90% effective in the prevention of hospitalizations and deaths in patients with high risk of serious illness.Recent laboratory data suggest that the drug maintains its effectiveness against the omicron variant.

For its part, the United States Food and Medicines Administration (FDA, acronym in English) authorized the oral medication for treatment in high-risk adult patients and pediatric patients of at least 12 years of age with COVID-19 outside the hospital.

United Kingdom and Mexico also joined this approval and allow use for people over 18 with mild or moderate COVID-19.

13:50 The Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged vaccine manufacturers against COVID-19 to provide the data you need to include them in their emergency use list, reports theReuters Agency.

According to the report, WHO states that the delays in information delivery are affecting equitable access to vaccines, since with the required data they could be sent to multiple developing countries and used by the COVAX vaccine program, focusedin providing input to at least 20% of the most needy population globally.

"The Committee recognized the problems posed by the delay in the presentation of Vaccine data to WHO by some manufacturers," says a statement from the health agency.The statement does not clarify which are the manufacturers that still do not present the data, says Reuters.

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday from 7.533 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 11.44% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 59.971 exams, PCR and antigen test.Daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 9.85%.The variation of new cases confirmed nationwide is 120% and 324% for the comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.Meanwhile, no region decreases its new cases in the last seven and 14 days.

Thus, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.893.115.

As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours there was 1 dead for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.427 in the country.

10:00 The highly protected capital of China is seeing signs of greater propagation of the coronavirus, with new cases of the Omicron and Delta variants less than three weeks before the Winter Olympic Games.

Beijing's first patient transmitted the virus to at least two nearby contacts, according to the Health Commission.Separately, a person in a different part of the capital gave positively for Delta, said the spokesman for the city, Xu Hejian, Bloomberg reported.

Infections occur despite the aggressive measures aimed at preventing an incursion in Beijing and the promise of Chinese officials to eradicate the virus by all media, including multiple rounds of massive tests, aggressive tracking of contacts, quarantine and blockages when they occuroutbreaks.

07:00 China stopped the sale of tickets to the general public for the 2022 Winter Games and instead invite groups of spectators to attend the Games, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Meanwhile, two former flight attendees of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.They were arrested for violating the pandemic rules, said Hong Kong police, after they were identified as the city's OMICRON outbreak source.HSBC Holdings PLC warned merchants that Hong Kong's quarantine policy is one of the biggest risks for business continuity.

Meanwhile, an Israel studio suggests that a fourth dose of the Pfizer-Bionntech vaccine would not be significantly effective to prevent the OMICRON VARIANT DEL CORONAVIRUS.

On the other hand, Germany is having a certain success in keeping its covid wave under control fed by OMICRON, but if more old people begin to infect, the situation would become "dangerous", according to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.

Monday, January 17

20:20 As of Monday, Ecuador applies strict measures of epidemiological surveillance and capacity restrictions, after seeing an exponential leap of 300% in the infections of COVID-19 and exceed the worst week since the pandemic began with 42 thousand cases, reports theEFE agency.Of the total of 221 cantons of the country, 193 are in "Red Luz", the most critical situation of the epidemiological traffic light implemented by the health authority, while 26 are in "yellow light" and only two in "Green Light".

The last report issued Sunday by the Ministry of Health of Ecuador reported 11.027 new contagios, reaching an accumulated 625.059 positive since the beginning of the pandemic, while the total deaths add 34.227, in a country with 17.64 million inhabitants.

The Andean province of Pichincha, whose capital is Quito, accumulates the largest amount of positive;However, the coast Guayas, whose capital is Guayaquil, has seen a drastic increase in new cases.According to Efe, the mayor of Guayaquil Cynthia Viteri warned today that the UCI beds in the hospitals of the city are "occupied in their entirety" and that in less than four days the deaths from the disease rose from 10 to 14 per day.

15:30 In her health report today, the Minister of Health, María Teresa Valenzuela, announced the reinforcement of the strategy to address the increase in cases of COVID-19 and the update of the protocols aroundnarrow contacts, announcing greater inspection of the unvaccinated and an isolation of 7 days for those who throw positive.

Together with announcing that the risk communication campaign will be reinforced, the campaign for the application of reinforcement dose and the fourth dose for health personnel, Valenzuela indicated that "we will reinforce the inspection of the Plan step by step with emphasis on the correct control of the pass of the passMobility and Identity Control of the QR Code, in addition to higher restrictions in closed spaces for people without enabled mobile pass ".

In relation to the testing, traceability and isolation strategy (TTA), the minister announced the new approach "If I get sick, I take care of you" for people with PCR or positive antigen test.People who give positive must be isolated for 7 days, being number 0 the day of symptoms or in which the sample took place."It is contemplated to move from a universal traceability, where positive cases are investigated with the aim of identifying and also calling their narrow contacts, a traceability aimed at isolating and correctly to all cases of coronavirus".

The instructions says the following: "The person must give notice of their confirmed case condition to all the people who can directly contact those who have had proximity from 2 days before the start of symptoms or 2 days before the sample takeof the PCR or antigen exam and will indicate that they are 'people in Covid alert' ".This category refers to a "person who has been close, less than a meter distance without the correct use of mask" and "cohabitants of the same place".

"The recommendation is to perform a PCR or antigen exam to the fifth day of having been in contact with the case.In case of having symptoms it must be immediately, "says the ministry.

Those affected must take the following precautions: "Extreme self -care measures especially the correct use of surgical mask.This consists of a replacement every 4 hours and if the person took it out not to use it again;Avoid massive activities, agglomerated places, places without ventilation and prefer teleworking as much as possible;alert and protect people around it ".

13:30 Bolivia registered 77.238 new contagios of COVID-19 in the second week of 2022, which means a 27% rise compared to the previous week and marks a record in the amount of infections reported weekly from the beginning of the pandemic in that country.

The figure was released in the presentation of the second epidemiological report of the year by Health Minister Jeyson Auza, who highlighted the 0.6% lethality rate as the "lowest in the entire history of pandemic", in contrast in contrastwith the maximum reached in the number of new cases.

The number of deaths of the second epidemiological week in the neighboring country reached 281, so that the set of confirmed fatal victims reached 20.238, in a country with 11.67 million inhabitants.

Auza highlighted the positive effects of the vaccination plan to avoid a greater number of deaths."Only in the first two weeks of this management have been reached to immunize 1.237.200 doses applied.This, in our population over 18, represents 74.6% of vaccination coverage, "said the minister.

11:19 The Ministry of Health reported Monday 8.904 new COVID-19 cases.In this way, the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus reaches 1.885.540 throughout the pandemic.

In relation to the number of deaths for causes associated with COVID-19, 32 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours.Thus, total number of fatal victims amounts to 39.426 in the country.

Meanwhile, the national positivity of the last 24 hours was 9.39%, after taking 87.568 PCR exams;While daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region was 9.15%.

10:00 The omicron variant has extended to the political, financial and technological centers of China for the first time, exercising pressure on the country's response to the most transmissible variant while expecting the winter Olympic Games to begin in less than three weeks.

China has detected OMICRON infections of local transmission in the capital, Beijing, the Financial Center of Shanghai and Guangdong, where the Southern Shenzhen Technology Center is located, which together represent a fifth of the country's gross domestic product.The highly mutated strain has been detected in one in five provinces, while 14 of them have reported imported cases.

While they are still very small in number, the outbreaks are causing consternation due to their moment, in addition to their location.The Lunar New Year holiday, an event marked by mass trips when millions return home from urban centers to attend large family gatherings, starts in two weeks on February 1.Beijing Winter Olympic Games are scheduled to start later that week on February 4.

07:00 Tokyo's government will seek stricter measures against COVID-19 in the capital and the three surrounding prefectures as a new wave of infections fill the beds of hospitals.

Governor Yuriko Koike told journalists on Monday that he would quickly send the application to the central government and said that the occupation of hospital beds designated for patients with Covid in the city is expected to exceed 20%, a threshold that established to find aquasi emergency.In Tokyo, home of the largest number of cases in the current wave, about 19% of the beds were occupied until Sunday.

Se espera que el primer ministro de Japón, Fumio Kishida, hable con los ministros y tome una decisión el miércoles, informó anteriormente la emisora ​​FNN, citada por Bloomberg.The government can include Mie and Kumamoto prefectures in quasi emergency measures, as well as the prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba, which surround Tokyo, said FNN on Monday.

Sunday, January 16

17:00 France approved on Sunday the vaccination passport, which will impose important social restrictions to people who do not want to immunize against COVID-19, in an attempt to force the almost five million people who reject the vaccine.

For 215 votes, 58 against and 7 abstentions, the National Assembly ended an intense parliamentary procedure with the Senate, which was rarefied by the political storm generated by President Emmanuel Macron when he said he wanted to "bother" or "fuck"The unaccoured ones.

The law replaces the previous health passport (vaccines or negative test) with one based exclusively on immunization with three doses or two more Covid healing certificate.

With the omicron variant causing more than 300.000 daily cases and being the unaccked the vast majority of the serious patients of COVID-19, the Government wants the law to enter into force this week in order to contribute to containing the current epidemic wave.

"With the vaccine passport, France is provided with a new tool to protect its citizens," said the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, who could not participate in the debates of the last days after announcing his positive for Covid last Thursday.

However, socialist deputies announced that they will present an appeal to the Constitutional Council to "guarantee fundamental freedoms", which can delay the beginning of the application of the new measure several days.

11:00 The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported a new figure of contagios of COVID-19, with a total of 9.454 cases, which exceeded the brand reported by the authorities this Saturday.This thickens the total infections from the beginning of the pandemic that reaches 1.876.610 contagios.Likewise, the death of 18 people were reported at 39.394 lost lives since the arrival of COVID-19 to our country.

The national positivity of the last 24 hours was 8.91%, while in the Metropolitan Region it was 9.03%.

"At the moment when we see that new cases are increasing, we must intensify self -care measures at all times.Strengthen the correct use of the mask covering nose, mouth and chin, physical distance, avoid poorly ventilated spaces and privilege outdoor activities, gel alcohol use and frequent hand washing are acts that will help us prevent the possibility ofcontagion and take care of the people around us.We have to be alert and not neglect.Pandemia is not over, "said the Minister of Health, María Teresa Valenzuela.

In addition, he reiterated that, despite the figures, the effects of these, both in the number of deaths and in the occupation of critical beds, is very different from previous seasons where similar figures have been recorded.That is why he called on the people who have not yet attended the vaccinatories who attend for free, to do so to acquire their reinforcement dose or to complete their vaccination schemes.

"The current situation we are experiencing shows us that vaccines are effective and decrease the risks of becoming seriously ill and dying from the virus.We still have lagging people who do not have their reinforcement dose, so we invite you to go to vaccination to acquire it as soon as possible.Also to immunocompromised people who obtained their reinforcement dose until September 19, to approach tomorrow, to acquire their fourth dose, "Valenzuela emphasized.

9:00 The Austrian government announced this Sunday that as of February 1 the mandatory vaccine will be applied against the coronavirus for all residents over 18 years of age, that is, for about 7.4 of the 8.9 millioninhabitants of the Central European country.

After an initial phase of transition and information, the Austrian police will begin on March 16 to perform random controls on people's vaccination status.

From that moment on, residents in Austria not vaccinated can be fined with 600 euros ($ 685), up to four times a year.

The authorities will also send a reminder letter to all unaccoured persons, requires law agreed by the rulers Conservative and Ecologist parties in negotiation with two opposition parties (social democrats and liberals).

If a satisfactory level of vaccination is not reached, a third phase of the law will be applied, with a mandatory appointment to vaccinate and in case of ignoring the authorities, a fine will be applied automatically, twice a year, with a maximum amountof 3.600 euros (4.100 dollars) per year.

At the moment, 74% of the Austrian population has been vaccinated with the complete pattern (two or three doses) against the Coronavirus, which since the burst of the pandemic has caused almost 14.000 dead in the country.

Apart from those under 18, pregnant women and people with certain pathologies will be exempt from the mandatory vaccine.

Saturday, January 15

11:00 The Ministry of Health reported a record figure in Pandemic of 9.284 new cases of COVID-19 in Chile, of which 4.714 correspond to symptomatic people and 1.369 do not present symptoms.At the national level, the new confirmed cases of the last 7 days varied in 143% compared to the previous week, and the new cases of the last 14 days varied in 221% with respect to the last two weeks.As for the deaths, according to the information delivered by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours 21 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.376 in the country.

"Unfortunately today what we project last Monday was fulfilled, that we would possibly exceed the maximum number of new cases that had been registered in the country.This Saturday we get to register 9.284 new cases of COVID-19, thus exceeding the record of daily positive cases that had occurred on April 9, 2021, 9.171 positive cases.This record is not reflected in the number of deaths or the occupation of UCI beds, but if we do not take care, nothing assures us that it will not happen, "said the Minister of Health, María Teresa Valenzuela.

The national positivity of the last 24 hours was 9.08%, while in the Metropolitan Region it reached 8.69%.Meanwhile, the total diagnostic exams for COVID-19 was 94.825, between PCR and antigen.One of the days with the greatest amount of testing since the beginning of the pandemic in our country.The regions according to sample that have a greater positivity in the last 7 days are Tarapacá, Magallanes, Arica, and Antofagasta.

07:00 China confirmed this Saturday infections with the Covid-19 omicron variant in Shanghai and the province of Guangdong, which added additional pressure on the authorities to contain the highly contagious strain before the winter Olympic Games, Bloomberg reported.

Meanwhile, workers in Singapore who have not been vaccinated run the risk of losing their jobs, Covid-19 infections increased in Tokyo, while Hong Kong will begin to vaccinate children up to five years while fighting an increase in thecases.

In Australia, the tennis star Novak Djokovic faces the arrest of immigration authorities while the government tries to deport it while the country's pharmaceutical regulator reviews the potential use of the Novavax InC vaccine.The United Kingdom reported less than 100.000 new cases for the first time since the end of December, which increases the hopes that the omicron wave has reached its maximum point.

Friday, January 14

17:30 The Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS), the Mexico Sanitary Regulator, announced today the authorization for emergency use of the Paxlovid pill prepared by the Pfizer pharmaceutical19 mild or moderate.

"The authorization for emergency use is issued in a controlled manner and requires medical prescription, considering the factors of use and risk detailed in the authorization trade to avoid misuse of this medicine, self -medication and/or its irregular sale," says COFEPRIS.

The agency adds that "the two Paxlovid components work together to reduce the hospitalization and mortality rate to this virus up to 88%.The first, Nirmatrelvir, inhibits a protein of the SARS-COV-2, preventing the virus from replicating;While the second, Ritonavir, slows down the decomposition of the medication to help it remain in the body longer ".

Paxlovid has already been authorized in the United States and the United Kingdom, Spain and South Korea while others, such as Canada and Japan, are in the process of analysis.

15:30 Brazil reports 20 times more daily cases of COVID-19 than what registered only three weeks ago, amid the propagation of the omicron variant in the largest country in Latin America.The weekly average corresponds to 290.56 daily infections per million inhabitants, quickly approaching the 367.6 record reached on January 22, according to Our World in Data.The current figure is more than 20 times higher than the minimum average of 13.95 that was reported on December 24, at which time the curve shot.

As a comparison, Chile records a weekly average adjusted to the population of 239.17, something below Brazil, but reporting increases of infections at a similar pace.

The deaths, however, are seeing a less dramatic situation in Brazil.The number of daily deaths adjusted to the population corresponds to a weekly average of 0.79, even below that of Chile (0.92) and far from the maximum of 14.54 reached in April 2021.

Experts believe that the real number of infections per COVID-19 is much greater, due to the shortage of tests to detect the virus and the data blackout caused by computer pirates that has affected the monitoring of the new variant in the Latin American giant, according toReuters.

Epidemiologists hope that with 67% of the population inoculated in a successful vaccination campaign, the impact of the current wave will be reduced.But to the extent that the demand for health services increases, the shortage of personnel in hospitals also grows since officials must take isolation measures after positive to the virus.

11:12 This Friday, the Ministry of Health published the new figures related to the number of cases per COVID-19, in the last hours.During the day, a total of 8 was reported.270 new contagios, which carries the figure of affected by the Coronavirus to 1.857.764.

Regarding the number of deaths, the agency registered 24 deaths.Thus, the total number of fatal victims arrives 39.355 Since the Pandemia began.

The report detailed the realization of 89.252 PCR exams in the last 24 hours, which reflected a positivity of 8.59% nationwide and 8.78% in the Metropolitan Region.

09:00 China suspended dozens of international flights on Friday dueArrivals abroad, said Reuters.

The cities of China are becoming more alerts against COVID-19 before the travel season for the New Year lunar at the end of this month and while Beijing prepares to organize the winter Olympic Games from February 4, andMany local governments urge residents not to leave their cities unnecessarily.

The Shanghai Tourism and Culture Authority said that travel agencies and online tourism companies should once again organize group trips, after five new internal transmission infections were reported on Thursday, all linked to an arrival at an arrival from abroad.

7:00 Germany reported new record cases of Coronavirus for the third consecutive day when the highly transmissible oomicron variant extended by the largest economy in Europe.The United Kingdom is ready to leave Covid passes this month, The Times reported, citing a government official who did not identify, according to Bloomberg.

Hong Kong will extend the prohibition of flights from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan and the Philippines until February 4, the newspaper The South China Morning Post reported.The executive director, Carrie Lam, will announce the measures at a press conference later on Friday, said the newspaper.

In this context, at least a dozen managing directors based in Hong Kong in banks ranging from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.AND BANK OF AMERICA CORP.Even Morgan Stanley and UBS Group Ag are stranded in countries that range from the United States to Australia due to flight prohibitions, people familiar with said the matter.

Thursday, January 13

20:30 this Thursday Uruguay marked a record of daily infections and active cases of COVID-19, when registering 10.650 infected and exceed 65 thousand assets.According to the daily report of the National Emergency System (SINAE), of the 36.302 analysis carried out, 10.650 were positive, so the country accumulates an official figure of 483.820 Total cases.

Of that total, 65.665 people are currently suffering from the disease and 55 of them are in critical beds.In the day there were six fatalities, so the total number of deaths per Covid-19 increased to 6.211.

According to Our World in Data, the South American country records a weekly average of 1.957 daily infections per million inhabitants, a figure almost 10 times greater than that registered at the time of confirming the arrival of omicron on December 29, when the figure in Uruguay was 208.4, similar to the one that Chile has under thesame measurement.

11:15 This Thursday, the Ministry of Health published the new figures related to the number of cases per COVID-19, in the last hours.During the day, a total of 7 was reported.291 new patients, which carries the number of infections to 1.849.465.

In relation to the number of deaths, the agency registered 41 new fatal victims, which total 39.331 Since the Pandemia began.

The report detailed 95.967 PCR exams in the last 24 hours, which reflected a positivity of 6.90% nationwide and 7.39% in the Metropolitan Region.

Regarding the modifications of the Step by step plan, the Minsal announced the following changes from Saturday, January 15 at 5:00 am:

08:00 Vaccinated United Kingdom travelers will no longer need an essential reason to enter France from Friday, which ends almost a month of restrictions.With the OMICRON variant now extended in both countries, the restrictions are no longer necessary, a statement from the French Prime Minister's office, Jean Castex, said Thursday.

Upon reaching a maximum point for vacation trips, the restrictions had faded the hopes of a very necessary impulse for the tourism industry, one of the worst victims of pandemic.

07:00 China detected OMICRON in an important second port city, which increases concern about a broader outbreak at the doors of Beijing and increases the possibility that more foreign companies will follow Toyota Motor Corp.and stop operations along the northeastern coast of the country.

Germany reported new record infections for the second day, while the city of Tokyo raised the degree of alert to the virus.Switzerland joined Spain and the United Kingdom by suggesting that the Coronavirus pandemic could be going to an endemic phase.

The crowds in the Australian Open will have a limit of half of their capacity, since the authorities of the host city, Melbourne, are concerned with the increase in infections.A EE study.UU.He found that almost all adolescents who needed intensive care for COVID-19 were not vaccinated, which reinforces the case of the vaccine in young people.

Wednesday, January 12

18:00 Spain will begin to consider Coronavirus as an endemic once the wave that currently crosses, according to an announcement made by the health portfolio of the European country, once finished.The denomination implies that the propagation of the virus would cease to be addressed as a health crisis and would be monitored as it is done with diseases such as seasonal flu.

"It is evident that, despite this sixth wave, the situation is not equal to other previous waves.High vaccination coverage, the increasingly high-momicon presence and the incidents we have had progressively changing the epidemiology of COVID-19, "said Carolina Darias, Minister of Health of Spain.

However, WHO has shown its disagreement with the fact of treating virus as an endemic disease, since they do not consider that the conditions for this are being met.Hans Klug, WHO regional director in Europe, asked for prudence and said that "being in the midst of the management of a pandemic, we have to be very careful with the predictions of the future".

The announcement of Spain adds to the global discussion regarding the policy around the pandemic, with recurring manifestations of discomfort with respect to the emergency measures adopted by governments and voices in favor of leaving behind the restrictions that characterized the crisis during2020 and 2021.

15:00 The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved two drugs to treat coronavirus patients.Specifically, this is the baricitinib and Sotrovimab, reports Europepress.

The baricitinib, which is normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, is recommended for patients with critical or serious symptoms of COVID-19 in combination with corticosteroids.Its recommendation is based on "moderate certainty" tests that improves survival and reduces the need for ventilation, without an increase in adverse effects.

Likewise, WHO has also issued a conditional recommendation for the use of the Sotrovimab monoclonal antibody in patients with non-serious COVID, but only in those with a higher risk of hospitalization.

12:40 The Coronavirus omicron variant is already present in 58.5% of the laboratory analysis carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) to determine the composition of the new infections, which positions it as the dominant strainworldwide, displacing the Delta variant.

The weekly epidemiological report published yesterday by the WHO indicates that there are 208 thousand omicron findings (58%) of a total of 357 thousand analysis carried out by the Gisaid laboratory global network in the last 30 days.147 thousand results correspond to Delta (41 %), which a few weeks ago concentrated 96 % of the total cases.

The report highlights that the omicron variant is able to "evade immunity", but also cites "growing evidence" that in practice it is less serious than previous virus strains.

11:35 On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported 4.847 new cases of coronavirus contagion. Thus, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.842.218.

In relation to deaths, in the last 24 hours there was 1 dead for causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of deaths amounts to 39.290 in the country.

The national positivity of 7.28 % and in the Metropolitan Region is 7 %.

11:00 Italy lost 148 million tourists in 2021 due to the pandemic, in the second year in which the tourism sector ends with red numbers, the Federalberghi hotel association reported today, which revealed that, of the total, 115 million were foreign visitors.

If the data is compared to 2019, the last year prior to pandemicTotal of 115 million lost foreign visitors, "the association explained in a statement.

The Association said that, in this scenario, the companies and employees of the Italian hotels have lost one to one the support measures approved in the past and that they had allowed the survival of the companies and related jobs: the fiscal credit onRentals, exemption to the payment of real estate, mortgage moratorium and freezing of dismissals

While the sector claims new actions, the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, explained on Monday at a press conference that works to support segments with more difficulties, mainly tourism, and that for this will be used the resources provided for in theBudget Law, which is about 150 million euros.EFE

07.20: In an interview released on Tuesday night with Meganoticias, President Sebastián Piñera ruled out the possibility of returning to a quarantine due to the increase in cases of Coronavirus in the midst of the global omicron expansion and assured that the worst of the health crisis"It already happened".

"I hope, and I say it very peacefully and confidence, that we are very well prepared to face this new omicron variant," said the president in the interview."I think the worst of the crisis has already happened.We had two extraordinarily difficult moments, in the middle of the year 2020 and in the middle of the year 2021, when we had the health system to the maximum of its demand, and yet, it always replied.In Chile, medical attention was never denied to any person, "he added.

07:00 American Airlines Group Inc.and United Airlines Holdings Inc.They said that Chinese aviation regulators have blocked the entry of some of their flights as the country intensifies precautions against COVID-19.Meanwhile, the annoying parents in Hong Kong are criticizing the government's order to close the schools again, Bloomberg reported.

Covid cases in Australia are increasing, and the OMICRON variant now represents about 90% of cases in the state of Nueva Wales del Sur -where Sydney is located -but the deaths from viruses and hospitalization rates are greatly increasingmore slowly than general infections.The Nation's Immigration Chief, Alex Hawke, is considering canceling Novak Djokovic and ruin his hopes of winning the Australian Open.

About 400.000 Israelis have received a fourth dose of the vaccine, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.European Union regulators said frequent reinforcements could negatively affect the immune system and may not be feasible.The World Health Organization warned about a "martemot from west to this" that can infect more than half of the population of Europe in the next six to eight weeks.

Tuesday, January 11

16:20 France today registered a new record of COVID-19 daily infections with 368.149 new cases, the Gallic country's public health office reported.The figure exceeded the maximum achieved last Wednesday with 330 thousand registered.

Dominated by the rapid propagation of the omicron variant, the period is "indisputably difficult," said French Health Minister Olivier Véran, adding that "the hospital system is subject to a tremendous Calvary".

There were 341 new deaths associated with the virus, which raises the total registered during the pandemic to 126.059.The new deaths are already duplicating the figures of the previous wave that took place in the months of August and September, although they are still far from the levels reached for 2020.

14:50 United Airlines executive, Scott Kirby, said Tuesday that the company had about 3 thousand employees who tested positive for COVID-19, but that their vaccinated workers had not died or have been recently hospitalized by the disease,Reuters reported.

United, based in Chicago, was the first United States airline to demand vaccines for its employees in order to facilitate travel and flight operations.The airlines have canceled thousands of flights since the end of December, when the increase in cases of omicron and the winter climate began to affect the schedules.

Kirby said in a memorandum on Tuesday that "since our vaccine policy came into force, the hospitalization rate among our employees has been 100 times lower than in the general population in the United States".Before United Vaccination requirements were implemented, "Tragically, more than one united employee on average 'per week' died of Covid," Kirby said.

14:00 The United States Department of Health reported a record level of hospitalized by COVID-19.The figure corresponds to 145.982 admitted patients, of which almost 24 thousand are found in intensive care units.

With this report, the US exceeds the maximum hospitalizations achieved in January 2021, at which time it reached 142 thousand admitted.After descending to about 40 thousand at the beginning of November, the omicron variant has contributed to steep the curve and since Christmas it has shot at an unprecedented rate.

The avalanche of new contagios adds a weekly average of 2.265 daily infections per million inhabitants (in Chile this figure is 165), according to Our World in Data.Faced with the complex health situation, the government of Joe Biden has opted to reinforce the vaccination campaign and the trial number.

12:20 The Hewlett-Packard Hardware and Software Company.The measure will enter into force from tomorrow, Wednesday, January 12.

In a communication to its teams, HP indicated that the closure is "due to the increase in cases that have been seen in the last time and to prioritize the health of all of you and your families".A reopening date was not specified.

11:00 This Tuesday, in a new balance of the Ministry of Health regarding the progress of Coronavirus in the country, 3 reported.922 new cases of COVID-19, totaling 1.837.390.

As for the number of fatalities associated with COVID-19, he lamented 4 deaths on the last day, reaching a total of 39.289 From the beginning of the pandemic.

In addition, the highest health authority indicated that 50 were made.535 exams, PCR and antigen test, in the last 24 hours obtaining a positivity of 7.24% throughout the country and 7% in the Metropolitan Region.

10:00 omicron has become the dominant Coronavirus variant in Brazil, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga.

"Regardless of any sanitary measure that is tried to adopt, it ends up entering.Unfortunately, it is already the predominant variant in Brazil, we are seeing that the cases increase, "Queiroga told the media.

He also said that Brazil does not expect to see higher levels of hospitalizations and deaths, citing the strong vaccination program.

08:30 More than half of the population of Europe can be infected with OMICRON in a matter of weeks with current transmission rates, said an official of the World Health Organization.

The rapid propagation variant represents a "western maremot.He cited the forecasts of the Institute of Metricas and Health Evaluation that most Europeans could get it in the next six to eight weeks.

Until now, the last increase in COVID has resulted in less symptomatic cases and lower mortality rates than in previous waves, which feeds the optimism that pandemic can be decreasing.However, WHO has repeatedly noticed the underestimation of the binding strain as mild.Klug said that hospitalization rates are increasing in Europe, which exerts pressure on health systems.

On the other hand, another WHO official said it is too early to consider that COVID-19 is going to an endemic phase, an issue that the Spanish government has suggested that it is time to discuss.

An endemic phase would see a "stable circulation of the virus at predictable levels, but what we are seeing at this time for 2022 does not approach that," said Catherine Smallwood, WWOR emergency director in Europe in Europe.

"We still have a lot of uncertainty, we still have a virus that evolves quite fast and raises new challenges," he said."We are certainly not at the point of being able to call it endemic".

07:00 The Facebook parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., delayed plans for employees to return to the office and will require that those who return receive a reinforcement vaccine to protect against COVID-19.Employees are expected to return to the office on March 28, according to a company spokeswoman, cited by Bloomberg.Meta already announced last summer (in the northern hemisphere) that would require vaccines for those who return.

Meta employees can request to work remotely permanently, or they can request an extension to continue working from home for three to additional months."We are focused on ensuring that our employees continue to have options on where to work given the current panorama of COVID-19," said Janelle Gale, Vice President of Meta Human Resources, in a statement."We understand that continuous uncertainty makes this a difficult time to make decisions about where to work, so we are giving them more time to choose what works best for them".

Monday, January 10

16:00 Pfizer is already manufacturing doses of a omicron strain vaccine.The new vaccine will be available in March, said the pharmaceutical CEO Albert Bourla in an interview with the CNBC media.Despite not being sure that this is necessary, he indicated that he will come to light considering the demand of some countries.

The Executive added that the vaccine will also attack other variants currently in circulation."We hope to achieve something that provides much more effective protection, particularly against infections, because protection against hospitalizations and severe disease is reasonable right now, with vaccines already available as long as you have, say, the third dose," said Bourla.

Regarding a fourth dose, he said that it is not sure that it is necessary, and pointed out that Pfizer is performing tests to reach a conclusion on this point.

13:00 The common cold can give protection against COVID-19, according to a new study by the Imperial College in London, published today in the scientific journal Nature Communications."We discover that high levels of pre-existing T cells, created by the body when they are infected with other human coronavirus such as common cold, can protect against COVID-19 infection," says Dr. Rhia Kundu, author of the publication.

Since T cells are directed to internal and more stable proteins in the virus, the authors of the investigation argue that the finding could offer a new objective to the current vaccines, which currently go to the Spike protein, which changes according to the variant."The internal proteins to which the protective T cells that we have identified mutate much less are directed," says Professor Ajit Lalvani, co -author of the study.

11:15 In a new balance on the situation of COVID-19 in our country, the Ministry of Health reported a total of 4 on Monday.069 new cases, with a positivity of 5.60% nationwide and 5% in the Metropolitan Region.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with the virus in the country amounts to 1.833.478 affected.

As for the deceased, in the last 24 hours 13 fatal victims were recorded, so the total number of death amounts to 39.285 in total.

08:30 at the Chilean Air Force Hospital, President Sebastián Piñera, Health Minister María Teresa Valenzuela and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Alberto Dougnac, began the vaccination process with a fourth dose against COVID-19, starting through the country's immunocompromised population.

In the activity, President Piñera referred to the rapid avace of the omicron variant projecting that the number of positive cases in Chile will multiply in the coming weeks."The numbers will increase.Today we are around 4 thousand, I think we are likely to overcome the 10,000 daily cases, but the tranquility that I want to give them all is that we have a country that is well protected by vaccines, so we are starting today theFourth vaccine that increases protection with respect to a person who does not have their complete vaccination, "said the president.

According to the official schedule, as of February 7, vaccination will be extended with a new dose of reinforcement to the entire population of 55 years or more that completed six months from its previous dose.

07:00 The omicron variant reached a port city that limits with Beijing and extended an inland before the Chinese authorities detected it, sowing the highly contagious variant at the doors of the capital of the country less than a month before they beganWinter Olympic Games, Bloomberg reported.

There have been 21 new covid infections confirmed locally in the city of Tianjin, after two cases of OMICRON were found on Saturday, which caused the closure of schools, travel suspension and massive tests during the weekend.

Sunday, January 9

17:00 France touched on Sunday the roof of the 300.000 cases in one day, a little below the eve, while the hospitalized increased again, according to health authorities.

The public health agency communicated in particular 296.097 contagios, after 303.669 on Saturday, figures that are at the level of what has been found throughout the week, although they are lower than the 332 record.252 that was reached on Wednesday.

These numbers illustrate, in any case, the spreads.000 had been reached on December 29.

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14:00 The director of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Net.

Net fields, which is doubly vaccinated, is asymptomatic and will be isolated at home, said the Central Bank in a message.The 52 -year -old legislator returns to work on Monday remotely after the end of the year holidays.

Omicron, the highly contagious variant of COVID-19, is causing a strong increase in cases in Brazil after a long respite: daily infections increased to 63.292 On Friday, almost double that the day before and more than five times the figure reported on Monday.Private diagnostic companies have seen how positivity rates shot up to 40% in January, from less than 5% only one month ago.

The demand for evidence is increasing, with emergency rooms in cities such as Sao Paulo and Brasilia full of people who report symptoms similar to those of the flu, and long lines for the tests observed in Rio de Janeiro this morning.

11:00 After the record of contagios recorded yesterday and after six months, the Ministry of Health this Sunday gave the new infection figures per Covid-19 in the country, in which it highlights a total of 4.064 cases, during the last 24 hours.Totalizing 1.625.456 cases, since the pandemic began.

In relation to the number of deaths, the health authority lamented 21, so the total figure rises to 39.272.

Positivity is 5.04% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 75.979 PCR exams carried out;while in the metropolitan region it is 5%.

10:00 The total number of COVID-19 cases in Argentina amounted to 6 this Saturday.237.525 after being notified 101.689 new positive in the last 24 hours, slightly below the 110 record.533 contagios recorded on Friday.

According to the daily report of the Ministry of Health, the deaths rose to 117.465, after being notified 37 deaths in the last 24 hours, well below the historical brand of 792 daily deaths recorded on June 22, 2021, in the Peak of the "Second Wave" of Coronavirus in Argentina.

09:00 China informó el domingo sobre sus primeros casos de Ómicron diseminados en la comunidad, y dos personas fueron confirmadas con la variante en la ciudad norteña de Tianjin, según un informe de la emisora ​​estatal CCTV el domingo.

The cases were confirmed as an omicron by the Chinese center for disease control and prevention, after its local branch completed the genome sequencing, CCTV reported.It was discovered that the two new cases were of the same transmission chain, but the authorities still have to establish whether the strain is the same as the cases of Imported OMICron previously informed in the city, according to the report.

The city announced that the massive tests will begin from Sunday 7, in order to "effectively prevent the propagation of the OMICRON variant," said State news agency Xinhua.

07:00 The Tennis Star Novak Djokovic received an exemption from Australian authorities to enter the country based on a positive Covid-19 test on December 16, their lawyers said in judicial documents, before a hearing on Monday.

The world number one player lawyers said that Djokovic received an exception from Tennis Australia, the governing agency of the Nation for sport, and also received a document for this purpose of the Department of Internal Affairs on January 1.

"Mr.Djokovic understood that he had the right to enter Australia and Victoria and compete in the Australian Tennis Open, "the lawyers wrote.The presentation of 35 pages was published on Saturday.

Djokovic has been confined since January 5 at a hotel used to arrest refugees and asylum seekers, after his visa was revoked when he landed in Melbourne.

A virtual hearing in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia is scheduled for Monday in Melbourne to decide whether the great tennis player will be allowed.A failure against him could lead him to be deported, ruining his chance to achieve a 21st Grand Slam record victory.

Saturday, January 8

11:30 The Ministry of Health reported on Saturday the new figures of contagios per Covid-19 in the country, in which 4 stands out.380 new coronavirus cases, with a national positivity of 5.30% in the last 24 hours and in the 6% metropolitan region.

"Today we report the highest new cases from June 27 of last year: 4.380.The rise that has been manifested for some days is maintained, although with a health scenario very different from that date.Today there are 375 patients connected to mechanical ventilation with 1.725 occupied critical beds, while, for June 27, 2.625 people were in mechanical ventilation with 4.216 occupied critical beds, "said Health Minister Enrique Paris.

With this new report, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.825.417.Of that total, 11.732 patients are in active stage.

In relation to the total of deceased, the agency reported that in the last 24 hours 19 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.Therefore, the total number of fatal victims rises to 39.251.

07:00 From Boris Johnson to Emmanuel Macron, European leaders are increasing.The officials are focusing the restrictions on unaccoured persons instead of resorting to generalized drastic measures.

Australia reported more than 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time in a single day, since an accumulation of home test results was included in the count and the states began to reintroduce restrictions to help hospitals affected by the OMICRON variantof rapid propagation.The country canceled the visa of the visiting tennis star Novak Djokovic, who is appealing the decision claiming that he already had Covid three weeks ago.

Hong Kong ordered many of his own officials to put them in quarantine due to a possible exposure to Covid, in the middle of a scandal for a large birthday party they attended despite the warnings of the government.It is possible that the last round of curbs from the city extends another week.In the United Kingdom, a panel of experts warned the government that a fourth round of vaccinations is not yet needed.

Friday, January 7

14:00 Citigroup Inc.It is the first important bank of Wall Street in imposing a strict Vaccination Mandate COVID-19: receive an injection or face the dismissal.With its deadline approaching quickly, the company is preparing for action, Bloomberg reported.

Office workers who do not meet before January 14 will be licensed without salary enjoyment and a message to the staff seen by Bloomberg said that their last employment day will reach the end of the month.While some of the employees will be eligible for certain bonus payments at the end of the year, they will have to sign an agreement that establishes that they will not undertake legal actions against the company to receive the funds, the company said in the message.

"You can request other positions in CITI in the future, provided that it complies with CITI's vaccination policy," said the company in the memorandum.

11:00 This Friday, the Ministry of Health gave an account of the new infections figures per Covid-19 in the country, in which 3 stands out.799 new coronavirus cases, with a national positivity of 4.75% in the last 24 hours and in the 5% Metropolitan Region.

With this new report, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.821.071.Of that total, 14.405 patients are in active stage.

In relation to the total of deceased people, the agency reported that in the last 24 hours 25 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.Therefore, the total number of fatal victims rises to 39.232.

07:00 The current wave of COVID-19 that involves France could reach its maximum point in about 10 days, said Professor Alain Fischer, a responsible official of the Covid vaccine strategy in the Gallic country.

"I think we are reaching the top of this new wave," Fischer told LCI TV, and added that this peak could occur "mainly towards the beginning of the second half of January, so, if we solved it, it would be around 10 days ".

France reported 261.481 new infections by Coronavirus on Thursday, less than the record of more than 332.000 established on Wednesday, but the seven -day mobile average of new cases increased above 200.000 for the first time from the beginning of the health crisis.

The French Ministry of Health also reported 204 new deaths, which raises the total count of deaths by COVID-19 to more than 125.000.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is confident that enough people will take the reinforcement injections of the COVID vaccine to mitigate the effects of the virus and, therefore, will allow us to avoid imposing new important restrictions to address the pandemic.

Thursday, January 6

18:00 The Ministry of Health of Argentina reported a 109 record.608 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, in an epidemiological ascent that does not seem to give truce.The trans -Andean authority also indicated that 40 deaths had been registered on the last day.

Argentina has admitted this week that the "volume" of the number of cases "has an impact on test centers and work activities", because patients do not need hospitalization but to remain isolated transandina authority confirmed 40 deaths on the last day.

13:48 President Sebastián Piñera announced that the vaccination calendar for the placement of the fourth reinforcement will begin on January 10, with the immunocompromised people of 12 years or more, who have received their reinforcement dose until 12September 2021.

The president indicated that the vaccination program will continue on February 7, with the people of 55 years or more who have received their reinforcement dose until August 15, 2021, giving priority to those who present a chronic disease.

Finally, he urged lagging people who have not received any doses or have not completed the vaccination picture to come to authorized health centers.

Regarding changes in the Step by step, the Ministry of Health reported that the Arica, Pozo Almonte, Lebu and Curanilahue communes go back to preparation, starting on Saturday, January 8 at 5:00 am.

11:17 This Thursday, the Ministry of Health reported 3.134 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 3.84% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 74.438 exams, PCR and antigen test.Meanwhile, positivity in the Metropolitan Region remains at 4%.

With this new balance, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with Coronavirus in the country reaches at 1.817.300.Of that total, 12.569 patients are in active stage.

As for deaths, in the last 24 hours 30 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19, so the total number of fatal victims amounts to 39.207.

07:00 The omicron variant has strengthened in the European Union, where the daily cases of Coronavirus exceeded a million on Wednesday for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Bloomberg reported.

Although deomicron symptoms are largely mildly, governments are still concerned about pressure on hospitals and health services in general, and have intensified measures, as well as tone in language, to force people toget vaccinated.

04:00 The Council of Ministers of Italy approved mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus for over 50 years, a measure that seeks to relieve hospital pressure and control infections to protect the population.

Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, said at the meeting with the ministers the need for the population to be immunize to control the pandemic."Today's measures want to preserve the proper functioning of hospitals and, at the same time, keep schools and companies open.We want to stop the growth of the contagion curve and push the Italians who have not yet been vaccinated to do so, "said Draghi, according to government sources.

Wednesday, January 5

16:30 Metropolitan and Callao Lima pass at the level of high health alert in Peru, according to Pedro Castillo's government before the third wave of infections for Covid-19 lived by the Andean country.

According to the official digital platform of Peru, the high health alert level implies the "strict compulsory social immobilization" from Monday to Sunday from 11 p.m. to 4 am the next day.

Peru registers a weekly average of 130.86 daily cases per million inhabitants, a significant leap from the 42 recorded at the end of December, while Chile currently registered a weekly average of 78.47 infected with a daily infected per million inhabitants, according to Our WorldIn data.

12:20 On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported 1.858 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 3.2% in the last 24 hours nationwide and in the Metropolitan Region of 4%.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 reaches at 1.814.188, since the pandemic began.Of that total, 10.677 patients are in active stage.

In relation to the number of deaths for causes associated with coronavirus, 3 fatal victims were recorded in the last 24 hours.The total number of death amounts to 39.177.

10:30 The Ministry of Health of Argentina recognized on Wednesday that the "volume" of the number of cases "has an impact on test centers and work activities", because patients do not need hospitalization but are isolated inMedium of a record outbreak of more than 80,000 daily infections of Coronavirus and a omicron variant that grows in the country over other strains, said the chronicler.

However, from the portfolio they clarified when explaining that most of Covid-19 infected with mild symptoms.

"The paradigm is different between covid with vaccines and without vaccines.We have to see how the tension in the health system is.But you have to be attentive and evaluate not only the number of cases, which are mostly mild, but in the volume they can have an impact and that must be continuously measuring it, "said the Undersecretary of Health Strategies, Juan Castelli.

7:50 The French president, Emmanuel Macron, uses a hard informal term to say that he wants to "annoy" those not vaccinated, in a colloquial and shear comment that caused the condemnation of the opposition to less than 4 months of the next presidential elections.According to Reuters, Macron used the expression "Emmerder", of "Merde" (shit), which can also be translated as "enervar" and is considered "very informal" by the French Dictionary Larousse and caused immediate criticisms of his rivals in the networks social.

"Not vaccinated, I really want to annoy them.And so we will continue to do so, until the end.That is the strategy, "Macron told the newspaper Le Parisien in an interview published late on Tuesday.

France launched last year a sanitary pass that prevents entering restaurants, coffees and other locals to people who do not have a PCR test or vaccination test.The Government wants only vaccinated to have access to the sanitary pass.

"I'm not going to send (not vaccinated) to jail, I'm not going to forcefully vaccinate.So you have to tell them that, as of January 15, they can no longer go to the restaurant, they will not be able to have coffee, go to the theater, to the cinema, "he said.

07:00 Hong Kong is imposing new strict virus control measures for the first time in almost a year, since the highly transmissible omicron variant filters in the community and threatens to cause a winter wave.The city will prohibit eating after 6 p.m., will close some places, including bars and gyms, will eliminate large -scale events and stop all flights from eight countries, said Hong Kong executive director, Carrie Lam, in an informative session on Wednesday, cited by Bloomberg.

The new rules return to the restrictions of social distancing that were in force a year ago and softened after the Chinese New Year in 2021, when the infections were decreasing.The eight countries from which the arrival of people or flights will not be allowed during the next two weeks are Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States, places with the worst propagation of OMICRON in theNews, said Lam.

Tuesday, January 4

16:00 Foreign Minister Andrés Allamand gave positive for COVID-19 in the United States.The minister's diagnosis was informed through a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The statement says: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that Foreign Minister Andrés Allamand was positive to Coronavirus test.At the time of being notified of his contagion, the Foreign Minister was in the United States, using his legal holiday.The Secretary of State is without symptoms, complying with current health regulations.In his replacement, he assumed as Minister (s) the Undersecretary of Foreign Relations Valdivia ".

12:25 In a new report on the progress of the coronavirus in the country, the Ministry of Health reported 1.058 new cases of COVID-19, with a positivity of 3.80% in the last 24 hours nationwide and in the Metropolitan Region of 4%.

So far, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.812.348.

As for death.Thus, the total number of fatal victims amounts to 39.174 in the country.

10:50 A fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Quintuplica the antibodies a week after the administration of the injection, the Israeli Prime Minister, Naphtali Bennett said on Tuesday, citing the preliminary results of an Israeli study.

"A week after the fourth dose we know with a higher degree of certainty that is safe," he said at the Sheba Medical Center, who is managing a second dose of reinforcement in an essay between his staff, in the midst of an increase at the level at levelNational omicron variant infections.

"The second news is that we know that a week after the administration of a fourth dose, the amount of antibodies in the vaccinated person," told the media, quoted by Reuters."Most likely, this implies a significant increase against infection and (...) Hospitalization and symptoms (serious), "said Bennett.

10:30 The insured losses of US $ 44.000 million for the COVID-19 so far equals the third largest loss per catastrophe after Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 attacks, the Howden Insurance Corridor said Tuesday.

However, the initial projections of more than US $ 100.000 million losses secured by COVID-19 now seem "unlikely," Howden said in a report on reinsurance renewals.The rates of the reinsurance of catastrophes of goods increased by 9% on January 1, which represents its largest annual increase since 2009, according to Howden.

07:30 More than 1 million people in the United States were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday when an omicron tsunami continues to flood all aspects of American daily life.

The highly mutated variant took the number of cases in the US to the major, by a wide margin, that any country has reported.Monday's number is almost double the previous record of around 590.000 established only four days ago in the US, which in turn doubled with respect to the previous week.

It is also more than double the case count seen anywhere else at any time since the pandemic began more than two years ago.The highest number outside the United States occurred during the increase in Delta in India, when more than 414.000 people were diagnosed on May 7, 2021.

Monday, January 3

11:30 this Monday, the Ministry of Health reported the detection of 1.005 new COVID-19 cases.In this way, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country reaches at 1.811.297.

Regarding deaths, in the last 24 hours 11 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19, so the total number of deaths amounts to 39.173.

The positivity for the last 24 hours at the country level is 3.69% and in the metropolitan region it is 4%, with 26.554 PCR exams and antigen test carried out throughout the national territory.

In relation to the modifications of the Step by step plan, which will begin to govern from this Wednesday, January 5 at 5:00 am, the agency announced that eight communes will advance phase: seven to initial opening (phase 4) and one to preparation (Phase 3);While 19 will go back, from them 15 go to preparation and four to transition (phase 2).

Specifically, the changes were as follows:

They advance initial opening: Futrono, Río Bueno, Frutillar, Chaitén, Puyehue, Los Muermos, Puerto Octay.

Advance to preparation: Calbuco.

They go back to preparation: Iquique, Alto Hospicio, Tocopilla, Concón, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilaco, Temuco, Father Las Casas, Chonchi, Hualaihué, Quinchao, Quellón, Puqueldón, Punta Arenas Arenas.

They go back to transition: Chañaral, Tirúa, Corral, Lake Ranco.

07:00 A record of 10 million people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in the seven days until Sunday, almost double the maximum previous weekly of the pandemic, as omicron spreads throughout the world, Bloomberg reported.Weekly deaths continued to fall.

Russia reported the lowest number of cases since June, while Germany has been weighing new measures to increase infections.In Hong Kong, the rhythm of vaccinations accelerated even when the city government denied rumors that it will close the borders or suspend the dinners in restaurants.China reported 101 new cases of Covid, mainly in Xi'an, where some residents complained about lack of access to food.

The United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, said he tested positive for COVID and plans to get quarantine at home for five days, attending meetings virtually when possible.

Sunday, January 2

18:30 this Sunday more than 4 were canceled.000 flights around the world, more than half of them in the United States, due to adverse weather and coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant.

Canceled flights included more than 2.400 that entered, left or operated within the United States, according to the FlightTAware website.com.Worldwide, more than 11.200 flights were late.

Among the airlines with more cancellations were Skywest and Southwest, with 510 and 419 suspensions respectively, according to FlightAware.

The Christmas and New Year's parties are usually a time of great air traffic, but the rapid propagation of omicron has caused a strong increase in Covid-19 infections, forcing airlines to cancel flights for quarantines of their pilots and their staffof cabin.

15:30 The Israeli Ministry of Health today approved the use of the antiviral pill against the COVID-19 of the American pharmaceutical company Merck and announced the signing of a contract to receive the first rough.

Israel has also begun to administer the Paxlovid drug, the pfizer pill, in order to include treatments in the strategy to combat pandemia, in addition to vaccination.

The United States Food and Food Administration (FDA in English) authorized in December the emergency use of this pill, also known as Molnupiravir or Lagevrio, which reduces hospitalizations and deaths by COVID in almost 30%.

The treatment was authorized in adults at risk that should begin the treatment of capsules during the first five days in which they have presented mild to moderate.

13:00 In an interview with Mesa Central, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, announced that as of January "we will start with the fourth dose".The reinforcement will be administered initially for people "with immunodeficiency, older people and health workers," he said.

The head of the portfolio also spoke about his concern about the new variant of COVID-19, omicron, and explained that we could reach the six thousand daily cases with this strain.

"I think we are going to have an increase in cases due to the omicron variant, which is very contagious, more than Delta," said Paris.

The minister also clarified that in our country there are three community cases of the new crown variant and that "more than 95% of the cases of omicron in Chile are travelers".

12:00 Israel detectó su primer caso de contagio simultáneo de Covid-19 y virus de la gripe, conocido como "flurona", en un mujer embarazada sin vacunar, confirmó hoy aEFE el Ministerio de Sanidad israelí.

The woman was discharged on December 30 after being treated by minor symptoms derived from this double infection, added the digital Times of Israel.

Cases due to "Flurona" were detected for the first time in the United States during the first year of Coronavirus pandemic.

Experts from the Ministry of Health believe that there are similar cases, not yet identified, when the country registers almost two thousand people hospitalized by flu, while coronavirus positives increase by the omicron variant.

11:00 In a new balance on the situation of COVID-19 in our country, the Ministry of Health reported 1.921 new cases, with a positivity of 3.15% nationwide and 3% in the Metropolitan Region.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with the virus in the country reaches until Sunday 1.810.302.

As for the deceased, in the last 24 hours 22 fatal victims were recorded, so the total number of death amounts to 39.162 in total.

10:27 The Argentine Leo Messi is one of the four players of the squad that have tested positive in the Covid test after the holiday return, according to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) this Sunday.

"The four positive Covid-19 players are Leo Messi, Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico and Nathan Bitumazala.All are currently respecting the isolation and adapted sanitary protocol, "said the PSG.

The Paris Saint Germain returned this weekend to training and this Monday at the competition, at the 16 -End of French Cup, against Vannes, fourth category

09:40 The German Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach, hopes that this month the Pfizer anticovid pill is authorized, for the treatment of serious paintings by Coronavirus and of which the country has already secured a million units.

"I trust that until the end of this month we will have closed the necessary package for it, that is, we have received medication supplies and we have achieved an emergency authorization," he said in statements to the Sunday edition of "Welt".

According to the Minister, the Federal Institute of Medicines and Medical Devices (BFARM) is currently preparing a national emergency authorization, so that Germany can use Paxlovid even before the European Medication Authority (EMA) authorizes the pill.

Saturday, January 1

08:00 As the omicron variant travels the United States, daily cases of COVID are reaching unprecedented levels in the country, crossing the mark of half a million and is only expected to increase much more.In Boston, coronavirus levels measured in wastewater are increasing more than quadruple of the increase last winter, Bloomberg reported.In Miami, more than a quarter of people give positive by Covid.And a medical leader of San Francisco estimates that, according to his hospital tests, one in 12 people in the city without Covid symptoms really has the virus.

Some projections point to a maximum of more than one million cases per day in mid -January."That seems totally plausible, since we are already in almost 600.000, "said Sam Scarpino, managing director of pathogenic surveillance at the Pandemias Prevention Institute of the Rockefeller Foundation.

On the positive side, hospitalizations and deaths have increased more slowly, and it remains to be seen if the number of omicron victims will reach levels of previous increases.Until now, the variant seems to naturally cause a less serious disease, and generalized immunity, either by vaccines or previous infections, has also been of vital importance.

Friday, December 31

15:30 El regulador del Reino Unido aprobó la píldora antiviral de PFIZER INC., pocas semanas después de aprobar el tratamiento oral de su rival Merck & Co.Pfizer's medication, Paxlovid, was authorized for use in people over 18 with mild to moderate COVID and at least one risk factor to develop a serious illness, said the regulatory agency of medicines and health products of the United Kingdom on Friday, cited by Bloomberg.

11:20 This Friday, the Ministry of Health reported 1.831 new cases of COVID-19, with a national positivity of 2.85%, while in the metropolitan region it was 2%.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country reaches at 1.806.494.

As for the deceased people because of the virus, in the last 24 hours 19 fatal victims were recorded.The total number of death amounts to 39.115.

07:00 The number of new cases reported worldwide on Thursday exceeded two million for the first time since the pandemic began, Bloomberg reported.It was the fourth consecutive day of more than one million cases, a new record reached at the beginning of the week.

At the end of the year, the cancellations of airline flights are already accumulating in the United States, with 1.125 canceled flights because the increase in cases of coronavirus hindered the staffing.Winter storms threatened even more trips during the New Year's weekend.

Hong Kong reported his first cases of community propagation in almost seven months, and China requested even more strict restrictions to control an outbreak in Xi'an, pointing out the challenges of maintaining the Covid Zero line against the propagation of omicron.

Thursday, December 30

16:40 Argentina dismisses 2021 without great restrictions by COVID-19, although mass celebrations are not planned for the end of the year and the president himself, Alberto Fernández, clarified that the objective is put to deepen vaccination.

"To the extent that we get empty, everything will be easier to carry," said the Argentine president during a year toast with journalists at Casa Rosada (headquarters of the Executive Power).

Fernández is aware that the number of infections by Coronavirus continues to grow in the territory in the face of the expansion of the second wave and the beginning of the third, with the exception of the extension by the health emergency until December 31, 2022 there will be no new limitations.

14:00 Italy communicated Thursday that in the last 24 hours he recorded 126.888 new contagios of Coronavirus and 156 dead, and the positivity rate (percentage of positive among all tests performed) has risen to 11 %, 9.5 % on Wednesday.

The Italian Ministry of Health communicated this data and said that the country is already the 6 million total infected since February 2020 and has exceeded 137.200 dead.

This Thursday, 1.1 million Coronavirus tests have been carried out and the region that has communicated more new cases has been Lombardy (North), with 39.152, followed by Toscana (center), which has reported 15.830.

15:00 Spain again registered a new record of Coronavirus infections with 161.688 more positive in 24 hours, which raises the incidence until 1.775 cases per 100.000 inhabitants in 14 days, according to the latest official data.

It is the tenth consecutive day that the Spanish Ministry of Health notifies the highest infections figures in the entire pandemic, confirming that the sixth wave curve continues in full expansion.

With these data, the country prepares to face the end -of -year celebrations, with schedules and schedules limitations in most regions.

11:30 In the recent balance of the Ministry of Health regarding the progress of the coronavirus in the country, it registered 1.813 new cases, reaching 1.804.682 infections since the pandemic began.He also regretted 33 deaths, so the figure of fatal victims reaches a total of 39.096 people.

The highest health authority indicated that 60 were made.999 PCR exams in the last 24 hours, which implied a positivity of 2.5% throughout the country and 2% in the Metropolitan Region.

As for the step by step, the agency announced the following changes, which will be effective as of Saturday, January 1, 2022, at 5:00 am: the communes Santa Barbara, Coyhaique and Teodoro Schmidt advance to initial opening;San Pablo and Llanquihue advance to preparation;Máfil and Los Lagos go back to preparation;and Cañete go back to transition.

07:00 The number of COVID-19 cases shot a record of 1.73 million on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive day with more than one million new infections worldwide.Cathay Pacific Airways plans to eliminate flights to Hong Kong as the city hardens the quarantine rules for aerial crews, Bloomberg reported.

Countries like Italy and Australia are reducing their Covid restrictions even as OMICron advances in an effort to keep the essential services into operation, support their economies and allow people to connect. Está surgiendo más evidencia de que omicron puede ser menos peligroso, particularmente en personas vacunadas, ya que las muertes por virus en Estados Unidos disminuyeron y una inyección de refuerzo de la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson redujo significativamente las hospitalizaciones en un estudio clave.

The most populous state of Australia registered a record number of daily infections, while serious cases reached a maximum in South Korea.India cases increased 40% compared to the previous day count.

Wednesday, December 29

18:00 Argentina on Wednesday reached a daily record of new coronavirus cases by totaling 42.032 people with the disease, exceeding the previous maximum of 41.080 cases registered in May, at a time that the Health Service is pressured by the Pandemia, according to data compiled by Reuters.

The Ministry of Health said that in the last 24 hours, 26 deaths were recorded."We are at a very high level of infections...In Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, the situation is serious, "doctor Rodrigo Salemi said in television statements.The nation of 45 million inhabitants records from the beginning of the pandemic 5.556.239 cases and 117.111 deaths, according to official data indicated that 5 were recorded.283.910 recovered cases.

16:00 The United Kingdom notified on Wednesday 183.037 COVID-19 cases, a record and more than 53.000 more than the previous highest figure registered only one day before, according to government statistics.The increase, caused by the highly transmissible omicron variant of the Coronavirus, also coincides with an increase in the number of hospitalized patients who have tested positive in COVID-19 tests.

In spite.

Johnson said that the high number of people who have received reinforcement vaccines against COVID-19, which now amounts to more than 33 million or about 58% of the population over 12 years old, meant that there was no need for new rules beforeof New Year's celebrations."Enjoy the New Year with wisdom and caution," he said."We have certainly increasing cases, we have many cases of omicron, but on the other hand we can see the data on the relative softness of an umicron".

12:00 Increases the presence of children infected with a hospitals in the United States.The expansion of the new variant throughout the US is generating a greater number of children in hospital enclosures, MSNBC Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC, its acronym in English) told the medium (CDC)..

"Most of these children are not yet vaccinated," the scientist observed, calling to effectively vaccinate children.

Walensky adds that most affected children appear in hospitals looking for medical attention for reasons other than COVID-19 and positive brand in protocol tests to detect the virus, although few need to be referred to critical criticisms.

11:00 This Wednesday, the Ministry of Health gave an account of the new infections figures per Covid-19 in the country, in which a total of 1 stands out.295 cases, during the last 24 hours.In this sense, the number of total infected amounts to 1.802.891, since the pandemic began.

In relation to the number of deaths, the agency reported 4 fatal victims linked to the Coronavirus, so the total figure rises to 38.900.

Positivity is 2.21% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 43.354 exams, PCR and antigen test;while in the metropolitan region it is 2%.

07:00 Two years after the first time reports of mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, the pandemic shows no signs of decreasing, and the OMICRON variant pushes Covid-19 cases worldwide above 1 million per secondconsecutive day.

The Netherlands will require travelers who arrive from the United States to get quarantine for up to ten days.Quick tests that are widely used to detect infections can ignore some cases of OMICRON, according to the US Food and Medicines Administration.

COVID hospitalizations are increasing from Nueva Wales del Sur to the state of New York, pressing health systems.However, in general, OMICRON seems to be causing a lower rate of hospitalizations.In Xi'an, China, an outbreak decreased after residents were asked to remain inside and prohibited driving.

Tuesday, December 28

17:00 France on Tuesday reported a 179 record.807 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus in a 24 -hour period, one of the highest daily figures worldwide from the beginning of pandemic.

It is the largest number of new daily infections in Europe, according to Covidtracker data.fr.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, only the United States and India have reported new average daily cases greater than 200.000.On Monday, the United States reported more than 505.000 contagios.

15:00 The OMICRON variant is causing a growing proportion of coronavirus infections in the US, although its rise to domain has been less deep than what the previous estimates indicated, according to an updated federal model.

OMICRON represented approximately 58.6% of the cases of sequenced viruses in the US.In the week that ended on December 25, he showed the Nowcast model of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, compared to the estimated 22.5% of the previous week.The Delta variant, once dominant, represented 41.1% of cases in the most recent period, according to CDC.

The figure of the previous week marks a substantial review of an earlier estimate, which said that the OMICRON variant was responsible for 73% of sequenced infections.

13:00 Oxford scientist argues that the symptomatology of the omicron variant "is not the same disease we saw a year ago" and it is indeed less serious than the previous strains.

John Bell, an immunologist at the University of Oxford, defended in the BBC Radio 4 program 4They point to the same thesis.

"The horrible scenes that we saw a year ago are history, in my opinion, and I think we should be sure that it is likely to continue like this," said Bell, referring to the overeatment of critical beds and massive deaths caused by previous strains.

The expert made his comments after the British government reported that it will not impose stricted restrictions against the virus in England during the week left 2021.

12:00 This Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported a total of 770 new cases of COVID-19, so the total number of people who have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country reaches 1.801.795.

As for deaths, in the last 24 hours 3 deaths were recorded due to causes associated with COVID-19.The total number of fatal victims amounts to 39.059.

Positivity is 2.78% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 24.302 exams, PCR and antigen test;While daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 2%.

09:00 local cases of Coronavirus in China increased for the fourth day and most infections were recorded in Xi'an, a city in the northwest of the country that has confined its 13 million inhabitants.Xi'an notified 175 symptomatic cases on Monday, compared to 150s the previous day.There has not yet been announced by an omicron spread among the more than 800 confirmed cases in Xi'an since December 9.

The number of cases in Xi'an is small compared to many clusters in other countries, but the Chinese authorities have imposed hard restrictions on the city and to leave, in line with the national guidelines to immediately contain anycovid-19 outbreak.

Some Xi'an residents were eager to know when they can supply essential products, such as vegetables, since the authorities prohibited people from going out to buy during a new round of massive tests that began on Monday.

07:00 Virus cases worldwide reached a daily record of 1.44 million infections on Monday, two years after the appearance of the virus that many expected it to be passenger.

The United States sanitary authorities reduced the recommended isolation time for Americans with COVID-19 of 10 to five days, an important change in guidelines as the OMICRON variant extends throughout the country.Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's main medical advisor, indicated his support for vaccines to be a requirement for national flights.

The Hong Kong government, as.You are considering that vaccines are mandatory at school and other places, according to media reports.The city can begin the test of gradually reopening its borders with the rest of the world and significantly reducing the quarantine time once the general vaccination rate approaches 90%, experts from the University of Hong Kong wrote.

Monday, December 27

19:00 The Prime Minister of France, Jean Castex, announced a battery of new measures approved by the Government with a view to dealing with the worsening of the epidemiological situation by the Coronavirus, which will force employees to telework between three and four days duringThe next three weeks.

At the end of the Extraordinary Council of Ministers held on Monday, Castex has also indicated that there will be no touch of curb, so the celebrations are maintained, and that the return to the classes will remain for next January 3.Castex, however, has called to "limit the great parties and dinners" the last night of the year.

On the other hand, the Executive has approved that the reinforcement time of the vaccination is reduced three months after the last dose from tomorrow, while warning the possibility of applying a fourth dose of the vaccine to deal with the illness.

As for the masks, it has finally been decided that its use will be mandatory "in all urban nuclei" where local authorities consider it, as long as the capacity of the open -air meetings have been limited, where up to 5 can participate up to 5.000 people.

15:00 More than 1.6 million people who have not yet received their reinforcement dose against COVID-19 will suffer mobility restrictions if they are not applied before January 1.

"There is 1 today.627.165 people who would be left with their mobility pass disabled since January 1, since they have not received their reinforcement dose to more than 6 months from the second dose, "Health Minister, Enrique Paris Paris, alerted in a press conference, Enrique Paris.

In one of the most successful inoculation campaigns in the world, Chile has distributed so far more than 10.1 million reinforcement doses and 91.9 % of the target population (about 15 million people) has a complete schemeof vaccination with two unique doses or dose.

The authorities announced last week that from the second half of February they will begin to apply the fourth dose of the vaccine.

13:00 Greece reintroduced measures aimed at curb.

Up to 50% of all public and private sector employees will have to work from home between January 3 and 16, Health Minister, Athanasios Plevris on Monday.The Government also ordered that restaurants, bars, coffees and nightclubs closed at midnight.

The omicron variant now seems to be in Greece to a large extent "and especially in the Attica region", which covers the capital city of Athens, said Plenris.The authorities expect the highly transmissible variant to become dominant during the next 15 days.

11:00 This Monday, the Ministry of Health reported 760 new cases of coronavirus infection.Thus, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.801.033.

In relation to deaths, in the last 24 hours 22 deaths were recorded for causes associated with COVID-19.Therefore, the total number of fatal victims amounts to 39.056 in the country.

The national positivity of 2.61% and in the Metropolitan Region is 2%.

In relation to the changes of the Step by step plan, the Minsal explained that the communes of Coronel, Lota, Puyehue, Puerto Octay and Aysén advance to preparation;and Freirina, Huasco, Chillán, Chillán Viejo and Perquenco advance to initial opening.

As for the setbacks, the commune of Chile Chico goes back to transition;and Caldera, Chañaral, Arauco, Tirúa, Cochrane and Natales go back to preparation.

07:00 almost 2.000 flights have been canceled and another 2.700 accumulate delays this Monday, hundreds of them with origin or destination in China airports, whose authorities have not indicated whether due to the application of new health control measures or revealed other reasons for the moment.The FlightTAware specialized portal indicates that cancellations rise to 1.954 (almost a third of them in the United States) and delays, 2.693.

By airlines, the two most affected are China Eastern, with 400 canceled operations and 62 delays, and Air China, which has annulled 193 flights and has delayed another 23, followed by Skywest, Lion Air and United.The China Shenzhen Airlines has suspended 72 operations and accumulate delays in 17.

By origin, the airport that accumulates more cancellations is the Yakarta International (72), with the Chinese of Beijing Capital (71), Shenzhen Bao'an (46) and Shanghai Pudong (45) then, although they are also in theList, among others, those of Kunming (40), Nanjing (40), Guangzhou (38), Beijing Daxing (32) and that of the city of Xi'an (29), epicenter of the last regrowth of the coronavirus in China.

Sunday, December 26

18:20 This Sunday, Argentina reported 7.623 new cases of COVID-19, so that the total number of positives amounted to 5.460.042, while the deaths rose to 117.035, after being notified 15 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Argentina is going through an increase in the number of cases, which intensified in December and has climbed in the last week, and although the days of the weekend the infections reported are usually lower, the figures mark an ascent compared to the 7.183 Positive notified last Saturday and more that double the 3.254 contagios reported the previous Sunday.

According to the daily report of the Ministry of Health, there are 5.2 million people who spread and have already been discharged, while the number of patients with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 who remain admitted to intensive care units was this Saturday of 820.

After months of favorable epidemiological situation, in October the Argentine government made the majority of the sanitary restrictions in force until then, including the total opening of the borders.

15:00 When the symbolic threshold of the 100 has just exceeded.000 daily cases, France entered its fifth wave of COVID-19 with the fear of a country's stoppage due to an expected increase in labor casualties due to the infection of omicron.

On the eve of the Council of Ministers that will propose new rules to stop the progress of the virus and thus avoid "the disorganization" of the country projected this week by the scientific council that advises the government, a group of toilets made public a letter in thethat ask that the return to school be postponed, scheduled for January 3, 2022, until the incidence has dropped to levels considered safe.

The 50 health professionals of different specialties explained that this will prevent the new wave of Covid aggravated "the unpublished increase" of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome among the youngest, considered the first cause of the income of minors in intensive care.

According to this group, children's hospitalizations already exceed those of the preceding waves, with more than 800 under 10 years, while adolescents are located at 300, "figures that do not stop growing".

The letter aims to press the Emmanuel Macron executive, very reticent from the beginning of the pandemic to close the schools for the negative impact it entails on the development of minors and the organization of families.

12:00 This Sunday, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) announced 1.232 new cases of COVID-19, in the last 24 hours.In this way, the total number of coronavirus infections amounts to 1.800.280.

As for the number of fatalities linked to the Coronavirus, the agency registered 21 deaths, so the total figure rises to 39.034.

The positivity at the national level is 2.13% and in the Metropolitan Region it is 2%, with a total of 4.432 PCR exams held on the last day.

10:00 According to a study on the CEPA risks prepared by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKSHA), the reinforcement dose of the COVID-19 vaccine loses effectiveness in protection against protection against protectionThe omicron variant from ten weeks of its application.

The agency, which is published weekly a report with the main data of the evolution of the variant, warned that those related to the effectiveness of the symptomatic disease vaccine and the reinfection rate confirm "Properties of substantial immutar evasion".

Although he indicated that there is no "sufficient" data to make an evaluation of the effectiveness in the serious disease for omicron compared to the Delta variable, the UKSHA pointed out that preliminary tests reflect that "the decrease in the effectiveness of the vaccine against the vaccineThe symptomatic infection occurs more quickly "with the new variant.

"This is visible, as expected, after time after the second dose, and it can also be so after the reinforcement dose from ten weeks," said the agency.

On the other hand, the UKSHA determined that in cases of infection of the omicron variant the relative risk of hospitalization descends, compared to Delta, according to three analysis carried out by the United Kingdom and whose results coincide with data from South Africa.

Saturday, December 25

21:00 The variant of the COVID-19 omicron has hit the staff of the large airlines and caused the cancellation of almost 5.000 flights around the world during Christmas Eve and Christmas, when millions of people travel to meet their families.

At 11.00 local time of the east coast of the US (16.00 GMT), 4 had already been suspended.900 flights on Christmas Eve and Christmas, while 15.837 had suffered last minute delays, according to the American company Flight Aware, specialized in providing real -time data on air traffic.

More than a quarter of the flights canceled during Christmas Eve and Christmas had the destination or starting point of the United States, where the cases have grown 50% in the last week after the overwhelming omicron advance.

Christmas Eve, one of the days with more air traffic of the year, began with the suspension of hundreds of itineraries;But the situation worsened as the day progressed and, at Christmas, large American airlines, such as Delta and United, announced more cancellations.

In a statement, collected.

However, on Christmas Eve, Delta had to suspend 173 or 8% of its routes and, at the 11 local hour of Christmas Day, travelers of 290 flights (14%) had already stayed on land.

For its part, United canceled 201 (10%) of the journeys they had planned for Christmas Eve and this Christmas Saturday the figure already reaches 238 (12%).

12:00 The Ministry of Health reported this Saturday 1.511 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 deaths.

Thus, the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus reaches 1.799.125, while that of fatal victims at 39.013, since the pandemic began in Chile.

Meanwhile, the positivity of the last 24 hours was 2.45%, after the 50.811 PCR exams.

Friday, December 24

13:00 In a new balance of the Ministry of Health regarding the progress of Coronavirus in the country, 1 reported.426 new cases, totaling 1.797.631 From the beginning of pandemic.He also lamented 30 new deaths, totaling 38.984.

Regarding the PCRs, 52 were made.318 exams in the last 24 hours, obtaining a positivity of 2.19% in the country and 2% in the Metropolitan Region.

11:00 Boris Johnson instó a los británicos a tener cuidado en Navidad, mientras considera si endurecer las regulaciones pandémicas la próxima semana en medio de un aumento récord de casos impulsados ​​por la variante omicron de rápida propagación.

On Thursday there were a total of 119,789 new cases, more than double the rate observed at the beginning of the month, and an increase of more than 10,000 in the number of cases on Wednesday, which had also been a daily record.

10:00 the United Kingdom reported from another 23.719 COVID cases with omicronic variant, 41% more than 16.817 CEPA cases that identified on Thursday.

Separately, the nation's vaccination rate (first, second and reinforcement dose) remains fast.The last figures on Wednesday showed a total of 932.501 blows in the United Kingdom.Of them, 840.038 were drivers, 12.7% more than the previous week.

More vaccine centers have been opened throughout the country, even in shopping centers, football stadiums and emerging windows such as vaccine buses.

07:00 United Airlines and Delta Airlines said that they had canceled each dozens of Christmas Eve, since the omicron variant - which spreads rapidly - affects their flight crews and other workers.

United, based in Chicago, canceled 120 flights for Friday, while Delta, based in Atlanta, said he canceled about 90.Both said they were working to contact the passengers so that they would not be stranded at the airports.

"The national increase in the cases of omicron this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation.As a result, unfortunately we have had to cancel some flights and we are notifying the affected customers before they arrive at El Airport, "United said.

Delta said he "exhausted all options and resources, including the change of route and the replacement of airplanes and crews to cover the scheduled flights, before canceling around 90 flights for Friday".

Travelers push their luggage beyond the luggage claim inside the United Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport during the Christmas season, since the crowned disease of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threatens to increase the numberof cases in Los Angeles, California, USA.UU.December 22, 2021.

Travelers push their luggage beyond the luggage claim inside the United Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport during the Christmas season, since the omicron variant of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threatens to increase the numberof cases in Los Angeles, California, USA.UU.December 22, 2021.

Delta cited possible inclement weather and the impact of the omicron variant for cancellations.

On Tuesday, Delta's executive director, Ed Bastian, asked the EE Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).UU.that reduced the quarantine guidelines for completely vaccinated people who experience revolutionary infections by COVID-19, citing the impact on the transport force of the transporter.Bastian asked that the isolation period be reduced five days after the current 10.

That request was shared both by Airlines For America, a commercial group that represents the main cargo and passenger carriers, who wrote to the CDC on Thursday, and by Jetblue on Wednesday.

The CDC published an updated quarantine guide for health workers on Thursday, reducing the seven-day isolation time for workers who are positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic, provided they give negative.

Thursday, December 23

17:00 United Kingdom on Thursday has scored a new record of coronavirus infections, with almost 120.000 new cases in the last 24 hours, a figure that becomes the highest since the pandemic exploded and confirmed the high level of transmissibility of the omicron variant.

Health authorities have confirmed 119.789 more Covid-19 cases.The previous record had exceeded this Wednesday by detecting 106.122 infections in a single day.On the other hand, 147 people have died as a result of the disease in the last 24 hours.

The omicron variant still worrying in the country, since on the last day 16 have been detected.817 new cases of this variant, for a total of 90.906 Since it was detected for the first time.

Despite these data, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, denied that he plan to announce new restrictions before Christmas, although he does not rule out that there are more measures later.The Government has agreed to reduce the isolation period for those infected in England from ten to seven, as long as they are vaccinated and negative in two tests.

16:00 Italy registered the greatest number of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic.The first country in Europe to go to the blockade last year reported 44.595 cases on Thursday, compared to 36.293 of the previous day.Patients in intensive care units increased by 13 to 1.023, still well below the peak of more than 4.000 last year.

To counteract the OMICRON variant of rapid propagation, which now represents approximately one third of the new cases, the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi is configured to marginally harden the restrictions at a meeting on Thursday, reimposing the use of outdoor masks and cuttingThe time between the second and third reinforcement blows to the four months.

14:00 OMICRON seems to be less serious but more contagious than any other Covid-19 strain to date, said the United Kingdom government, since daily infections shot at another new record close to 120.000.

An individual with OMICRON has between 50% and 70% less likely to be admitted to the hospital, compared to the Delta strain, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency said Thursday.They also have 31% and 45% less likely to go to emergency services with omicron than with Delta.

However, HSA data also showed that, although reinforcement improves protection, it begins to decrease faster than with Delta and is between 15% and 25% lower from 10 weeks after the third dose.

12:00 The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday the last figures associated with COVID-19 in the country.With 1.504 new contagios during the last 24 hours, currently active cases are now adding 7.871, while the total number of infected amounts to 1.796.232.

For its part, the report set up 54 new fatal victims linked to coronavirus, so the total figure rises to 38.954.

Positivity rose to 2% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 68.117 exams, including PCR and antigen test.Positivity in the Metropolitan Region remained at 1%.

10:00 Food and drug administration (FDA, its acronym in English) of the United States approved the pill for the COVID-19 of the Merck pharmaceutical.

The Molnupiravir is developed by Merck in association with ridgeback biotherapeutics, and is intended for non -hospitalized people 18 years or more at risk of developing a serious illness product of the infection.

While the treatment for potentially serious cases is performed in health establishments, the rest of the patients can opt for a five -day treatment at home.

The drug works as an agent that disturbs the replication of the virus by inducing errors in genetic material.Give.

The US has already closed a contract with Merck for US $ 1.200 million to obtain 1.7 million treatments.

08:20 Three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine of the China Syovac firm do not produce adequate levels of antibodies to combat the coronavirus omicron variant, said Hong Kong researchers in a statement in a statement in a statement in a statement.

His analysis revealed that the Pfizer-Bionntech vaccine is more effective, since a third inoculated dose after two injections of the same or Coronavac provided "levels of protection" of antibodies against omicron.Pfizer and his German Biontech partner have said that their three -dose guideline could neutralize an omicron in a laboratory test.

The last study was conducted by researchers from Hong Kong University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and was funded by the Medical and Health Research Fund and the Hongkonese government.The statement did not specify how many samples were used in the analysis.Syovac did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

The CORONAVAC vaccine from Syovac and BBIBP-CORV of the state Sinopharm are the two most used vaccines in China and the main vaccines against COVID-19 exported by the country.SINOPHARM also has a second vaccine in use in China.Hong Kong has been using the injections of Syovac and Pfizer-Bionntech, although people aged 12 to 17 can only receive the second.

08:00 Greece harden on Thursday the restrictions against pandemic on the Christmas eve, with the cancellation of all celebrations and the mandatory imposition of the use of a mask also in open spaces due to the restlessness generated by the omicron variant.

The measures will enter into force this Friday at six in the morning and occur only a few days after the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, gave the measures in force so far, asking only the population to perform more testsfor Christmas dinners.

"The society is tired and is right, but there is no other way to counteract the pandemic," said government spokesman Yannis Ikonomu and added that it is inevitable that the omicron variant spread in Greece in Greece.

The Minister of Health, Thanos Plevris, on the other hand, said that the measures are taken because in recent days there is an increase in new infections and said that there will be no new general confinement.

O7: 00 The Chinese city of Xi'an has imposed strict restrictions on travel and displacements within the city, putting its 13 million residents in a state of confinement while a new outbreak of COVID-19 increases cases in the community.The daily Covid-19 Diario count of internal transmission with confirmed symptoms in Xi'an has increased for six consecutive days since December 17.

This raises the total number of local cases to more than 200 during the period from December 9 to 22, a number less than that of many outbreaks outside China.In Xi'an no infection caused by the omicron variant has been detected.In line with Beijing's position not to allow the spread of any outbreak, Xi'an has put barriers at the exit of residents.Those who want to travel outside the city have to give negative in Covid-19 tests before leaving and obtaining the authorization of their companies or community authorities.

Wednesday, December 22

17:00 The Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) of the United States has given Wednesday the approval of the emergency use of the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Pill against the Coronavirus.

The drug, Paxlovid, will be prescribed in adults and in minors from the twelve years that have contracted the disease and have mild to moderate symptoms.The FDA has indicated that although it does not imply a substitute for the Coronavirus vaccine, it will help prevent serious cases and hospitalizations.

The director of the FDA Evaluation and Research Center, Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, said that the endorsement of this medicine is a "new tool" with which to combat the disease in a "crucial moment" while more aggressive variants appear.

On this occasion, the FDA has approved the use of this drug without the previous endorsement of the Committee of Independent Advisors available to the body, unlike the consultation made last November on the antiviral pill of the Pharmaceutical Merck,approved although by a narrow margin of difference and waiting for the agency to make a decision in this regard.

According to Pfizer, his medicine, which will begin to be distributed at the time in a limited way at the end of January, has an 89% effectiveness against disease in people at risk of serious symptoms or being hospitalized.

14:00 It is much less likely that the infection with the OMICRON variant of COVID-19 take patients to the hospital than the cases involving the Delta strain, according to the first data of a study conducted in Scotland.

The study suggests that OMICRON is associated with a two -third reduction in the risk of hospitalization compared to the previous variant, although it is also more contagious.

Although the reinforcement doses offer greater protection against Delta, a third injection also offers substantial additional protection against the risk of symptomatic infection by OMICRON, the researchers found.

11:00 This Wednesday, the Ministry of Health gave an account of the most recent infections for COVID-19 in the country, which highlights a total of 981 new cases, during the last 24 hours.Therefore, the number of total infected amounts to 1.794.750, since the pandemic began.

In relation to the number of deaths, the agency reported 6 fatal victims linked to the Coronavirus, so the total figure rises to 38.900.

Positivity is 1.68% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 35.232 exams, PCR and antigen test;while in the metropolitan region it is 1%.

07:00 The University of Oxford and the Astrazeneca (AZ) pharmaceutical.

In this way, Oxford/Az add to other laboratories that are studying the possibility of adapting their preparations to this new variant, after experts warned that current vaccines would not be so effective before omicron.

"Together with our Astrazeneca partners, we have taken preliminary steps to produce an updated vaccine if necessary," the Oxford Research Group leader, Sandy Douglas, told the FT.Researchers, according to the newspaper, estimate that the development of this vaccine can take about a hundred days.

These studies come to light while many European countries have once again imposed restrictions on the rapid propagation of the omicron variant, which, according to scientists, is much more contagious than the delta.

Tuesday, December 21

18:00 The director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, asked countries to redouble efforts to end the pandemic and also asked to cancel the New Year's celebrations because it is better to "celebrate late than to celebrate nowand lament later ".

"The 2022 must be the year in which we end the pandemic," said the WHO director.

"A canceled event is better than a canceled life.It is better to cancel now and celebrate later, to celebrate now and be mourning later [...].This is very serious and we are very worried about omicron, "he said.

The top leader of the United Nations International Health Agency urged governments.

While he was comprehensive with the fed up of citizens, he insisted that the fastest way to "return to normal" is "to make the difficult decisions to be taken".

"There is no doubt that the increase in social mixture during the holiday period in many countries will cause an increase in cases, saturation of health systems and more deaths," said Tedros.

14:30 New Yorkers who as Tuesday put the reinforcement dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will receive a bonus of US $ 100, at a time when the infections have shot.

"New York City is leading the path of vaccines.Starting today, anyone who receives a reinforcement (from the vaccine), will receive one hundred dollars.Reinforcement will help you and others stay safe, "said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio today, at a press conference.

The councilor said that this offer will remain until December 31 and added that the city is willing to spend the necessary money, since vaccination "is a priority".

He also indicated that the money dedicated to promoting the reinforcement dose will not affect other programs.

"We will simply make it a priority to spend what is necessary.We need people to put these reinforcements that will make a difference, "said De Blasio.

11:00 This Tuesday, the Ministry of Health registered in its daily report a total of 887 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest figure since October 13, at which time 766 cases were recorded.

Until now, the total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches at 1.793.786.

In relation to the number of deaths linked to the Coronavirus, 9 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, so the total fatal victims amounts to 38.894 in the country.

Positivity is 2.13% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 35.232 exams, PCR and antigen test, while in the metropolitan region it is 1%.

06:30 omicron is already the variant of the coronavirus that most infects in the United States, where between last December 12 and 18 they accounted for 73.2% of the new cases.

According to the data published by the Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC, in English), behind the omicron were the new infections by Delta, so far the most active variant in the US.UU., which in that week was the cause of 26.6% of the new contagions of COVID-19.

CDC data shows that the variant is extending through the country faster than the epidemiological authorities expected, which just a few days ago had estimated this possibility in a matter of weeks, not of days of days.

The agency has not made comments regarding these figures, which calculate from representative samples of genomic sequencing in positive tests throughout the country.

These data have motivated an institutional declaration of the federal government last night, in which the US president, Joe Biden wanted to "put in perspective" the situation in which the country is at a time when the cases of omicron are registering an incidenceunprecedented rise, adding: "If you are an adult who chooses not to vaccinate, you will have to face an extremely difficult winter for your family and your community".

"We know that vaccines are working.If you are vaccinated with Pfizer or Modern, you have a high degree of protection against serious diseases caused by omicron.The cases of omicron will increase in the next few days, even among completely vaccinated people.If you are vaccinated and have received a reinforcement dose, it is possible that it may still be infected, but it is very likely that they do not present symptoms or that they are mild symptoms (...).We must take precautions and remain alert.Listen to doctors's advice: even if you are completely vaccinated, you should use an indoor mask.It will help you protect you and others, especially children under five who still cannot be vaccinated, the US president continues.

Monday, December 20

16:30 The Coronavirus omicron variant is spreading faster than the delta and is causing to infect already vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today (WHO) today announced today.

"Now there are evidence that omicron is spreading significantly faster than the Delta variant," said WHO general director Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros.

"And it is more likely that people vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 can be infected or reinfected," Tedros said in an informative session for journalists in Geneva.

16:00 daily coronavirus cases in South Africa were almost reduced by half in the middle of a fourth wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.The country recorded 8.515 new infections in the last 24 hours, showed on Monday data from the National Institute of Transmissible Diseases.That is a 44% drop compared to the previous day and the lowest number of daily infections since December 6.

The cases were recorded and 29.9% of the COVID-19 tests analyzed positively, compared to 30.7% of the previous day, the institute said.

Covid-19 hospital admissions increased to 8.515 from 7.915 of the previous day, said the NICD in a separate report.The number of patients who need intensive care remained unchanged at 6.7%.

14:00 Bank of America told New York -based employees scheduled to be in their offices that can work from home during the holiday weeks if they prefer, while Wall Street sails through a new wave of virus sprouts.

The bank is also providing free COVID-19 tests to the staff and continues to encourage employees to take precautions that will keep them insurance, according to a person familiar with the matter.

12:20 The NOVAVAX INC covid vaccine.19 was approved by European regulators and will become the first protein -based vaccine against disease in Europe.

The vaccine, known as Nuvaxovid, was recommended by the European Medicines Agency, according to a statement published Monday.An imminent decision of the European Commission authorizing the vaccine is imminently expected.

That follows a decision of the last week of the World Health Organization granted by the Emergency Use State.This is an impulse for the Novavax vaccine, which has suffered months late after manufacturing problems despite obtaining some of the largest Trump administration funds in the early stages of pandemic. El retraso en el desarrollo comercial de un vacuna en comparación con rivales como PFIZER INC.and modern inc., harshly affected his actions since he reached maximum in February.

The Maryland -based company vaccine mimics the protein of the coronavirus spicmer, causing an immune response that prepares the body for a real infection.It requires two doses three weeks apart and can be stored at refrigerator temperature, so it is easier to transport than some messenger RNA vaccines.

The results of two main clinical trials found that the vaccine was effective to prevent COVID and involved more than 45.000 people en total.The first study in Mexico and the United States found a 90.4% reduction in the number of symptomatic cases of COVID-19 from 7 days after the second dose, compared to the people who received a placebo.The second study in the United Kingdom showed that the effectiveness of the vaccine was similar reaching 89.7%.

11:00 This Monday, the Ministry of Health published the new figures related to the number of cases per COVID-19, in the last hours.During the day, a total of 1 was reported.157 new patients, which carries the number of infections to 1.792.902.

In relation to the number of deaths, the agency registered 21 new fatal victims, which total 38.885 Since the Pandemia began.

The report detailed the realization of 50.694 PCR exams in the last 24 hours, which reflected a positivity of 1.79% nationwide and 1% in the Metropolitan Region.

As for the step by step, the Minsal announced that no commune will retreat, while 26 will advance as follows, starting Wednesday, December 22, at 5am:

They advance to preparation

Bíobio Region: Mulchén, Santa Barbara.

Los Ríos Region: Río Bueno.

Aysén Region: Coyhaique.

Advance to initial opening

Atacama Region: Alto del Carmen.

Coquimbo Region: Coquimbo, La Serena, Los Vilos.

Valparaíso Region: Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, El Quisco.

O'Higgins Region: Christmas, Pichilemu.

Maule Region: Curicó, Rauco.

Bíobio Region: Cabrero, Laja, Negrete.

Los Ríos Region: La Unión, Máfil.

Araucanía Region: Renaico, Collipulli, Cunco.

Los Lagos Region: Hualaihué, Dalcahué, Chonchi.

07:20 Modern Inc said Monday that a reinforcement dose of its COVID-19 vaccine seems to be a protective against the rapid propagation omicron variant in laboratory tests and that the current version of the drug will continue to be the "first line ofModern defense against omicron ".

The vaccin manufacturer said that the decision to focus on the current vaccine-MRNA-1273-was partly due to the speed with which the recently discovered variant is spreading.The company still plans to develop a specific vaccine to protect against omicron, which expects to lead to clinical trials at the beginning of next year.

"What we have right now is 1273," said Dr. Paul Burton, Medical Director of Modern."It is very effective and extremely safe.I think it will protect people during the next holiday period and in these winter months (boreal), when we are going to see the most severe chest pressure ".

06:00 The scientific director of the American pharmaceutical.

In a presentation to company investors, Dolsten announced that COVID-19, according to Pfizer's forecasts, should be an endemic disease worldwide by 2024.

"When and how this happens exactly it will depend on the evolution of the disease, on the effective.

"The appearance of new variants could also have an impact on the development of pandemic," said Dolste.

This prognosis of the end of the coronavirus pandemic for 2024 occurs after the expansion worldChildren between 6 months and 5 years old has not reached the degrees of effectiveness waiting in children aged 2 to 5 years.

Pfizar announced that the strategy will change and try a three dose vaccine.

Sunday, December 19

16:00 The United Kingdom authorities have notified more than 82 this Sunday.000 new infections by Coronavirus, more than 12.000 of which have been attributed to the new omicron variant, record since its appearance in the country and another 45 deaths in the last 24 hours.

82.886 new contagios raise the total of affected to 11.3 million, while the number of deaths is 147.218, reports the British Ministry of Health on its website.

More than 900.000 British have already received their reinforcement dose, for a total of 28 additional injections from the beginning of the campaign, according to the balance.

13:00 The main epidemiologist of the US government, Anthony Fauci, warned Sunday that hospitals in the country will be filled again with patients in the next two weeks due to the rapid expansion of the Covid-19 -9 omicron variant.

"If things follow the path that is being marked now, in one or two weeks we will have our hospitals very full of people because there are many people in this country who can receive the vaccine and have not done so," said the doctor in an interviewOn the NBC channel.

12:00 Virus cases in Germany have passed just a few weeks after its peak, but Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the country is already heading towards a fifth wave after registering a "critical number" of omicron infections.

The nation is managing reinforcement injections faster than most of Europe and will not promulgate a block comparable to that of the Netherlands before Christmas, Lauterbach told Ard on Sunday.

He said that the restrictions for traveling from the United Kingdom were an important step, but that they are also pressing so that travelers are obliged to perform an additional PCR test upon their arrival.Germany could better handle the pandemic if vaccines made mandatory, Lauterbach said.

11:00 In a new balance of the Ministry of Health regarding the progress of Coronavirus in the country, 1 reported.275 new cases, totaling 1.791.776.He also regretted 24 deaths, reaching a total of 38.864 From the beginning of pandemic.

Indicated that 52 were made.176 PCR exams in the last 24 hours obtaining a positivity of 1.91% throughout the country and 1% in the Metropolitan Region.

10:00 A student of an art study in the district of Tongzhou of Beijing positively gave Covid on Sunday, according to the local health commission.Did not provide the number of people who are isolating or specify the variant.

The infection occurs 47 days before the winter Olympic Games in the Chinese capital begin.

09:00 In a televised speech on Sunday, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, said that leaders will analyze the evolution of the pandemic at an extraordinary online meeting scheduled for Wednesday.

The average infection rate of 14 days in Spain increased to more than 500 cases per 100.000 inhabitants, and hospitalizations tripled 6.667 patients during the last month, according to data from the Ministry of Health published on Friday.

08:00 The Secretary of Health, Sajid Javid, refused to rule out stricter COVID-19 rules in the United Kingdom before Christmas.When asked if he could rule out a so -called switch block in a few days, he said that there are no guarantees in this pandemic and that everything must be maintained under review.

"It's time to be more cautious.We know that this is spreading faster, "Javid told BBC News on Sunday.The United Kingdom newspapers have been filled with speculation about the possibility of entering stricter rules just after Christmas.

07:30 From very early and from La Moneda, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, referred to the epodemiological situation of COVID-19, who the positive Catholic, and delivered recommendations to vote.

The health authority said that "today 1 are recorded.275 and a positivity of 1.9% nationwide, later, as usual, the full figures will be delivered, "and noted that the balance will later be made with the remaining figures.

Regarding the recommendations to attend the voting centers, "we can go to vote safely, we are in a positive epidemiological situation, but we continue in Pandemia and we must maintain the sanitary measures".

The holder of the portfolio emphasized the sanitary measures throughout the electoral process and for the celebrations after the results, with this he called for a spare mask, identity card, pencil paste not to lend and alcohol gel.

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