Tag: Omicron

Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 08:53 UTC
No New Year's Eve parties in Brazil due to Omicron

Brazilian authorities are evaluating a series of restrictions for the upcoming year ending celebrations in a move to curb the spread of the new coronavirus Omicron variant, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Omicron makes landfall in Brazil but all patients are in good health

Brazilian Health authorities have reported Wednesday cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2 have been detected in several places nationwide with three confirmed patients in São Paulo and many other suspected in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro.
Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Travel mate of first Omicron case in Brazil found on Paraguayan border

Sanitary authorities have detected one man who lives in neighboring Foz do Iguaçu and works in Paraguay had boarded the same flight from South Africa Nov. 27 carrying a man infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 at a time Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) warnings were not yet in force.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:55 UTC
WHO says travel bans achieve little against Omicron strain

The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday advised people aged over 60 or who suffer from comorbidities which could result in more serious cases of COVID-19 postponed all travel whenever possible in the light of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday reported having detected the first two local cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which are also the first two infections of this kind in the entire South American continent.
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Uruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his Government had no specific strategy against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, other than “being alert.”
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
G7 health officials agree to keep an eye on Omicron

Health Ministers from the seven most developed democratic economies in the world Monday agreed the new coronavirus strain dubbed Omicron was “highly transmissible” and called for “urgent action.”
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Argentine Border Health authorities learn Cape Verde is not in Asia

As incoming trips from Africa were banned almost worldwide in light of the appearance of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2, Argentine authorities had no trouble allowing a cruise ship steaming from Cape Verde to moor in Buenos Aires.... because “it came from Asia.”
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 15:06 UTC
WHO recommendations on how to address Omicron, “a variant of concern”

Last Friday WHO designated variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO's Technical Advisory Group (TAG-VE). This decision was based on the evidence presented to the TAG-VE that Omicron has several mutations that may have an impact on how it behaves, for example, on how easily it spreads or the severity of illness it causes.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Omicron: UK enforces strict measures including compulsory face covering

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed new temporary and precautionary measures following the emergence of the Omicron variant in the United Kingdom. The Omicron variant contains a large number of spike protein mutations as well as mutations in other parts of the viral genome.