“This pandemic is by no means over and, with Omicron’s tremendous growth globally, new variants are likely to emerge, which is why monitoring and evaluation remain critical,” says the Director-General of the World Health Organization ( WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warning governments not to let their guard down in the fight against the pandemic. ‘Covid-19 is circulating too intensely, with many people still vulnerable. For many countries, the next few weeks remain very critical for health professionals and systems. I urge everyone to do their best to reduce the risk of infection so that they can help reduce the pressure on the system, “he explained.
In France an absolute record of cases
France recorded 464,769 new cases of Covid in 24 hours: there have never been so many in a single day since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the Santé publique France bulletin. The test positivity rate rose to 23.9%. The incidence is 3,063 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
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In Israel 130 thousand infections in two days
After two days of ‘black out’, attributed to technical difficulties in the face of a large amount of data, the Israeli health ministry announced tonight that on January 16th there were 62,210 Covid infections in Israel and another 65,259 on January 17th. . Previously, the ministry had also informed that the number of seriously ill patients has now risen to 498: double compared to a week ago. In the statements to the press, experts predict that the wave of infections is now reaching its maximum levels and that from next week it should begin to decline.
In Denmark 33 thousand new infections
Denmark has recorded a record of 33,493 covid infections in the last 24 hours, a figure never achieved since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced by the National Institute for Health SSI, underlining that 2 thousand cases are of people infected a second time. At the end of November, the daily average was around 5 thousand infections. The Minister of Health, Magnus Heunicke, however, wanted to emphasize on Twitter that the high number of infections, due to the Omicron variant, is not reflected in hospitalizations, also thanks to vaccination. For this, he said, there are reasons for “optimism”.
There are currently 810 covid patients in Danish hospitals, 49 of whom are in intensive care. In the calculation there are also patients hospitalized for other reasons and then discovered positive for covid. In this country of six million inhabitants, almost 1.2 million infections have been recorded since the beginning of the pandemic and 3,519 deaths.
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Ema: reasonable fourth dose for immunosuppressed
“In people with compromised immune systems it would be reasonable to consider administering the fourth dose” of the Covid-19 vaccine “right now.” This was stated by Marco Cavaleri, head of vaccines of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in the press briefing. He added that “there is currently no data on the need and value in the general population and with current vaccines. When there is new data, it will be reassessed.” According to Cavaleri, “repeated administration of booster doses at very short intervals can reduce the level of antibodies developed”, “thus potentially reducing the effectiveness of vaccination over time”.
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Ema, no risk to mRna vaccines for pregnancies
“Covid-19 mRna vaccines do not cause pregnancy complications for expectant mothers and their babies.” This is what the EMA task force for Covid-19 claims at the end of a detailed review of several studies that involved about 65,000 pregnancies in different phases. “The review found no signs of an increased risk of pregnancy complications, miscarriages, preterm births or adverse effects in unborn babies after vaccination with mRnra Covid-19. Despite some limitations in the data, the results appear consistent. in all the studies examining these results, “the EMA explains in a note.
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