Hi, I’m Samantha Lock back with you on the blog, ready to tell you all the Covid news this Tuesday.
Let’s start with the news that Pfizer executive director inc. Albert bourla He said Monday that a redesigned Covid-19 vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant is likely to be needed and that his company could have a ready to launch in March.
Bourla said that Pfizer and its partner BioNTech SE are working on both a version of the vaccine targeting Omicron and an injection that would include both the old vaccine and one targeting the fast-spreading variant.
“I think it’s the most likely scenario,” Bourla said Monday. “We are working on higher doses. We are working different schedules. We are doing a lot of things right now, as we speak. “
Bourla said that Pfizer could be ready to apply for US regulatory approval for a redesigned vaccine and launch it in March.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He also announced that he tested positive for Covid-19 a second time, saying he only has mild symptoms.
López Obrador, who had tested positive for the virus in January last year, sounded hoarse at his morning press conference earlier that day, prompting reporters to ask about his health.
“Although the symptoms are mild, I will remain isolated and will only do office work and communicate virtually,” until I recover, López Obrador said in a tweet.
Mexico has registered more than 300,000 deaths since the pandemic began, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Here’s a quick rundown of all the latest headlines:
- Boris johnsoNorth was charged Monday night with a “totally outrageous” violation of lockdown rules, as a leaked email showed that one of his top officials invited more than 100 Downing Street employees to a “bring your own” party. drink ”during the first confinement. Police are now investigating.
- Boris Johnson has directed officials to examine plans to reduce Covid isolation to five days in England as scientists urged caution about the lack of evidence to support a change.
- National Health Service England has reached an agreement with private healthcare providers whereby their hospitals will be ready to start treating NHS patients who cannot get the Covid or non-Covid care they need because their local NHS hospital is under too much pressure.
- Pfizer executive director inc. Albert bourla said Monday that moving toward a redesigned Covid-19 vaccine that is specifically aimed at combating the Omicron variant is the “most likely scenario.”
- The small number of people in from Italy The population that refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is largely responsible for the continuing health crisis, Prime Minister Mario draghi he said Monday.
- At us, a new record has been set for the number of people admitted to hospital with Covid-19, with 132,646 currently in wards, according to Reuters. The latest figure, which comes as the highly contagious Omicron strain spreads across the country, surpassed the record of 132,051 set in January last year.
- Modern has announced that it expects record sales of around $ 18.5 billion (£ 13.6 billion) in contracts for its Covid vaccine in 2022.
- by Novak Djokovic The brother reportedly ended a press conference after questions about why the tennis ace appeared in public in Belgrade one day after testing positive for COVID-19.
- Emmanuel macron has condemned protesters in the French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon who threw seaweed and dirt at a parliamentarian during a protest against the vaccine passes.
- Stronger pandemic measures will be introduced in Sweden in response to the increasing number of covid cases and pressure on hospitals, the prime minister said.
- the prime minister of SpainPedro Sánchez has asked European officials to consider abandoning detailed Covid pandemic monitoring in favor of a flu-like monitoring system. The change would mean treating COVID-19 as an “endemic disease” rather than a pandemic, Sánchez said Monday. He noted that deaths as a proportion of registered cases have decreased since the pandemic began.
