Since the beginning of the pandemic in Spain 5,164,184 cases and 88,052 deaths have been confirmed with a positive test for COVID-19.
Healthhas notified 10,261 new infections and has added 44 deceased to the official count.
The cumulative incidence rises 9.5 points and reaches 208.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
COVID-19, last minute live
10:00 Angeline Coetzee, discoverer of the micron variant: “Governments should impose the mandatory mask”
Angeline Coetzee, the doctor who discovered the new micron variant of the coronavirus, explains in an interview in the SER string that “this variant seems more contagious in the nucleus of families”.
“Governments should impose the mandatory mask, and implement measures of social distance and good ventilation. Travel restrictions no longer work because the micron variant has been around the world for probably weeks,” Angeline Coetzee recommended.
“For now, we can comment on what we see in patients in primary care. There is a premature alarm: it would be more prudent to recover the mandatory mask, it is important that it be clean, and impose social distance and ventilate,” he insisted.
“” I never thought it would be such a big problem, but it is what it is and we have to wait so that the mild symptoms do not change. We will know as time goes by, “acknowledged the discoverer of the micron variant.
09:30 Brazil locates the first two cases of the micron variant in Latin America
ANVISA (National Health Surveillance Agency) has reported two positive cases of the micron variant of the coronavirus in Brazil, which entered the country on November 23 through the Sao Paulo-Guarulho International Airport.
Those two people tested positive trying to fly back to Africa on November 25.
They are the first confirmed in Latin America.
09:00 “The micron variant has not been shown to be more virulent or more transmissible”
The epidemiologist Hugo Lpez-Gatell Ramrez, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion of Mexico, explained that “the micron variant it has not been shown to be more virulent or more transmissible; nor is it identified as causing more serious disease. Vaccination remains the most effective pandemic control measure, so it is important guarantee equity in access to vaccines“.
08:30 The two cases of micron in Spain had the complete vaccination schedule
NewsFour informs that the Ministry of Health confirms of the micron cases in Spain.
People infected by the variant micron in Spain they were vaccinated and have mild symptoms.
08:00 An unvaccinated family, admitted to the ICU for COVID
The newspaper’20 minutes’ publishes that “five members of the same family have ended up admitted to the Madrid Hospital Severo Ochoa (Legans), after catching Covid-19 and four of them not being vaccinated.”
The four unvaccinated members of the family are admitted to the FIA “intubated and sedated, due to the seriousness of their situation.”
07:30 Madrid confirms the second case of micron in Spain: two suspected cases in Barcelona and one in Valladolid
The Madrid’s community has confirmed the second case of the new variant of Covid-19, known as micron, in Spain. It is about a 61-year-old passenger who came to the capital from South Africa via Amsterdam.
Madrid confirms the second case of the micron variant in Spain
There are two other suspected cases that landed on Barcelona and another is being analyzed in Valladolid.
They all have mild symptomss, and the two confirmed ones present the complete schedule of the vaccine.
07:00 Message from Pfizer: “Don’t panic. The plan is still to speed up the delivery of a third dose.”
Ugur Sahin, executive director of BioNTech and creator of the Pfizer vaccine, wanted to send a message to the appearance of the micron variant of coronavirus: “Our message is: don’t panic. The plan remains the same: speed up the administration of a third booster injection.”
06:30 Health recommends limiting social gatherings at Christmas
The Ministry of Health has recommended limiting the number of participants in “public and social events”, especially during the celebrations of the Christmas holidays, as well as taking extreme precautions using masks and hand hygiene.
“Due to the current epidemiological context and the uncertainties associated with the variant micron, as well as a possible decrease in vaccine effectiveness over time, it is recommended to continue increasing the percentages of vaccine coverage and the administration of booster doses in target populations “, requests the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES).
06:00 Vaccines for children under 12 years old will not arrive in Spain before the second half of December
Carolina Darias, Minister of Health of the Government of Spain, announced in an interview on Cadena SER that vaccines for children under 12 approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will not arrive in Spain before the second half of December.
05:00 The EMA will take “about three or four months” to approve a new vaccine for micron
Emer Cooke, executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has recognized in the European Parliament that it will take the EMA “about three or four months” to approve the vaccine for the micron variant.
“It does not depend on the EMA, but on several factors, such as the epidemiological situation, the effectiveness of the current vaccine and the circulation of this variant in Europe,” he explained.
“We already know that viruses mutate and we are prepared,” said Emer Cooke.
04:00 Ams Garca Rojas: “There is hardly going to be a huge lack of protection with this new variant”
Ams Garca Rojas, president of the Spanish Association of Vaccination, explained his opinion about the micron variant of the coronavirus to Cristina Pardo and Iaki Lpez in the program ‘Better late’: “There is hardly going to be a huge lack of protection with this new variant …” at most there would be a decrease in effectiveness. “
“It is not good that we put all the eggs in the vaccine basket,” said Ams Garca Rojas.
03:00 “The risk of new micron introductions in Spain is considered very high”
The Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) considers that “the risk of new micron introductions in Spain is considered very high and that of dissemination, high”.
02:00 Spain limits flights from several countries in South Africa to stop the spread of COVID-19
The Government of Spain approves exceptional measures to stop the spread and contagion by the micron variant of the coronavirus, limiting flights between South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe and Spanish airports.
01:00 The head of Moderna warns that current vaccines may not work against the micron variant
Stphane Bancel, executive director of Moderna, predicts in an interview with ‘The Financial Times’ that currently existing vaccines will be much less effective in combating the micron variant than previous strains of coronavirus, and warned that months will pass before the companies Pharmaceutical companies could manufacture new, specific injections of variants on a large scale.
“I think there is no reality in which the efficiency is at the same level that we had with the Delta variant. For all the scientists I have spoken with it is as if” This is not going to be good, “Bancel explained.
Bancel says that the high number of Omicron mutations that the virus uses to infect human cells, and the rapid spread of the variant in South Africa, suggests that current vaccines may need to be modified next year.
00:30 Update of data on the coronavirus pandemic in Spain
00:00 Update of the vaccination activity report in Spain
