Doctor Çelik, you are senior physician in the isolation ward for Covid-19 patients at the Darmstadt Clinic; we have been talking regularly about the current state of affairs since May 2020. There seems to be a new scientific tenor right now: In the long run, no one will be able to escape such an infectious … Read more
The protests against the Corona policy in Canada continue. Now the police chief of the capital Ottawa has submitted his resignation. Critics had accused him of not getting the riots under control. After weeks of trucker protests against the Canadian government’s corona policy, the chief of police in the capital Ottawa has resigned. “Since the … Read more
What you need to know When New York City’s COVID-19 rates skyrocketed last December due to the emerging Omicron variant, humans were not the only mammals affected by the infection. A study led by scientists at Pennsylvania State University found that the highly infectious Omicron variant also affected white-tailed deer on Staten Island. Researchers said … Read more
The New York State Department of Health on Thursday confirmed the first cases of the so-called “stealth” Omicron variant. The department said it was aware of four cases of the BA.2 subvariant between January 7 and 12, which scientists say is somewhat harder to detect than the original version of Omicron. The World Health Organization … Read more
WITHaround Tuesday, the Werra-Meißner district also gets the unpleasant hotspot status. So far, this rural region was the only one in Hesse without a seven-day incidence of 350 for three days in a row. This relative calm is now over. This follows from the Corona Bulletin of the Ministry of Social Affairs. Accordingly, seven counties … Read more
Omicron is spreading rapidly: The number of corona infections in Germany is currently higher than ever. Most recently, this was primarily at the expense of a certain population group. In mid-January, the number of daily new corona infections in Germany exceeded the 120,000 mark for the first time. On Friday, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered the look of offices in New York City and other major metropolitan areas, forcing an unprecedented reliance on remote work that many say has proven less costly for employers and more convenient for your employees. And the appearance of Omicron may have changed him forever. That appears to be true … Read more
Hong Kong airport authorities announced this Friday the temporary ban on stopovers for passengers from more than 150 countries in order to “control” and contain the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension will be in effect for one month and will affect all countries classified as “high risk”. Thus, from next January 16 the ban will be … Read more
The 10% of the unvaccinated population in that state represents 50% of those in intensive care. The province of Quebec in Canada will implement the collection of a health tax for the unvaccinated in the coming weeks, as it is paralyzed by the omicron variant. “We are working on a health contribution for all adults … Read more
What you should know COVID infection rates per 100,000 New Yorkers increased more than 7-fold in the past month, while the risk of hospitalization increased 4-fold. The total numbers are minimal compared to the risk for the unvaccinated. Now, however, core viral rates are experiencing slower growth rates, although they remain high. The number of … Read more