Tag: variant
Omicron variant: simple cold or Covid-19?
The symptoms of the Omicron variant are different and, a priori, milder than those produced by the Delta variant. It was already possible to confuse a simple cold with a…
Faced with the threat of the Omicron variant, France is betting everything on vaccination
The announcements of new measures put pressure on the unvaccinated but also on those who have not yet received a booster dose against Covid-19. In France, the epidemic is on…
Omicron variant: What does the first real-life data say in South Africa and the UK?
This is the question everyone is asking: will the vaccines currently available be able to protect us from the Omicron variant? First real-life data is now available. These come from…
Is a third dose against the Omicron variant sufficient?
Still 6 million unvaccinated in France! The government is trying at all costs to encourage vaccination. The booster dose can now be taken as early as 4 months after the…
The Omicron variant would spread 70 times faster in the bronchi than other variants
Omicron is spreading rapidly in all the countries where it is present, sometimes surpassing the Delta variant installed for many months. Scientists at the Hong Kong School of Medicine studied…
“The Omicron Variant Reproduces Faster in the Respiratory Tract”
Experts determined that Omicron multiplies 70 times faster in the tissues lining the airways compared to the previously dominant variant, Delta. This feature is seen as an element that could…
The Omicron variant escapes the serum of people vaccinated with Pfizer and AstraZeneca
Alpha, Beta, Delta, all the variants of the coronavirus that emerged after the development of anti-Covid vaccines more or less escape the neutralizing antibodies generated by the injection. Preliminary studies…
Frightening statement from WHO: Omicron variant is spreading at an unprecedented rate
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), noted that the coronavirus variant Omicron is spreading at a rate not seen in previous variants and is likely to…
Omicron variant: an epidemic boom without a 3rd dose?
OMICRON. Omicron made his first official death in the UK, Boris Johnson announced Monday, December 13, 2021, as the international community panics as more studies suggest two doses of the…
Add another coronavirus antigen to prolong the effectiveness of vaccines?
The S protein was chosen as the vaccine antigen but its frequent mutations weaken the antibodies induced by the vaccination. At the University of California, scientists are proposing another antigen…