Headlines of the day
-The Ministry of Health has added 141,095 cases to the official count in its latest report and has registered 142 deaths. The accumulated incidence in Spain rises 139 points and stands at 3,418 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days.
-The protection of vaccines against possible severe forms of COVID has dropped with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus to 50%, although with booster doses that percentage increases to 80%, the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated today ).
-A group of Japanese researchers has discovered that what generates the most immunity is the combination of having received the injections and having passed the infection afterwards. In fact, the more time there is between inoculation and subsequent contagion, the greater the immunity will be.
-The United Kingdom Health Security Agency has confirmed a sublineage of Omicron, BA.2, whose objective is the study of this possible variant, since some cases have been detected, according to a spokesperson for this organization. the EFE agency.
-COVID infections continue to grow in nursing homes and reached 12,866 in the week of January 10 to 16, in which deaths from this disease rose to 169, practically double the 86 of the week former.
- Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the two largest cities in Brazil, announced this Friday the postponement of the carnival samba school parades that were scheduled for February. These will be held on April 21 and the decision has been taken as a measure to stop the advance of the COVID-19 pandemic.