Last minute of the coronavirus: the incidence falls to 3,078 and Health reports 118,922 new cases and 199 more deaths

The news of the coronavirus today, Friday, January 28, 2022, is marked by the first appearances of the stealthy omicron in Spain. Madrid, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands have been the first communities to detect cases of the "stealth omicron" (the BA.2 sublineage), whose advance, for the moment, is taken with caution but without special concern among health authorities and experts.

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, assured this Friday that “all the data indicates” that the curve of the sixth wave of the pandemic has been bent. The incidence continues to decline after falling, already for the fifth consecutive day. It stands at 3,078.47 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, after reporting 118,922 new cases and 199 more deaths.

Hospital indicators, according to the Ministry of Health, have remained almost at the same scale in recent days, with slight decreases and occupancy in the plant of 14.75% and in intensive care units of 21.77%.

The differences between the current omicron variant and the new stealth omicron variant

Spain already registers five cases of the new variant BA.2, known as 'stealth ómicron'. Madrid, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands have been the first communities to detect these cases. While waiting to examine this new version in more depth, the truth is that it is already known how it can affect the population.

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Brazil breaks its record for daily infections with almost 270,000 infections and accumulates more than 25 million

The Brazilian authorities have confirmed this Friday about 270,000 new cases of coronavirus in the last day, which represents a new maximum in the South American country, which raises the total number of infections above 25 million since the start of the pandemic.

According to the data balance prepared by the Ministry of Health, during the last 24 hours there have been 269,968 positives and 799 deaths, which brings deaths from the virus to 625,884 deaths.

Cantabria closes the week with 729 students and 70 classrooms in quarantine

Cantabria has closed the school week with 70 classrooms and 729 students in quarantine due to cases of coronavirus --725 from Infant and Primary and four from the rest of the stages--, with which the incidence stands at 2.57% of the total of 2,721 classes.

This is 40 students and four classes more than seven days ago, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Education of the Government of Cantabria corresponding to this Friday, January 28.

Thus, in the last few hours the community has closed 13 new classrooms due to Covid, all of them in Infant and Primary and due to a positive result from one student, although more than 60 quarantines have ended, so the number of confined classes has dropped to 70 --52 less than the day before--.

The experts lower the optimism of Carolina Darias: "We are still far from this sixth wave being history"

Epidemiologists lower the optimism of Carolina Darias: "This is not the time for relaxation"

The latest epidemiological balance picks up this Friday a new decrease in incidence, which stands at 3,078.47 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the accumulated 14 days, that is, 60.98 points less than the previous day.

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What are the chances of thrombi appearing with the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine?

Thrombosis -a disorder by which thrombi or clots form inside the blood vessels, that is, in the circulatory system- is one of the complications that those infected with coronavirus can suffer, which makes the state of health of affected patients worsens.

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New scam taking advantage of the pandemic: 75 euros in five minutes pretending to be a health inspector

They warn of the umpteenth scam with the excuse of the coronavirus: 75 euros in 5 minutes simulating a health inspection

They warn of the umpteenth scam with the excuse of the coronavirus: 75 euros in 5 minutes simulating a health inspection

Since the pandemic broke out in Spain, coronavirus-related scams have multiplied along with coronavirus infections. One of the last, about which the authorities are already warning, was recorded on video in the municipality of Los Cristianos, in Arona, Tenerife, where the security cameras of an establishment immortalized the moment in which a scammer arrived at the place.

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The deceased with coronavirus in Galicia increase to 2,918 by adding eight new victims

The Ministry of Health has notified the death of eight people with coronavirus in the last hours in Galicia. The total number of victims since the start of the pandemic is 2,918.

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These eight people had previous pathologies. One of the deaths occurred on January 26, it is a 91-year-old man, who died in the Chuvi de Vigo.

Six of the deaths took place on January 27: an 85-year-old man (in CHUF), a 91-year-old man (in Chuac), a 75-year-old man (in Chuvi), an 89-year-old man (in Valdeorras hospital) and an 87-year-old man (at the HULA).

For its part, this list is completed with the death of an 84-year-old man at the CHUS in Santiago, which took place this Friday, January 28.

The Basque Country extends the preventive measures until February 13 due to the "stagnation" in the decline of the covid

The Basque institutions have agreed this Friday to extend until February 13 the preventive measures in force against covid-19 - among which is the closure of social, commercial and cultural activities at one in the morning - for an exercise of "prudence" in the face of the "stagnation" of the decline in the pandemic and the risk of a "change in trend" in the positive evolution that the main health indicators have been showing for weeks, as explained by the Minister of Health, Gotzone Sagardui.

The decision to extend the current preventive measures - which, with the exception of the 'covid passport' requirement, expired this Friday - has been adopted within the Advisory Council of the Euskadi Civil Protection Plan (LABI), the body that is in charge of making decisions to combat the pandemic in the Basque Country.

The autonomous communities begin to eliminate restrictions due to the drop in the incidence of covid

The sixth wave of coronavirus, caused by the omicron variant, still keeps the incidence at record levels and intensive care units (ICUs) at high risk. However, encouraged by the decline in the curve in recent days, more and more autonomous communities (CCAA) are choosing to lift the restrictions.

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Differences between Paxlovid and Molnupiravir, oral antivirals to combat covid

The race started by pharmaceutical companies to fight the coronavirus did not stop with the discovery of the vaccine. And it is that the American firms Pfizer and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) have gone a step further and have some pills that may be the key to heading towards the final phase of the pandemic. However, it should be noted that these new pills are not a substitute for vaccination.

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The incidence falls almost 80 points on the last day in the Community of Madrid and the drop in care pressure continues

The incidence continues its decline and falls to 3,078: Health notifies 118,922 new cases and 199 more deaths

The autonomous communities have notified the Ministry of Health this Friday of 118,922 new cases of COVID-19, 48,862 of them diagnosed in the last 24 hours. These figures are lower than those of the same day last week, when 141,095 positives were reported, which shows the downward trend in the evolution of the pandemic.

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Spain adds 118,922 cases and 199 deaths with covid-19, while the incidence continues to decline to 3,078

The autonomous communities have notified the Ministry of Health this Friday of 118,922 new cases of COVID-19, 48,862 of them diagnosed in the last 24 hours. These figures are lower than those of the same day last week, when 141,095 positives were reported, which shows the downward trend in the evolution of the pandemic.

The total number of infections in Spain has already risen to 9,779,130 ​​since the start of the pandemic, according to official statistics. The accumulated incidence in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 3,078.47, compared to 3,139.45 yesterday. In the past two weeks, a total of 1,458,735 positives have been registered.

New cases drop to 4,105 in Castilla-La Mancha, which registers 17 deaths

The Government of Castilla-La Mancha, through the General Directorate of Public Health, has confirmed 4,105 new cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.

By provinces, Toledo has registered 1,402, Ciudad Real 924, Albacete 864, Guadalajara 620 and Cuenca 295, the Board has reported in a press release.

The cumulative number of cases since the start of the pandemic is 430,873. By provinces, Toledo registers 145,631 cases, Ciudad Real 103,879, Albacete 77,483, Guadalajara 60,350 and Cuenca 43,530.

The United Kingdom reports more than 89,000 covid-19 infections and almost 300 deaths in the last 24 hours

The United Kingdom Ministry of Health has reported this Friday a total of 89,176 new cases of covid-19 and 277 deaths from the disease, bringing the totals to 16,333,980 and 155,317, respectively, since it began. the pandemic.

These figures come within the framework of a slight stabilization of the figures after the wave of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 and while England or Wales have lifted some of the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the disease.

Since this Friday, Wales has been on zero alert, after the Welsh authorities have declared that the peak of the wave caused by omicron has already been reached. Therefore, minimum restrictions currently apply, which implies the reopening of nightclubs or the end of physical distancing, among others, according to Sky News.

England abolished the use of a mask, teleworking and the obligation to present the vaccination certificate against covid-19 to access certain facilities on Wednesday.

Spain exceeds 15 million people with booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

As of this Friday, the autonomous communities have administered a total of 89,717,860 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines, 209,621 of them in the last 24 hours. This represents 96 percent of those distributed, amounting to 93,429,127 units.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, 15,170,636 third doses have already been administered, 9,389,232 from Pfizer (compared to 9,288,759 yesterday) and 5,781,404 from Moderna (compared to 5,687,189 yesterday). These data include additional doses in people with high-risk conditions and those living in residences, as well as those over 40 years of age and those vaccinated with a single dose of Janssen.

In addition, a total of 1,789,199 children between the ages of 5 and 11 have already received their first dose, which is 9,079 more than yesterday (1,780,120) and 55.4 percent of the population under 12 years of age in Spain, after the start of vaccination on Wednesday, December 15.

The Valencian Community closes the week with 15 deaths and 23,716 infections

The Valencian Community closes the week with 15 deaths and 23,716 new infections, which is 6,694 less than yesterday but 1,653 less than a week ago. For their part, hospitals have four fewer admissions and four more occupied ICU beds than yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

With this update, the total number of positives stands at 1,096,269 people. The new cases by province are 3,104 in Castellón (136,866 in total), 8,740 in Alicante (389,614) and 11,872 in Valencia (569,786). The total number of unassigned cases remains at three.

The 15 deaths, all from the last week, correspond to seven women between 83 and 91 years old, and eight men, between 68 and 91 years old. The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic amounts to 8,508: 969 in the province of Castellón, 3,267 in Alicante and 4,272 in Valencia.

The Prosecutor's Office advises against authorizing a mother to take her child without vaccinating to a wedding abroad

The Principality of Asturias Prosecutor's Office reported this Friday against authorizing a mother to take her 5-year-old son to a wedding abroad next February because the minor is not vaccinated against covid- 19. The Prosecutor, who accepts in this way the position of the minor's father, presented his report this morning in the Court of Violence against Women No. 1 of Oviedo, where a hearing was held (procedure of voluntary jurisdiction), in which the mother requested judicial intervention due to disagreement in the exercise of parental authority, since the father of the child is opposed to the departure of his son from the national territory because he has not been vaccinated.

Spain exceeds 15 million people with booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

As of this Friday, the autonomous communities have administered a total of 89,717,860 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines, 209,621 of them in the last 24 hours. This represents 96 percent of those distributed, amounting to 93,429,127 units.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, 15,170,636 third doses have already been administered, 9,389,232 from Pfizer (compared to 9,288,759 yesterday) and 5,781,404 from Moderna (compared to 5,687,189 yesterday). These data include additional doses in people with high-risk conditions and those living in residences, as well as those over 40 years of age and those vaccinated with a single dose of Janssen. In addition, a total of 1,789,199 children between the ages of 5 and 11 have already received their first dose, which is 9,079 more than yesterday (1,780,120) and 55.4 percent of the population under 12 years of age in Spain, after the start of vaccination on Wednesday, December 15.

A total of 38,283,540 people have already received the full program, 8,376 more than yesterday. This represents 90.8 percent of those over 12 years of age. On the other hand, a total of 39,095,076 people have received at least one dose, 92.7 percent, 6,620 more than yesterday.

The data indicates that 61,161,627 doses of Pfizer have been delivered in Spain, with 60,642,130 administered; 17,628,100 corresponding to Moderna, with 15,507,685 already inoculated; 9,009,780 from AstraZeneca, with 9,796,418 injected; and 2,113,620 from Janssen, with which 1,982,428 people have been vaccinated.

The Ministry of Health has provided this information in the activity report on the vaccination process against COVID-19 based on data collected between December 27, 2020, the day vaccinations began, and January 27.

Portugal adds more than 60,000 cases of coronavirus for the third consecutive day

Portugal has confirmed this Friday its third consecutive day registering more than 60,000 cases of coronavirus, this time there have been 63,833 infections recorded, accompanied by another 44 deaths related to the disease.

In the last week, 389,232 cases have been registered, which means a daily average of 55,605 positives. Only in January have more cases been recorded --988,172-- than in all of last year --975,968--, while on Thursday the daily record of infections --65,706-- was reached since the pandemic began.

Portugal is now the fourth European country with the most cases per million inhabitants, with an average of 5,394.1 positives and 4.17 deaths. Despite this, it has the highest percentage of vaccination on the continent, with 90.4 percent.

Everyone with covid at home, increasingly common: when children and parents infect each other

Everyone with covid at home, increasingly common: when children and parents infect each other

Concha has set up the office again at home after her little daughter tested positive because the omicron variant, a few days later, also infected her and her husband. Children under 11 years of age are the group that accumulates the highest incidence of cases with 5,782 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

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