Author: Cole Hanson

Public Health on Wednesday revealed five cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Quebec for travelers. • Read also: Mask back in primary schools in the Quebec region • Read also: Omicron variant: London asks to work from home on Monday • Read also: Omicron makes life difficult for travelers: here’s what to expect when you arrive at the airport The government said the five cases were all confirmed sequentially. In addition, seven other cases are currently under investigation for whether people with the virus have contracted the Omicron variant. The province of La Belle was…

Omicron: The name of the new variable worrying the world is reminiscent of a sci-fi villain, but it’s too early to say what impact it might have on the COVID-19 pandemic. An update on what we know and, above all, what we don’t know yet. From where does he come ? we do not know. According to South African epidemiologist Salem Abdulkarim, it was first reported in Botswana before it was detected in South Africa, which announced it on November 25. Jean-François Delfraissy, head of the scientific council that directs the French government, suggested at the beginning of December: “He…

“There is no reason to doubt” that current vaccines protect patients with the omicron variant from severe forms of COVID-19, Michael Ryan, director of emergencies for the World Health Organization, said Tuesday, in an interview with AFP. • Read also: A common front to demand a public inquiry into the management of the epidemic • Read also: 3NS Vaccine dose: qualified health care workers • Read also: COVID-19: Provinces torn between caution and Christmas celebrations “We have very effective vaccines that have been shown to be effective against all variants thus far, in terms of disease severity and hospitalization, and…

By increasing authorized gatherings from December 23 to 20 vaccinated people, Legault’s government is not hiding that “uncertainty” remains: an Omicron variant. If only one case has been detected so far in Quebec, what does transmission in the rest of the world look like? And what do we know so far about this alternative? An overview in five points. Posted on December 7, 2021 at 4:30 PM Henry Owlette Vezina Journalism Cases examined in Quebec In an examination of about 900 cases conducted in November by the National Institute of Public Health, there were no cases of the Omicron variant.…

A Quebec virologist shares AstraZeneca’s vaccine creator’s concerns that other pandemics are inevitable as well as more resistant variants emerging. • Read also: Next Pandemic Could Be ‘Worse’, AstraZeneca Vaccine Creator Warns British scientist Sarah Gilbert, who co-created the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, sparked a lot of backlash yesterday. The professor warned, “This will not be the last time a virus threatens our lives. […] That the following disease could be worse, more contagious, more deadly, or both. ” “These are neither empty words nor exaggerated ones,” immediately fired Benoit Barbu, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the…

NASA on Monday offered training for its 10 new astronauts, including a firefighter-turned-Harvard professor, a former US team cyclist, and a combat pilot. • Read also: [EN IMAGES] Total solar eclipse plunges Antarctica into darkness • Read also: NASA postpones the departure of two astronauts from the International Space Station due to “wreckage” • Read also: She won two seats for the $900,000 space The class, chosen from more than 12,000 applicants, will begin their two-year training in January at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. “We’re going back to the moon, we’re going to Mars, and today we’re welcoming…

The activity of Indonesia’s Semeru volcano on Monday slowed the efforts of rescue services that found 22 bodies, according to the latest report, after the spectacular eruption that devastated several villages this weekend. The highest peak on the island of Java threw a plume of ash on Saturday and sent waves of smoldering mud that swept through the villages on its sides. More than a thousand panicked residents had to be evacuated. “According to the data that reached us (…), there are 22 dead,” said Abdel-Mahari, spokesman for the Disaster Management Agency, compared to 14 at the beginning of the…

On Monday, Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 4 years in prison for inciting public disorder and violating health rules related to COVID-19, the first ruling against a former democracy icon pursued by the junta and raising serious concerns in the international community. The 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has been placed under house arrest since the February 1 coup that brought an abrupt end to Burma’s democratic transition process that has been underway since 2010. She has been sentenced since June and has been charged with multiple crimes: sedition, corruption and electoral fraud. …and the dangers of ending…

An Italian volleyball player believed for 15 years that he was in a relationship with a model named Maya, according to various Italian media reports. The fake relationship began when Roberto Casanega was contacted, by phone, with a woman pretending to be a model. The scam artist, who was actually called Valeria, continued the stunt for 15 years. “I fell in love with that sound, call after call,” said Roberto Casanega. He and the fake model were exchanging calls, texts and photos on a daily basis. Maya used Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio’s social media photos of the real model. The…

The presence of a majority of conservative judges raises concerns about the worst in terms of abortion rights in the United States. • Read also: Americans, Exceptions to Abortion • Read also: US Supreme Court tends to restrict abortion rights • Read also: Apparently the Supreme Court is leaning toward blocking Texas abortion law “We have a very useful counterweight to conservatives in the Supreme Court. 6 out of 9,” Luc Laliberte reports on LCN Sunday. This imbalance resulted in part from the three appointments of former US President Donald Trump in just four years. However, in 1973, in the…