A panel of external advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday recommended that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines be preferred over J&J vaccines, with US President Joe Biden warning that Omicron is spreading and predicting a "severe winter". unvaccinated for COVID-19
At a time when a senior World Bank official says that the goal of vaccinating 70% of the population by mid-2022 may not be achieved, cases of the new coronavirus continue to be recorded worldwide, as well as deaths due to it. COVID-19.
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A panel of external advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday recommended that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines be preferred for Covid-19 compared to that of Johnson & Johnson, for all adults, due to the rare but fatal side effects observed.
The Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously on this recommendation, which is non-binding and will have to be approved by the CDC.
Cases of thrombocytopenic syndrome (TTS) have been reported in people who received the J&J vaccine, especially in women under 50 years of age. The CDC estimates that this syndrome is more common than previously thought, in both women and men. At least 9 people have died in the United States from thrombosis syndrome.
The members of the committee also considered that the J&J vaccine is less effective than the other two in preventing Covid-19. However, they believe that the vaccine should remain available, especially for those people for whom messenger RNA vaccines are contraindicated (due to allergic reactions) or if the latter are not available.
If no other vaccine is available, this one from J&J provides more benefits to Covid-19 despite the risks, commented Sarah Oliver, the CDC data presenter.
Of the estimated 200 million fully vaccinated Americans, about 16 million were vaccinated by J&J, according to the CDC.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden warned on Thursday that the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus is "here", as its cases have been confirmed in 36 US states, and that it will "spread much faster" than any other, calling on the Americans to be vaccinated. and those who have already done so should receive their booster dose as soon as possible.
"The only real protection is to inject yourself," he said. COVID-19 probably a "winter of serious illness and death" awaits them.
Mr Biden was speaking to reporters after a meeting on the new coronavirus pandemic because he said he wanted to "send a direct message to the Americans".
And this was how it is of "utmost importance" for the immunized to receive their boosting dose and for the rest to hurry to "make the first dose".
The Health Ministers of the G7 countries called for cooperation on Thursday in the face of the spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which they described as "the greatest threat to global public health today".
The World Bank
The goal is to vaccinate 70% of the world's population for Covid-19 by the middle of next year may not be achieved, according to a senior World Bank official.
"At this stage, it is not clear that the goal will be achieved," said Mamta Murthi, the World Bank's vice president for human development, when asked in an online press conference.
"Certainly, the purchase and development of vaccines can accelerate by the middle of next year," he added.
To date, less than half of the world's population (44,95%) has been vaccinated, based on data from international organizations. But the inequalities are huge, with the proportion of those vaccinated in rich countries reaching 67,45% and those in the poor, especially in Africa, 4,36%.
The 70% threshold is considered crucial to control the pandemic. The World Health Organization recently stated that this goal will not be achieved in Africa until 2024, if this rate of vaccination continues.
Turkey
The Turkish Ministry of Health announced yesterday Thursday that 24 cases of SARS-CoV-18.100 were confirmed in the previous 2 hours after 354.003 tests, with the registered infections reaching a total of 9.118.424.
The deaths of 167 patients due to its complications COVID-19 increased the death toll to 79.863 dead until yesterday, March 11, 2020, when the new coronavirus pandemic broke out in Turkish territory.
Malaysia
The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced today that in the 24 hours until midnight yesterday Thursday, 37 patients succumbed due to complications COVID-19 and 4.262 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.
The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the Asian country of 33 million people reached 31.026 dead out of a total of 2.707.402 infections, according to official data.
Iran
The Iranian Ministry of Health announced yesterday Thursday that 24 patients had succumbed in the past 63 hours due to its complications. COVID-19 and 2.500 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.
The pandemic of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic has reached 2020 dead from its outbreak in Iran in February 130.946 out of a total of 6.165.454 infections.
Brazil
Brazil's health ministry says Thursday that 24 patients have died in the past 124 hours due to complications COVID-19 and 3.720 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, but the figures are incomplete, as six of the federation's 27 entities did not submit the latest data due to cyber-attacks last Friday.
Latin America's largest country in the Americas, with a population of 617.395 million, has recorded 212 deaths since the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
Germany
Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany have risen by 50.968 in the past 24 hours to 6.721.375, according to figures released Friday by the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological watchdog.
The deaths of 437 patients due to its complications COVID-19 increased the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the country to 107.639 dead to date, according to the same source.
Georgia
Georgia's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health announced Thursday that 24 cases of SARS-CoV-3.123 had been confirmed in the past 2 hours and that 39 patients had died due to complications. COVID-19.
Officially, the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic from its outbreak in the former Soviet republic on February 26, 2020 has reached 12.918 dead out of a total of 901.202 reported infections.
(KYPE-APE-BPE-Reuters-AFP-Xinhua / DN / AXP)