by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
“People should not only rely on border measures,” Takeshi Kasai, WHO regional director for the western Pacific, told a virtual media briefing. “What is most important is to prepare for these variants with potential high transmissibility. So far the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The World Health Organization has warned it could take weeks to determine how infectious the variant is, whether it causes more severe illness and how effective treatments and vaccines are against it. “We’re going to get the answers that everybody out...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
“The overall global risk related to the new variant …is assessed as very high.” To date, no deaths linked to Omicron had been reported, though further research was needed to assess Omicron’s potential to escape protection against immunity induced by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
A global agreement to strengthen pandemic prevention and responses, expected to be ready in May 2024, would cover issues such as sharing of data and genome sequences of emerging viruses, and of any potential vaccines and drugs derived from research. Member states of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 27, 2021 | Health, International News, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
“This variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning. Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant, as compared to other VOCs. The number of cases of this variant appears to be increasing in almost all...
