The coronavirus pandemic will slow things down, but AAA still expects at least 84.5 million Americans to travel for the holidays, from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3.
Experts say UK variant is already in Nigeria but may not make current vaccines less effective Academy says benefits of vaccination far outweigh risks but discourage use in pregnant women
Worried about concerns over the use of COVID-19 vaccines, the emergence of mutant strains in United Kingdom (U.K.) and South Africa as well as the commencement of second wave of the virus with attendant spike in new cases and deaths, medical experts have made recommendations of how best to contain the situation.
Former Commissioner for Health and Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Jide Idris, told The Guardian: “Yes, there are reports of the emergence of mutant strains of covid-19 virus. To me, the public health efforts for containment (non-pharmaceutical interventions) should continue, more so since the knowledge is still evolving and we don’t fully know what effects the new vaccine would have on it.
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Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell says the WHO recommends against the measure
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The federal government won’t restrict flights from the United Kingdom in light of the new, more contagious coronavirus strain circulating in that country, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell said Tuesday.
“The World Health Organization explicitly advises against shutting down flights from the United Kingdom because there is no evidence that this [strain] represents an additional threat,” he told reporters at President López Obrador’s morning press conference.
“… Stopping flights wouldn’t make a specific contribution to reducing the risk,” López-Gatell said.
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