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Proliferan las ofertas y demandas de trabajo en las que se exige haber pasado el virus
Aprobado un test que determina si una persona tiene inmunidad al virus

Austrlia nos da otra pista de cómo puede funcionar una aplicación que pueda desarrollarse en España

Centenares de contagios por coronavirus en centros de explotación de la industria de la carne en Alemania sacan a la luz en el país de Angela Merkel unas penosas condiciones laborales que habían permanecido durante años en la sombra.

Travel bans have prevented the babies’ parents from entering the country. One official says as many as 1,000 babies will be born before restrictions are lifted.

"La posibilidad de que la vacuna se desarrolle en España es lo suficientemente real como para que estemos poniendo toda la carne en el asador desde el CSIC", afirma la coordinadora de 200 grupos de investigación sobre la pandemia.

La prestigiosa revista “The Lancet” acaba de publicar un demoledor editorial contra el desmantelamiento por parte de la administración Trump de los CDC estadounidenses, uno de los principales pilares de sanidad pública a nivel global.

Alleviation of the enormous burden of mortality and morbidity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic will probably depend on the development of effective vaccines that could be rolled out widely.

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, poses an extraordinary threat to global public health, socioeconomic stability, food security and other social goods(1, 2). Left unchecked, COVID-19 would probably claim millions of lives and place extreme strain on health care systems worldwide.

Concurrent advances in information technology infrastructure and mobile computing power in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) have raised hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) might help to address challenges unique to the field of global health and accelerate achievement of the health-related sustainable development goals.

Widespread reports of dispropor­tionate impact of the COVID­19 pandemic among already vulnerable communities worldwide, from New York City to New Orleans and Chicago, to the shocking pictures of bodies lying in the streets in Ecuador, represent a prelude of the impact in low­income and middle­income countries, home to more than 80% of the world’s population.