Omicron

UK is Getting Closer To Win The Battle Against Long COVID

As a scientist who works every day on the immunology of Covid-19 and long Covid, I’m well aware that, heading into autumn and the return to school, the UK faces yet more Covid confusion and disharmony. Where are we headed next? Isn’t it over? And why keep harping on about mitigation when we now have so many other concerns?, says an article published in The Guardian.

Rapid recovery

Any discussion of our current Covid situation must consider the legacy of disability and misery associated with long...

https://mfame.guru/uk-is-getting-closer-to-win-the-battle-against-long-covid/

The Next Coronavirus Booster Shots Will Target Omicron: What To Know

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a bivalent COVID booster vaccine, making it the first country in the world to do so.

Developed by Moderna, this vaccine has been approved for use in adults, and is set to form part of the upcoming autumn booster campaign in the UK.

But what actually is a bivalent vaccine, and what impact might this booster have on the trajectory of the pandemic? An article in the Conversation takes a look.

Second-generation bivalent...

https://mfame.guru/the-next-coronavirus-booster-shots-will-target-omicron-what-to-know/

Omicron, weather dent air cargo growth in January

A large cargo pallet with netting on tarmac in front of an aircraft's engine.

A new report shows air cargo demand was flat in January compared to last year and 2019, but the sampling of airlines’ shipment business doesn’t take into account ongoing disruptions to the air logistics system that have prevented carriers from transporting as many goods as shippers are presenting, essentially resulting in an undercount of volume.

The amount of air cargo moved by airlines last month inched up 0.1% compared to the opening month in 2021 and 0.2% versus 2019, Amsterdam-based Clive...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/omicron-weather-dent-air-cargo-growth-in-january

Lufthansa Cargo to slowly reopen Frankfurt hub after COVID outbreak

Partial view of a white Lufthansa plane in front of the cargo building.

Lufthansa Cargo will begin Monday to lift its transit embargo for certain shipments as the labor situation at its Frankfurt, Germany, hub stabilizes following a COVID-19 outbreak that infected several workers, American Shipper has learned.

The airline’s cargo division stopped accepting transit bookings on Wednesday because of a rising number of infections tied to the omicron variant that forced many warehouse staff members to quarantine, slowing cargo handling.

Omicron cases reached record levels...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lufthansa-cargo-to-slowly-reopen-frankfurt-hub-after-covid-outbreak

Container xChange warns of ‘ripple effect of disruptions one after the other’

Despite the fast turnaround of containers, the latest partial port lockdowns in China as a result of the country’s zero-COVID policies have supply chain operators voicing concern.

“As the omicron variant brings more disruption, with Chinese New Year around the corner and some ports including Ningbo already facing lockdowns, we are expecting a volatile start to the year for ocean freight logistics,” said Johannes Schlingmeier, co-founder and CEO of Container xChange, an online marketplace for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-xchange-warns-of-ripple-effect-of-disruptions-one-after-the-other

Trailer orders fall in 2021 as manufacturers battle omicron, parts shortages

Trailer manufacturers battling worker outages because of omicron infections and ongoing parts shortages finished 2021 on a down note with little optimism for a meaningful recovery in the near-term.

Preliminary net orders in December were soft at 26,600 units, continuing a months-long trend of manufacturers accepting only orders they are confident of being able to produce. Bookings were down 17% from November and off 40% year over year, according to ACT Research. 

For the full year, manufacturers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-orders-fall-in-2021-as-manufacturers-battle-omicron-parts-shortages

Los envíos aéreos de FedEx se retrasan porque la variante omicron enferma a los pilotos

FedEx aircraft on the ground waiting to be loaded on a sunny day.

El aumento de las infecciones por COVID alimentado por la variante omicrónica y el mal tiempo que ha obligado a las aerolíneas de pasajeros a cancelar miles de vuelos está ahora perturbando las operaciones de FedEx Express.

El transportador de paquetes y mercancías advirtió el viernes que los problemas de personal debidos al aumento de las tasas de infección entre los pilotos y el personal de tierra de su red aérea, combinados con los graves fenómenos meteorológicos del invierno, están...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/los-envios-aereos-de-fedex-se-retrasan-porque-la-variante-omicron-enferma-a-los-pilotos

CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases in cases onboard cruise ships since identification of the Omicron variant and advises: Avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.

CLIA RESPONDS

CLIA, the Cruise Lines International Association, was swift to respond, releasing the following statement:

The decision by the CDC to raise the travel...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/clia-calls-new-cdc-cruise-warning-perplexing/

Royal Caribbean breaks industry silence on Omicron impact

Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise ship operator to release a statement on the impact of the Omicron coronavirus on its business—and on the number of cases reported aboard its ships.

“Omicron has significantly altered the COVID-19 landscape for everyone, and the Royal Caribbean Group is no exception,” says the company. “As widely reported, the Omicron variant is significantly more infectious than its predecessors and has already become the dominant form of COVID-19 in the...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/royal-caribbean-breaks-industry-silence-on-omicron-impact/

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