Covid Graphic summary of the second year of the pandemic: 365 days in which we circumvent confinement
2022 The year begins with a small brake on coronavirus infections in some communities
Faced with a wave of the omicron variant that triggered the contagion of Covid-19, more and more governments around the world are
easing the isolation rules for
patients and their contacts to
avoid economic paralysis
.
Europe, the current epicenter of the pandemic, faces unprecedented levels of infections: more than 4.9 million cases registered in the last seven days,
59% more than the previous week
.
In
Spain,
infections and active cases have dropped slightly in
Galicia, Aragón, Navarra and La Rioja
, although the expansion of the sixth wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues, after a good part of the communities said goodbye to the year with record figures of positives.
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07.15
Omicron disrupts global air travel
Some 7,500 flights were canceled by airlines around the world on Christmas weekend.
Passengers could experience
a difficult new day today
when they return from their vacation.
FlightAware estimates that another 2,134 in the world could add this Sunday to the total number of flights canceled by the contagious variant of the coronavirus, omicron, with the end of the Christmas holidays, reports Afp.
FlightAware estimates that 1,175 flights will be canceled today in the United States out of the 2,134 worldwide that could be canceled today, also due to bad weather in various regions of the United States.
The most affected US airline was Skywest, which had to cancel 23% of its flight plan, according to the same sources.
Numerous pilots and staff members contracted COVID-19 or were in close contact with infected people, forcing companies to cancel flights due to lack of staff.
The data on Saturday, with 4,617 cancellations worldwide, of which 2,660 flights in the United States were scheduled flights in the United States, also show remarkable figures for flight delays.
A total of 9,432 flights were delayed across the globe, of which 4,798 were internal flights in the US.
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