University of Valencia
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Professor of the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Valencia
Professor of Genetics at the University of Valencia and researcher of the Genomics and Health Area at the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of the Valencian Community (Fisabio)
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor of Journalism and POLIBIENESTAR researcher at the University of Valencia
Educational sociologist and lecturer in Sociology of Education at the University of Valencia
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valencia and researcher at the CIBER Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN)
Professor of Genetics at the University of Valencia and researcher at the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio) of the University of Valencia-CSIC
Professor of the Department of Theoretical Physics & IFIC of the University of Valencia - CSIC
Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Universitat de València in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and at the Astronomical Observatory, and coordinator of the activities of the Virgo Group of the Universitat de València for the detection and analysis of gravitational waves (LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration)
Coordinator of the Motor Neuron Diseases Unit at the Neuromuscular Diseases and Ataxias Unit of La Fe Hospital, contracted Juan Rodés, member of CIBERER and associate lecturer at the University of Valencia
In the covid-19 pandemic, there is no evidence to justify closing classrooms to interrupt transmission and protect the health of children. On the other hand, there is evidence of the harm caused to them by dropping out of school.
In recent days, several countries have modified the quarantine times for close contacts and the isolation of infected people, while others are already considering it. Spain has announced that it will reduce these periods to 7 days, both for people who have tested positive in a test and for close contacts who require quarantine (in the case of our country, unvaccinated people).
The discovery of the Omicron variant has led to the cancellation of flights to several African countries, while many countries are beginning to detect cases among travellers from countries such as South Africa, but also Nigeria and Egypt. Spain has just announced the first detected case of Omicron, which corresponds to a traveller who had visited South Africa. What measures should be taken to stop the spread of this variant? Is it even possible?
An analysis of 602 community contacts of 471 covid-19 index cases indicates that the secondary attack rate (SAR) for household contacts exposed to the delta variant is 25% in fully vaccinated individuals, compared to 38% in unvaccinated individuals.