Day: December 22, 2021

“As the new year approaches, we must all learn the painful lessons that this year has taught us. 2022 should be the end of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr. Gebreyesus said (quoted by Reuters). Earlier, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that countries should take urgent measures to achieve vaccination of 40% of the population by the end of 2021. In his opinion, due to the inequality in the distribution of vaccines, coronavirus variants may “get out of control.” The head of the WHO said that the new strain of the coronavirus “omicron” is spreading faster than the “delta” variant. It infects people who have been vaccinated or have already had COVID-19. In its report, WHO noted that the omicron strain carries “very high” global risks. Concerns are related to the fact that omicron has an unprecedented number of mutations in the spike protein, which makes this variant more contagious than

Specialists from King’s College London conducted a study among 756 residents of different countries living in large and small cities around the world. All the study participants answered questions about loneliness, social integration, the natural environment and living conditions. These data were collected by scientists in the period from April 2018 to March 2020. After studying the questionnaires received, the researchers found that those people who lived in more densely populated and crowded cities and districts felt more lonely than those who lived in quieter conditions of small towns. But the feeling of loneliness among people from the first group decreased by 28% if they could often see nature, including just the sky with trees. Scientists clarify that after adjusting the results for age, gender, education, profession and ethnicity, the link between the level of loneliness and nature remained. The conclusions of experts suggest that the feeling of loneliness depends not

Historically, Russians usually rest for the first 9-10 days of the new year – quite officially. However, not all countries attach such great importance to the New Year. Let’s figure out how many days during the New Year holidays people usually rest in other countries. So, most of the countries in the modern world celebrate the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, so almost everywhere — without exceptions! – January 1 is considered a holiday. However, for example, in China they celebrate the new Year according to the Chinese calendar, so the New Year’s Day changes every time, but it always falls between January 21 and February 21. The Chinese rest directly on the day of the holiday and two more days after it. In many countries of the world, Christmas and the New Year itself are considered days off.