Clara-Laeila Laudette

Correspondent for Reuters News in Spain. Opinions my own.

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

@TheLondonMag @courtneyconrad_ @LeggettBohan @Rachel__Curzon What a lineup — feeling v honoured ♥️✨🙏🏼

[The London Magazine @TheLondonMag]

Poetry by Wisława Szymborska, Leontia Flynn, Tim Scott, @courtneyconrad_, Tom Nutting, Flora Elmi Beagley, Jordan Maly-Preuss, @LeggettBohan, Satya Bosman, @Rachel__Curzon, Hugh Dunkerley and @ClaraLaeila.

Pre-order here: https://t.co/DKYVdFVdTt

[Magma Poetry @magmapoetry]

Magma Poetry is delighted to announce the results of the 2023/24 Poetry Competition.
Congratulations to all the winning and commended poets!
JUDGE’S PRIZE judged by Raymond Antrobus, for poems of 11-50 lines:
FIRST PRIZE: For Palestine by @ClaraLaeila...

[Oxford Poetry @oxfordpoetry]

✨Announcing the shortlist for the 2023 Oxford Poetry Prize, judged by Will Harris!✨

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

A brilliant thread. Helped me wrap my head around the deluge of “Violence has no gender” nonsense coming from, seemingly, every corner of social media since the trial started.

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Govts have used hospitalisation to assess outbreak severity, but data doesn't usually separate those admitted FOR COVID-19 from those happening to test +.

? of how to class mostly asymptomatic cases in hospital set to press nations looking to ease curbs.

https://t.co/YpvFw4aQgr

[Alistair Smout @asmo17]

Are hospital admissions still the best way to gauge the COVID crisis? @ClaraLaeila https://t.co/7rA3aLfirQ

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

A surge in COVID-19 cases amid Omicron may have peaked in some parts of Europe but medics say the impact will continue to be felt region-wide, with hospitals still facing a rush of admissions.
Health experts & politicians warn against complacency.
@asmo17

https://t.co/SZ8f5q5KlJ

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

From Saturday antigen tests will be sold to the public for max 2.94 euros ($3.37), bringing prices more in line with European peers. They'll still only be sold in pharmacies.
Health Minister Darias said demand for tests had grown by a factor of >1,000.

https://t.co/TE7HzfCTy7

[Alistair Smout @asmo17]

With peak yet to come, Europe's healthcare creaks under Omicron's rapid spread @ClaraLaeila https://t.co/2wlPwrxQ5U

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

As the pandemic edges towards becoming endemic (meaning the virus circulates naturally w/out causing outbreaks), gov'ts seem ready to change their handling of the disease to spare their economies - with many cutting isolation time & exempting key workers.

https://t.co/q6OdOUysMG

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Ugandan students returned to school after nearly 2yrs, the world's longest educational disruption.
"We faced temptations," said 16yo Rachael Nalwanga, happily going to class while many peers couldn't after having babies or taking jobs to help their family.
https://t.co/B1TZoUOJJw

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Front-line workers like nurses & physiotherapists are hardest-hit, Spanish nursing union SATSE said, noting that in Andalusia they made up >30% of staff on COVID-related leave in the 2nd half of Dec, "generating grave issues in service coverage".

@asmo17

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[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

The Germans, Irish, Swiss & Danes were all bracing for further restrictions on Friday, inc. #COVID19 passes to access more venues & limits on gatherings, in the footsteps of France which closed its borders to most non-resident Britons.

w/ @conorhumphries

https://t.co/ZgAySxARAI

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Researchers found much higher risk of developing a symptomatic #Omicron case vs Delta for those who were 2+ weeks past either their 2nd vax dose or their booster.

This means AZ/Pfizer vaccines offer 0-20% protection after 2 doses, 55-80% after a booster.

https://t.co/YNTguRZVtA

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

"If there's a successful approval of #paxlovid we'll want to fold that into the PANORAMIC process," Gray said, referencing a U.K. clinical trial examining the real-world efficacy of antiviral treatments against #Omicron in a highly-vaccinated population.

https://t.co/DdOt3UzZOu

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Kids make up the majority of cases in Spain, Germany, Denmark & more. While most don't get seriously ill, they can infect others at higher risk.
Two-dose vaccines seem less effective vs #Omicron, but could still prevent severe illness & hospital overload.

https://t.co/o9MKEim0m5

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Directly employing 16,000 people in Spain, Europe's 3rd-largest teleco would limit take-up of its redundancy plan to 60% of eligible staff, UGT said. The depts focused on cybersecurity, marketing & AI are set to be spared, rep Diego Gallart told Reuters.

https://t.co/M7ClRc5lhI

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

The service, which lets users place orders with nearby partnered supermarkets, will likely land in the first LatAm market in the first half of 2022, a source within @cabify_espana told Reuters, amid a pandemic-fueled boom in #ecommerce and #qcommerce.

https://t.co/ZQ8FUsBa0f

[Clara-Laeila Laudette @ClaraLaeila]

Spain detected its first case of the #Omicron #coronavirus variant in a 51-year-old man who arrived from #SouthAfrica on Sunday after a layover in #Amsterdam, Madrid's regional health authorities said on Monday.

w/ @JessAguado1, @eimis78 & @eleflores_

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