The vaccination campaign in the United Kingdom accelerates: in England “this week” will begin to vaccinate even those under 50 years old. This was announced by the government. Britain carried out one of the fastest vaccination campaigns in the world, second only to Israel in the percentage of people who received at least one dose. The government has made it known that it has offered at least one dose to all 9 priority categories (among others, adults over 50, the frail, those who work in health care). Among other things, the goal was reached before the deadline, which was Thursday 15. Now we start with those who are under 50 years old. Nearly 40 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the UK (32,190,576 first doses and 7,656,205 second doses).
Germany, Merkel more power over the Regions: “Emergency brake”
Angela Merkel’s government is expected to adopt a stricter law on Covid countermeasures today that gives it greater power over the regions to fight the pandemic after the failures of recent weeks. The aim of this text, supported by the Conservatives and their Social Democratic ally, is to impose harmonized restrictions across the country, wherever the incidence rate of the epidemic is high. “We are in a dramatic situation – said the leader of the conservative parliamentary group Ralph Brinkhaus on public television, deeming it urgent” now to pull the emergency brake “.
India exceeds 170 thousand dead
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 recorded since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 170,000 in India, according to data from the American University of Johns Hopkins. The South Asian country of 1 billion and 380 million inhabitants has so far reported a total of over 13.5 million cases, of which 12.15 million have been cured. Second only to China for populations, India is second in the world for the number of infections (behind the United States) and fourth for the number of deaths (behind the United States, Brazil and Mexico).