The UN has raised the alarm about a risk of “absolute catastrophe” if the dangerous delay in vaccinating children due to the Covid-19 pandemic is not recovered and if health restrictions are lifted too quickly. In 2020, 23 million children did not receive all three doses of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine or DTP3, which serves as a baseline measure, according to data just released Thursday by WHO and UNICEF.
According to the WHO, unprotected children and the too rapid lifting of health restrictions against Covid – which even partially protected against some childhood diseases – are already having their effects, for example with measles outbreaks in Pakistan.
Argentina has passed the 100,000 mark since Covid-19. The number of deaths in the country of 45 million inhabitants is 100,250 for over 4.7 million cases reported, according to the latest bulletin of the health authorities.
L’Indonesia, which on Wednesday announced a record 54,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, has become the new epicenter of the virus’ circulation in Asia, surpassing India.
The Senegal reported a record number of Covid-19 contamination on Wednesday, a progression described as “dazzling” by President Macky Sall who, however, did not announce new health restrictions just days before the big Eid celebrations.
Closure of nightclubs in confined spaces, restrictions on opening hours or the number of customers, and even the resumption of curfew: in the face of a sudden explosion in the number of Covid-19 cases, the various regions of the Spain they are gradually approaching. There Catalonia, the epicenter of this fifth wave of pandemic, has asked regional justice for the green light to impose a night curfew in the most affected cities, including the capital, Barcelona.
More than 19,000 people, according to authorities, demonstrated in France in the name of “freedom” to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s announcements about the health card, vaccination and “dictatorship”.
In Greece, around 4,000 people, according to police, protested in central Athens against announced government measures to curb the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Administering two doses of the vaccine is essential to protect against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the EU said, calling on EU member states to speed up their vaccination schedule.
More than a hundred crew members of the Navy aircraft carrier britannica HMS Queen Elizabeth were infected with Covid-19 during a stopover in Cyprus in early July, according to a British official and media.
The Washington Monument, the emblematic obelisk of the capital americana, has reopened its doors to the public after six months of closure, taking advantage of the improvement in the health situation in the United States and to revive tourism.
The pandemic has killed at least 4,053,000 people worldwide since the onset of the disease in late December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources. The United States is the most affected country with 608,104 deaths, followed by Brazil (537,394), India (411,408), Mexico (235,277) and Peru (194,606). These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated. WHO estimates that deaths could be two to three times higher.
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