The World Health Organization asks rich countries: “Do not order further recalls while there are those who do not have doses”. This was stated by the general manager Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO Scientific Director, Soumya Swaminathan, said there is no need for a third dose rush: “You need to rely on science and data, not on individual companies claiming that their vaccines need to be given three times.” Pollution contributes to the aggravation of Covid symptoms. This was reported by a study of one of the most polluted cities in America. Detroit.
France, vaccine rush after Macron’s speech
After the speech to the nation given by the president last night Emmanuel Macron, 925,000 French have booked the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on the Doctolib website. “An absolute record,” the booking service announced on its Twitter profile. “There were 7.5 million connections in minutes,” Doctolib CEO Stanislas Niox-Chateau told the radio station last night. Rmc
Russia, new record of deaths
In Russia in the last 24 hours, 780 deaths caused by Covid-19 have been ascertained, the maximum in a single day since the beginning of the epidemic: the report Tass citing the anticoronavirus operations center. According to official data, 24,702 new cases of Covid were recorded in Russia over the last day
Germany evaluates restrictions based on hospital load
Cases peak in Germany for the sixth consecutive day. The incidence of infections continues to rise, even if the data are far from those recorded in the spring. The bulletin of the Robert Koch Institute indicates a seven-day incidence of 6.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Yesterday the figure was at 6.2, Saturday at 5.8 and Sunday July 4th at 5.0. During the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the highest incidence figure in Germany was recorded on April 26 (169.3). A visit to the Chancellor’s Robert Koch Institute is scheduled today Angela Merkel and the decisions will probably be announced today. According to a confidential document of the RKI, reports the Picture newspaper, the reference point for applying new precautions, including lockdown, must no longer be the number of infections, but the burden of hospitals.
Von der Leyen: “Half population vaccinated”
More than half of the adult population in the European Union is fully vaccinated. The president of the European Commission wrote it on Twitter, Ursula von der Leyen. “More than half of all adults in the European Union are now fully vaccinated,” the EU commission wrote. “To protect against variants and avoid a new wave of infections, it is important to get vaccinated,” he stressed. “Enough doses have been delivered to vaccinate 70 per cent of adults in the EU. Let’s do it.”
Scotland, today I announce relaxation restrictions
The first minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce today whether the easing of anti-Covid restrictions in Scotland, scheduled for July 19, will actually take place or be postponed. Scotland, like the other two British nations besides England, follows a different schedule of easing of restrictions than London, which only applies to English territory. The government of Edinburgh had set the target date of July 19 to bring the entire nation to “level 0” of the anti-Covid restrictions, to then abolish them altogether starting on August 9, but the nation has been hit by a new record wave of infections, which put pressure on the local health system.
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Iraq, 64 dead in a Covid ward fire
Iraqi health officials reported that the death toll from the fire in a Covid hospital in Nasiriyah rose to 58 dead. They reported that it was caused by an electrical short, but did not provide further details. Another health official in Dhi Qar province, where Nassiriya is located, said the fire broke out when an oxygen cylinder exploded. The Ministry of Health has not yet provided an official account of the causes of the fire. The new department, opened just three months ago, contained 70 beds. “Corruption” and “mismanagement”, the Iraqi president said Barham Salih |
Tunisia focuses on home care
In December, CoviDar was born, an initiative that takes its name from Covid and the Arabic word “home” launched by charities and managed by doctors and other health professionals, to treat the sick in their homes. These include general practitioner Hichem Ouadi, 60, who now spends his working week visiting and caring for coronavirus patients in their homes. “When you are at home you sleep better and your loved ones are there too. The morale of the patients is higher,” said Dr. Ouadi in Tunis, while visiting a couple for a consultation that will cost them nothing. “It is also a help for our colleagues in hospitals who are overwhelmed,” added the doctor. “We have to get our hands dirty, everyone has to help.”
Deaths increase in India: first time in three weeks
For the first time in nearly three weeks, India reports more than two thousand deaths. The data of the Ministry of Health reported by ndtv they speak of 31,443 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours and another 2,020 deaths, which bring the total to over 30.9 million infections and 410,784 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The data on infections is the lowest in 118 days, underlines the Ministry of Health, while – highlights ndtv – that on the victims is the result of an update of the bulletin of the state of Madhya Pradesh, which yesterday reported 1,478 deaths that occurred in the past weeks but so far not registered. In the Asian giant, second ndtv, there are approximately 431,000 active cases, the lowest figure in 109 days.
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