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Covid slows down the summer: military deployed in Sidney, record of infections in Tokyo, Nanjing closes tourist sites

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From the UK to Japan, via China and Australia, the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to strike and spread at great speed.

United States
The United States is considering new measures against the Delta variant: President Joe Biden said that “probably” new restrictions will be introduced. Meanwhile, some large groups such as Walmart have already moved: the distribution number one has asked all its employees to wear the mask again in the areas of the country where the virus runs. Disney made vaccination mandatory for all employees.

UK
In the United Kingdom, the national statistics office has announced that the virus continues to spread, thus denying the health authorities who instead record a decline in new cases. British gynecologists and obstetricians, according to the Guardian, have called for pregnant women to get vaccinated after a study that found that the percentage of pregnant women admitted to hospital with moderate to severe infection has increased dramatically ” significant “with the spread of the now dominant Delta variant.

Australia
A three-day lockdown will go into effect in Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city, and parts of Queensland starting this afternoon. In Sydney, which is in its fifth week of lockdown, 300 soldiers have been deployed on the streets to enforce the restrictions. Less than 15% of Australians are fully vaccinated and Premier Scott Morrison faces mounting criticism for the slow pace of vaccinations.

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Japan
The Japanese government has announced the extension and expansion of the state of emergency in force in Tokyo and Okinawa following a record of new infections recorded both in the capital and throughout the country. Tokyo exceeds the threshold of 4 thousand daily infections for the first time: the new positives are 4,052. The seven-day daily average reaches 2,920 cases per day, an increase of 117% over the previous week. Tokyo is currently in a state of emergency, for the fourth time since the start of the pandemic.

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China
China has been struggling with its worst outbreak in months due to the Delta variant which has seen an increase in infections in 14 provinces. In July, 328 new cases were ascertained, a number almost equal to the total number of local infections reported from February to June. Hundreds of thousands of people have already been locked up in Jiangsu Province, while Nanjing has tested all 9.2 million residents twice. The city has classified two medium-risk areas in the Jiangning and Yuhuatai district. Authorities announced a ten-day disinfection plan for the city’s international airport, where nine airport cleaners tested positive, while the culture and tourism office announced the closure of all tourist sites. of the city.

Malaysia
New record of infections and deaths. In the last 24 hours, the Asian country has recorded 17,786 new cases and 165 deaths, bringing the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,113,272 infections and 9,024 deaths. The new data comes after hundreds of people demonstrated in Kuala Lumpur today to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Muhyidin Yasin, accused of mishandling the pandemic.

Thailand
Hospitals have no more beds available and a huge field hospital had to be set up at Bangkok International Airport.

Russia
Russia continues to record hundreds of deaths a day. In the last 24 hours, there have been 23,807 new coronavirus cases and 793 deaths. The data released by the health authorities remains stable compared to the previous days. Moscow remains the city with the most infections (3,154), followed by St. Petersburg (1,915) and the Moscow province (1,592). There are 74 deaths in St. Petersburg and 73 in Moscow. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,265,873 cases of infections have been recorded in Russia and 158,563 deaths from covid-19.

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