«The European Union has kept its word. Our goal was to protect 70% of the adult population with at least one dose of the vaccine in July. Today we have achieved this goal. And already 57% of adults have full protection from double vaccination ». The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen says so. «These data – he continues – place Europe among the world leaders. The recovery process was very successful, but we have to keep up the effort. The Delta variant is very dangerous. I therefore ask everyone, anyone who has the opportunity, to get vaccinated. For your own health and to protect others. The European Union will continue to provide sufficient volumes of vaccines ”.
“The Delta variant is very dangerous. I therefore strongly encourage anyone who can get vaccinated. For your own health and to protect others, ”says the President of the European Commission. “The EU will continue to provide enough vaccines,” he added.
Spain and Portugal on the US blacklist
The United States has again included Spain and Portugal in the list of countries it recommends not to travel to due to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by the State Department in a statement pointing out that Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan have also been added to this category. Travel alerts were issued based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which put Spain at “level 4” due to the pandemic.
Brazil, over half a million deaths since the beginning of the pandemic
Brazil has recorded 18,999 new cases and 578 deaths associated with covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to more than 550,000, according to the National Council of Health Secretariats (Conass). From the first infection, on February 26, 2020, and the first death, on March 12 of the same year, both in Sao Paulo, the country now has 19,707,662 confirmed cases and 550,502 deaths. However, the weekend and Monday epidemiological bulletins tend to show lower figures than on other days due to lack of counts in some municipalities due to a shortage of administrative staff.
Israel, yesterday 2000 cases, a record in recent months
Concern is growing in Israel over the spread of Covid after over two thousand infections were recorded yesterday, or 2.3 percent of over 90 thousand tampons. This is a record figure in recent months. In parallel, the number of seriously ill patients has risen to 138, which is double compared to last week. Yesterday, the health authorities imposed new restrictions at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, in particular banning the entry of visitors into the departure and arrival halls to avoid contagion.
In addition, the director general of the health ministry Nahman Ash has announced that he is considering the opportunity to administer a third dose of Pfizer vaccine to those who are over 60, even before a formal authorization from the American FDA arrives. In the meantime – at the urging of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett – a vaccination campaign continues, concentrated in the youth groups, one month after the reopening of schools. In the last two days, vaccinations (with a first or a second dose) totaled 40,000.
Australia: stop anti-Covid containment in Melbourne, stay in Sidney
The anti-Covid containment will be lifted today in Melbourne, where the authorities believe that the spread of the Delta variant has been stopped. The neighboring state of South Australia will also lift the restrictions. Sydney, on the other hand, will probably reinforce the measures that have already been in place for five weeks. After two weeks of confinement in their homes, millions of Melbourne and Victoria residents will be able to regain their freedom just before midnight.