New anti Covid squeeze in London, which returns to an almost lockdown on Wednesday . The announcement comes to the Municipalities from Matt Hancock, Boris Johnson’s Minister of Health, formalizing the decision to react without delay to the local resurgence of infections recorded after the end of the one-month national confinement on 2 December. The squeeze foresees that the capital will pass from the orange to the red alert with the new closure of restaurants, pubs and some shops. Restrictions that will last for now until the 23rd, when across the Kingdom – including London – a 5-day relaxation of restrictions will be triggered on the occasion of Christmas.
Hancock then added, speaking to a parliamentary commission, that a new variant of the coronavirus has been identified that could be associated with a faster spread of Covid-19. The minister assured that “nothing suggests” that the variant has caused worse disease forms or that the vaccines are no longer effective. He also specified that 60 different local authorities in England have registered Covid infections caused by the new variant At the moment “there is no evidence” that the variant of the coronavirus discovered in Great Britain “behaves differently”. This was stated by Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHOin the usual Covid-19 briefing. The new variant, he explained, “is already being monitored by the Virus Evolution Working Group in the context of the various virus mutations discovered in mink in different parts of the world.”
” The anti-covid vaccination in Spain will start from 4 or 5 January , after the green light from the European Medicines Agency”, expected on 29 December. This was announced by Health Minister Salvador Illa, according to reports from El Pais. The first mass screenings – with free anti-Covid-19 swabs for all – have started in two French cities, Le Havre and Charleville-Mezieres.In the Normandy port, the goal is to test 270,000 inhabitants in 5 days. Roubaix and Saint-Etienne will follow. No guarantee in the meantime for the reopening of bars and restaurants starting from January 20th. “I cannot tell you with certainty that we will reopen the bars and restaurants on January 20. To say that would mean taking too much risk,” said the French Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, interviewed by Franceinfo. The minister specified that negotiations are planned to see how bars and restaurants “can restart”. In the meantime, their reopening remains conditional on the evolution of the epidemic. New York City must prepare for the eventuality of a total shutdown. To evoke the hypothesis and the mayor Bill de Blasio. “The governor said we should prepare for the possibility of a total shutdown, and I agree. We have to admit that it’s a hypothesis and we need to start preparing,” says de Blasio.
Coronavirus cases in Russia have increased by 27,328 in the last 24 hours for a total of 2,681,256 infections. The coronavirus crisis center reported this. The deaths were instead 450, thus bringing the total deaths to 47,391, reports Tass. In Israelthe deaths related to the covid – since the beginning of the pandemic – have exceeded 3 thousand (3,003). The ministry of health said this, underlining that the positivity rate continues to grow and based on the data of the last 24 hours it has reached 3.4% (out of about 49 thousand swabs), higher than the previous days when it was between 2.4% and 2.9%. There were 1,710 new infections and in the country there are 17,691 active cases and of these serious ones amounted to 383. It is not excluded that in the face of the new data the government will not impose new restrictions. Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign that will see – according to Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu – the distribution of 60 thousand doses per day should begin next Sunday. Netanyahu himself should get vaccinated next Saturday evening to remove the resistance of a part of the population.Brazil has exceeded 6.9 million infected with coronavirus and this week could reach 7 million cases , given the current average of over 40,000 per day: this can be seen from data from the health secretariats of state governments. Between Saturday and last night, 6,901,990 infected were registered, of which 21,395 in the last 24 hours. The average of the last week was 42,721 infected, with an increase of 20% compared to the average recorded two weeks ago. Taking into account that on working days the number of infected people is higher than that of the weekend, between tomorrow and Thursday Brazil can therefore reach 7 million infections. In the last 24 hours the deaths were 276, bringing the total to 181,419, with a daily average of 637, 23% higher than that measured 14 days ago.South Korearecorded 718 new cases of Covid-19, of which 682 of domestic transmission, down from the record of 1,030 detected on Sunday, the highest daily number ever in the country during the pandemic. According to data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (Kdca), the total number of infections has risen to 43,484. Starting today, and until January 3, the government has decided to provide free Covid-19 tests at the 150 emergency clinics in Seoul and its metropolitan area to track the asymptomatic. The country has been indicated as a model in the fight against the virus: from the peak of 909 cases on February 29, the cases have gradually decreased until the new surge consolidated at the end of November before the peak of 1,030 on Sunday. The government last week raised social distancing measures to the level of 2.5, without hitting the expected results. Level 3, the highest, and less stringent than the lockdown adopted in the US or in Europe, aiming to reduce the social impact and the squeeze on productive activities: for example, provides for the ban on meetings with 10 or more people, with the suspension of sports practices, with schools in online mode. “Level 3 of the distancing scheme will be our last resort – Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting -. The most important thing is that people follow the rules”. The Kdca reported seven new deaths, bringing the total to 587. social impact and the squeeze on productive activities: for example, it provides for the ban on meetings with 10 or more people, with the suspension of sports practices, with schools in online mode. “Level 3 of the distancing scheme will be our last resort – Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting -. The most important thing is that people follow the rules”. The Kdca reported seven new deaths, bringing the total to 587. social impact and the squeeze on productive activities: for example, it provides for the ban on meetings with 10 or more people, with the suspension of sports practices, with schools in online mode. “Level 3 of the distancing scheme will be our last resort – Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting -. The most important thing is that people follow the rules”. The Kdca reported seven new deaths, bringing the total to 587.
