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Original title: 10,000 people protest against the blockade in Austria, the Pfizer vaccine may be too risky for elderly and terminally ill patients | International Epidemic Watch (January 17)
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0800[Elnúmeroacumuladodecasosconfirmadosdenuevacoronaentodoelmundosuperalos9441millones]
According to the Johns Hopkins University epidemic tracking data, at 10:00 a.m. on January 17 Beijing time, a total of 94,417,649 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed worldwide and a total reported of 2020 103 deaths.
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0849[El condado de Los Ángeles informa el primer caso de infección por virus mutado y la nueva corona confirmada del condado ha superado el millón]
Los Angeles County officials said Saturday they had detected the county’s first case of a new mutated coronavirus (variant B. 1.1.7) from the UK. Today, the number of new crown cases in Los Angeles County has surpassed one million, putting tremendous pressure on the already overwhelmed medical system. California has previously reported cases of variant B. 1.1.7 in San Diego and San Bernardino counties. According to a previous Los Angeles Times report, up to a third of Los Angeles County residents have been infected with the new corona virus since the new corona epidemic.
0721[Un total de 23,7 millones de casos confirmados de neumonía coronaria nueva en los Estados Unidos]
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at approximately 7:15 am on the 17th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 23,707,002, and the cumulative number of deaths reached 395,195.
Europe
1007[La tasa positiva de la prueba del nuevo coronavirus en niños franceses sigue aumentando]
Data shows that the current rate of positive tests for the new coronavirus in France is 6.49%, and the positive rate for children continues to rise, reaching a peak on January 13. Among them, the positive rate for children under 10 is 10% and the positive rate for children under 10 is 10%. The positive rate for one-year adolescents was 8.5%.
0949[29 personas mayores en Noruega murieron después de ser vacunadas por Pfizer, instituciones de salud: alto riesgo para las personas mayores]
Recently, Norway announced that six more older people died after being vaccinated with Pfizer’s new corona vaccine, raising the number of deaths after vaccination to 29. US media said this led Norway to propose that the new corona vaccine Pfizer can be too risky for the elderly and terminally ill patients. This is also the most cautious statement issued by European health agencies to date. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health believes that even the relatively mild side effects of vaccines can have serious consequences for those who are particularly weak.
0939[Medios de comunicación británicos: todos los viajeros que lleguen al Reino Unido deben instalarse en un hotel aislado y recibir GPS y otros datos de seguimiento]
The British government has formulated a plan to quarantine hotels for all travelers coming to the UK and use GPS and facial recognition technology to track whether visiting travelers are strictly quarantined. This measure is to prevent further spread of the new variant of the virus.
0912[Diez mil personas protestan contra el bloqueo en Austria: sin máscaras, besos y abrazos]
On the 16th local time, some 10,000 people marched through the center of Vienna, the Austrian capital, to protest against the government blockade and restrictions to prevent the spread of the epidemic, and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Kurz. These protesters reportedly ignored the call for social distancing and many did not wear masks. The video shows that people are still kissing, hugging and dancing with each other. Also, they had demonstration signs that included “Kurtz must resign” in their hands.
0829 【Insufficient supply of vaccines in many European countries, French companies may produce vaccines against competition】
The Sanofi Group, France’s largest pharmaceutical company, can produce the new corona vaccine developed by foreign pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer said on the 15th that to achieve the goal of increasing vaccine production, the company has changed its production process, which “will temporarily affect” the progress of vaccine delivery from late January to early February. The German biotech company said that production at the company’s Pierce, Belgium plant will decrease in the coming weeks, as the company has changed some production processes to increase production capacity. This Pierce Town vaccine factory supplies vaccines to countries and regions outside of the United States.
0825[Francia extenderá el toque de queda a todo el país a partir del día 16]
Taking into account that the situation of the new epidemic of the crown remains “unstable”, as of the 16, France will extend the curfew to the whole country. The curfew will be adjusted from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following day and the period of validity will be at least 15 days.
0818[Ucrania compra oficialmente 5 millones de dosis de la nueva vacuna corona de China Kexing]
The Lexim Pharmaceutical Group of Ukraine recently signed a purchase contract for 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine with China Kexing Company. Under the contract, after the new corona vaccine produced by Kexing has been registered in Ukraine, Kexing will provide Lexim with 5 million doses of the new corona vaccine in the first half of this year. The first batch of 1.91 million doses of vaccines will be distributed by the Uzbekistan Ministry of Health. Lexim Pharmaceutical Group director of development Lianski emphasized that 5 million doses of the new corona vaccine is not the final purchase amount. Uzbekistan will decide whether to increase the purchase of the Kexing vaccine based on the development of the epidemic.
2300[España ha confirmado 100 casos de infección por nuevo coronavirus mutado]
Asia
0851[Corea del Sur agrega 520 nuevos casos confirmados de nueva corona, manteniéndose en alrededor de 500 durante seis días consecutivos]
South Korea’s Anti-Epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters announced on the 17th that, at 12:00 a.m. on the same day, South Korea had recently confirmed 520 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) compared to 12:00 a.m. above, with a total of 72,340 confirmed cases. The number of new cases in a single day decreased by 60 cases compared to the previous day, and remained at the level of more than 500 cases for 6 consecutive days. Among the new cases that day, 500 were community infections and 20 imported cases.
Latin America
0857[Brasil recién diagnosticado 61,567 nuevos casos de corona nueva, algunos equipos de oxígeno llegaron a Amazonas]
Due to the postponement of the procurement plan, the Brazilian transport plane that was originally scheduled to fly to India on the 15th to extract the new requested corona vaccine was dispatched to Manaus on the 16th to transport another batch of medical oxygen equipment. The number of oxygen equipment in this lot is reported to be 40 bottles. Recently, due to the overloaded operation of the medical system and the serious lack of oxygen equipment, the number of deaths has increased dramatically in many parts of the Amazon. As of the 15th, new deaths from coronary pneumonia in the state exceeded 6,000, and new deaths in the capital city of Manaus also reached a new record that day, with 213 cases.
Middle East
0802[13 personas en Israel desarrollaron parálisis facial después de ser vacunadas con Pfizer, y algunas personas tuvieron síntomas que duraron 28 horas]
The Israeli Health Ministry noted that at least 13 people had mild facial paralysis after receiving Pfizer’s new corona vaccine. Israeli officials believe that the number of these cases may increase. An anonymous person who experienced this side effect after the injection told Israel Media that his facial paralysis symptoms lasted at least 28 hours. While he noted that this unpleasant reaction is “rare,” he also admitted that it has not yet been decided whether a second dose of vaccine will be administered. In this regard, the Israeli Ministry of Health stated that as long as the facial paralysis disappears and there are no long-term sequelae after the first injection, it is safe to receive a second injection.
