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Rome, November 19, 2020 – The race of the Coronavirus in the world. Today the cases of positivity to the COVID-19 they have exceeded the quota 56 million, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University, while I deceased I have passed 1.3 million since the beginning of the pandemic. In this framework, the old continent, aswho, remains one of the most affected: “Just last week, theEurope has registered more than 29 thousand new deaths from Covid. One person dies every 17 seconds. Europe accounts for 28% of global cases and 26% of deaths combined, “said Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe.” mask – Kluge added – is by no means a panacea and should be combined with other measures. But nevertheless, if the use of the masks reaches 95%, I emergency shutdown they would not be necessary ”. Meanwhile, today the EU Summit, by videoconference, to take stock of the Covid-19 emergency, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was also present.
Throughout the world, however, the highest budget remains that of United States with more than 11.5 million cases, but the numbers continue to rise by Russia that has exceeded 2 million infections. Good news get to the front vanti-Covid action: sand that of Pfizer is “95% effective“Today we learned that the one from the university of Oxford, Irbm and Astrazeneca it’s okay tolerated, especially in the elderlyand induces immune protection similar to that seen in young adults.
Coronavirus Italy, the newsletter for November 19
WHO: “Signs of overwhelmed health systems”
During the meeting in which he updated on the situation of the Coronavirus in Europe, Hans Kluge, regional director ofwho for Europe, he said: “We are seeing growing signs of overwhelmed health systems. In France, for example, intensive care wards have been “busy”95% capacity for 10 days and in Switzerland intensive care units are at full capacity. “Meanwhile, there are more than five thousand Cases of Coronavirus that have been registered in Switzerland in the last 24 hours. This is reported by local health authorities, speaking of 5,007 new infections and updating the total of positives to 285,655. Instead, the number of people who died after contracting Covid-19 rose to 3,464, 79 more than yesterday.
Germany, another 22 thousand infections
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise by Germany: in the last 24 hours more 22,609 infections for a total of 855,916 since the start of the pandemic. 251 on the other hand, the dead for a total budget of 13,370. One more situation “very serious”, according to what was declared by Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institut (Rki), the German epidemiological center. “We have not yet climbed the hill,” added Wieler, “and some may clinics reach their limits“According to the director of the crisis unit of the Koch Institut, Ute Rexroth, in addition, the” slight “relaxation still shows that Germany” is on the right track “and that the virus containment measures” are working “.
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Russia: more than 2 million cases
Russia has crossed the threshold of two million infections of confirmed coronaviruses after the data update of the last 24 hours. In the country there are another 23,610 infections and another 463 deaths attributable to Covid-19. Russia is the fifth country in the world by number of infections after US, India, Brazil and France. The total death toll reached 34,850.
The United States, towards rationing care
the United States The country with the most cases of Coronavirus positivity is confirmed. am 77 thousand people hospitalized and the number of deceased I have passed 250 thousand. Numbers that highlight the severity of the pandemic in the States. In Idaho, doctors warned that hospitals Dover rationing of care. “Never in my career did I think that we would even consider rationing care in the United States of America,” said Dr. Jim Souza, medical director of the St. Luke Health System. To cope with the emergency, many wards have been opened, including one in the parking lot of a hospital in Reno, Nevada, where healthcare personnel are now at their last resort.
Japan, infections are growing
Last Wednesday the Japan recorded a record number of coronavirus infections, more than 2 thousand, is now on “high alert”, as confirmed by the prime minister Yoshihide suga. Infections are also growing in the Japanese capital Tokyo, where today more than 500 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported for the first time since the start of the pandemic and where lalert is at its highest level. However, according to the Kyodo news agency, the metropolitan government will not ask bars and restaurants to limit their opening hours (a measure it had taken in previous spikes of infection), but will advise them to do so.
India, almost 9 million positives
With 45,576 new cases of contagion arising in the last 24 hours,India is preparing to touch me 9 million infections since the beginning of the pandemic. The data were released this morning by local health authorities, who specified that the total number of infected people in the country amounts to 8.96 million. The new deaths registered were 585, for a total of 131,578. These numbers confirm India at second place, after the United States, in the sad ranking of countries in the world by number of infections. On a positive note: after the peak in September, however, the total number of infections begins to drop.
Denmark, mink mutation “eradicated”
The alarm had started since Denmark: a mutation of the coronavirus transmitted from mink to humans. However, the assurances come from the Danish Minister of Health, who says the threat was “probably eradicated“The situation was considered particularly worrying because it ran the risk of compromising the efficacy of the vaccine. As the ministry said:” Since September 15, no other cases of mutations originating in mink, Cluster 5 have been identified. “
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