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There are just under 118 million cases of coronavirus in the world since the beginning of the epidemic and more than 2.6 million deaths in total. The country with the most infections is the United States (29,148,354) followed by India (11,262,707) and Brazil (11,202,415). The United States is also the first in deaths, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
Stop AstraZeneca in six countries
The use of the Anglo-Swedish vaccine has been discontinued in Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia and today also in Denmark. The Austrian drug regulatory authority suspended the use of a batch of AstraZeneca after four patients were diagnosed with dangerous blood clotting conditions. The same reason was given by the Danish national health agency, which today announced the temporary suspension. In Denmark, one of these people died.
The agency said it has not definitively established a link between the clot and the vaccine, but said it had asked the regional authorities in charge to stop using AstraZeneca for now. “We are in the midst of the largest and most important vaccination launch in Danish history,” said Søren Brostrøm, director of the agency. “Right now we need all the vaccines we can. Therefore, it is not an easy decision to put one on hiatus. “
Israel’s army first with herd immunity
The Israeli Army (IDF) is the first in the world to achieve herd immunity for Covid. This was announced by General Itzik Turgeman, director of logistics and technology. “After 10 weeks – he said – I can say that the IDF is the first in the world to achieve herd immunity” with 81% immunized or cured of the infection. In the next week, the percentage will increase to more than 85%. The IDF’s medical director, Gen. Alon Glasberg, said that herd immunity will allow soldiers to return to routine, although they will be asked to wear masks, observe social distancing and other rules.
First death in Cambodia
Since the pandemic began a year ago, the country has not had a single death. Cambodia today is fighting a large outbreak with hundreds of positive cases and its first death. Schools, bars, restaurants closed and all events in the capital canceled. The outbreak of infections occurred because a foreigner interrupted a scheduled quarantine at the hotel and went to a nightclub.
Tanzania, mystery about the president’s health: missing for days
The denialist president John magufuli has been missing for a few days. Voices and reliable sources have identified him in Nairobi hospitalized for complications from Covid. And it seems that yesterday he flew urgently to China due to heart complications. Magufuli, aka the bulldozer, is putting the population at risk with his stubborn denial of the presence of the virus in the country. Instead, by urging his citizens to go to places of prayer: without masks and without protective measures, denounced by doctors, civil society and the opposition, Magufuli has silenced everyone. Meanwhile, outbreaks of “mystery pneumonia” have been reported in many parts of Tanzania.
Magufuli, the president-bulldozer who leads the denier of Tanzania: “Viruses under control, we do not want vaccines”
by Raffaella Scuderi
“Origin of covid: deadly disease in pigs”, Scottish research
The coronavirus would have originated in pigs: To say that it is new research published by The Guardian: “A deadly swine disease may have paved the way for Covid-19,” says study author Professor David Robertson of the University of Glasgow. Pork is the main source of meat in China’s diet, and the country produces half of the world’s pigs – 55 million tons of pork a year. By the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the research, a Psa (swine fever) epidemic had spread across much of China. Therefore, the only solution was to kill the infected animals. Following the drastic fall in the supply of pork, the demand for alternative sources of meat increased, which included “wild animals, increasing the opportunities for contact with the human coronavirus.”
Australia offers discounted flights to local tourists
Nearly one million Australians will be able to take advantage of half-price flights to local destinations made available by the government as part of a plan to boost domestic tourism, in the absence of foreign travelers blocked by anti-Covid measures. The first Minister Scott morrison announced funding of A $ 1.2 billion (€ 780 million) to subsidize 800,000 flights to areas, outside of major cities, that “depend heavily on international tourism.” Thirteen destinations, including the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, and Gold Cost.
Use, antiviral drug discovered: kills viruses
A new antiviral drug, molnupiravir, ‘kills’ Covid-19. A group of American researchers found that this pill, taken twice a day for five days, eliminated the effects of the coronavirus from the nose and pharynx of 49 people who underwent the experimental therapy. The scientific journal reports it Medscape Medical News. The result of the investigation led Carlos del Río, a professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, to foresee in the future a domestic use of the drug in case of the first symptoms of the infection, such as Tamiful for the flu. . The Emory researchers participated in the tests deemed “important” but, added the professor, more samples are needed outside of the university to arrive at a more complete diagnosis.
United States, Biden, more than 100 million J&J dosi
“I have ordered the production of another 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine because we have to be prepared.” Then the president Joe biden during the event at the White House with the CEOs of J&J and Merck, the two competing pharmaceutical companies that will collaborate for the production of the single-dose vaccine against the coronavirus. “Vaccinating the United States is the only way to beat the pandemic,” Biden warned, underscoring how “unprecedented” is the cooperation between two rival houses that put “patriotism and national security first.” “If we have enough, we will share coronavirus vaccine stocks with the world.” Then the US president announced that he had ordered another 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine.
Cases are increasing in South America. Record casualties in Brazil
Despite advances in vaccinations, South America is experiencing a worrying increase in coronavirus cases. Brazil is experiencing the worst moment of the pandemic, with the health system on the brink of collapse and a new daily record of deaths registered yesterday, a figure that is likely to increase. The South American country registered 2,286 new deaths yesterday, a new daily record after another registered on Tuesday (1,972), which currently raises the number of deaths to more than 270 thousand and to 11.2 million infected. The fear that the situation will worsen in Brazil is reinforced if we also take into account that of the 27 capitals of the country, 25 have ICU occupancy rates equal to or greater than 80%, according to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
Not even Chile, which this week became the fastest country in the world to administer the vaccine with an average of 1.08 daily doses per 100 inhabitants during the last seven days, is not spared from worries about the mutation of the virus. The authorities reported that the positivity rate, which corresponds to the number of infections detected for every 100 PCR tests performed, amounted to 11.01%, a figure that had not been recorded since June 2020, at the most distressing moment of the health crisis .
Paraguay also entered a red alert for the “continuous and record increase in covid-19 infections” in recent days, the government assured on Tuesday that if the trend continues, the public health system could collapse. Last Monday, the highest number of infections in one day (1,817) was recorded since the first case was detected in 2020, bringing the total to 169,860 and the number of deaths to 3,343, out of a population of about 7 million inhabitants.
Pakistan, schools closed after spike in new cases
Pakistan has decided to close educational institutions for two weeks in some cities due to the recent increase in coronavirus cases. In the last 24 hours, the Asian country has registered 53 deaths and 2,258 Covid-19 infections, the highest daily figure since January 29. The increase in cases was recorded in particular in the federal capital Islamabad, in southern Punjab and in the north-western provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government has also decided to resume selective closures in some cities. Instead, Gilgit-Baltistan was declared a Covid-free region, with no active coronavirus cases.
