Coronavirus, England: rsa vaccinations completed. Israel: blockade until 2/5. United States: English variant ‘it will be like a hurricane’

On the day of the ocean funeral a Jerusalem attended by thousands of Orthodox Jews without respecting any rule of distancing, the Israeli government has decided to extend the emergency shutdown national until 7 am (local time) on Friday February 5th. The airport closure has also been extended Ben gurion, the country’s main airport, until midnight on Sunday, February 7. Looking instead at UK, the British Health Service (NHS) has completed the first phase of anti-Covid vaccinations in all nursing homes in theEngland, deadly outbreaks of infection at the beginning of the pandemic. Also in Netherlands This is the British variant, which is at the origin of “half of the new cases” that emerged until last January 26. And for the epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, consultant of Joe biden for the pandemic, this mutation will hit the United States “like a hurricane.” Regarding vaccines, Poland has decided that it will not administer the AstraZeneca over 65, as also decided Germany me Austria.

UK – Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who noted how this step constitutes “a crucial milestone” in the immunization campaign, broke the news of the end of the administration in nursing homes. the UK aims to secure a first dose for 15 million people (including all those over 70) by mid-February. On Saturday a record 600,000 doses were administered, up to almost 9 million in total, while withdrawals per hour have been 490,000.

Israel – The decision was made overnight on the basis of the need to reduce the rate of infections, particularly high in the Orthodox community, reluctant to comply with the measures anti-Covid. The government will meet again on Wednesday, February 3, to decide whether to extend the country’s blockade beyond Friday’s date. In a statement issued, the Israeli prime minister’s office Benjamin Netanyahu He explained this morning that non-essential activities and schools will remain closed at least until Friday and that requests for Israelis that they must return for humanitarian reasons.

U.S – In the last 24 hours, the U.S recorded 110,470 new cases of coronavirus and 1,789 additional deaths caused by the disease. The new data brings the total number of contagion since the beginning of the pandemic at an altitude of 26,185,355 and that of deaths at an altitude of 441,319. At least 49,933,250 doses of vaccinations and at least 31,123,299 doses were administered. Worrying is the English variant of the coronavirus, which will hit Americans “like a hurricane.” The epidemiologist has raised the alarm about the variant, considered particularly contagious in the United States. Michael Osterholm, consultant of Joe biden for the pandemic during the transition and director of the Center for Research of Infectious Diseases of the University Minnesota. “The increase in cases with this new variant from England will occur in the next six to 14 weeks,” he said. Osterholm to Nbc. The investigator then addressed an appeal to the administration Biden, so that the largest possible number of people can be vaccinated, because “the hurricane is coming.” The risk is that “we are going to have a situation like we have never seen before.” Perspective that makes its way into a scenario where U.S they come to confirm 26,185,476 infections and 441,319 deaths from complications, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.