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Covid cases worldwide exceed 78 million according to data published by Johns Hopkins University, while confirmed deaths exceed 1.7 million since the start of the pandemic. And in Italy the latest balance, relative to December 23, of 14,552 new cases and 553 deaths (here the bulletin with the data and here all the bulletins that show the situation since the beginning of the pandemic. Here the contagion map.
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08.56 – New peak of infection in Tokyo
Tokyo reports a record 888 new cases of coronavirus, following the peak of 821 infections recorded last week. 3,268 new cases were detected across Japan yesterday, and there have never been so many in 24 hours. The governor of the Japanese capital, Yuriko Koike, this week invited the 14 million inhabitants to avoid leaving, asking for cooperation. We would like you to stay home with your family over the New Years and New Years holidays, he said at a news conference Monday.
08.04 – In Germany 802 deaths in the last 24 hours
Germany records 32,195 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 1,587,115, after last Friday’s peak when more than 30,000 infections were reported for the first time in 24 hours. Data from the Robert Koch Institute also speak of another 802 deaths. Yesterday the sad record of 962 deaths. The death toll has risen to 28,770 since the start of the health emergency. Approximately 1,184,400 people have been healed.
7.47 am – From Sunday new blockade for Israel
Third partial blockade for Israel. New restrictive measures will take effect on Sunday afternoon, which will last for at least two weeks. Cases verified within 24 hours can be extended for another 15 days if the number of cases verified within 24 hours does not drop below 1,000 (more than 3,500 on Tuesday for the first time since October). The partial confinement, in a country closed to foreigners after the alarm for the new variant of the coronavirus, prohibits visits to the homes of people who are not close relatives, meetings with more than 10 people inside and with more than 20 participants in the open. It is allowed to travel more than a kilometer from the house only in special cases. Closed shopping center and recreational facilities. The restaurants only work with home delivery. No takeout. Kindergartens and schools open, but with new rules.
7.31 – In the US, one million doses of vaccine inoculated in 10 days
One million people in 10 days: they are those who have already received the anti-Covid vaccine in the United States, where the immunization campaign began on Monday of last week. The data was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US reference agency based in Atlanta. In detail, the CDC has disclosed that 1,008,025 doses have been inoculated and that the count refers only to the vaccine produced by BioNTech / Pfizer. Nearly 9.5 million vaccines from pharmaceutical companies Pfiizer and Moderna have been distributed in the United States so far. Among those who have already undergone the first dose and have done so publicly, on television, hoping to convince the most skeptical, President-elect Joe Biden, the leading infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, the secretary of Health, Alex. Random. The immunization campaign in Europe will also start next Monday.
7.21 am – The survey
For Italians, at the moment, the most urgent problem to solve in Italy is work and the economy. So 78 percent of those interviewed answered our survey (which you can find here). In second place (57 percent) health care and third (33 percent) the operation of institutions and the political situation. As for Covid, today 44% of people consider that the threat of infection is very or quite high and 58% fear contagion from their community.
07.10 am – The use of the new tests starts from Genoa, result in 3 minutes
Genoese ASL 3 will be the first local company in Italy to use in the coming weeks the new ultra-fast antigenic swabs capable of detecting Covid positivity in 3 minutes with a reliability of 97-98%, produced by the Korean multinational Seegene and tested successfully . at the San Martino hospital in Genoa. This was announced by the governor of Liguria, Giovanni Toti, the head of the hygiene department of San Martino, Giancarlo Icardi, the director of ASL 3, Luigi Bottaro, the director of Prevention of Alisa Filippo Ansaldi and the general director of Arrow Diagnostics, the Seegene’s Italian branch, Gian. Luigi Mascarino.
December 24, 2020 (change December 24, 2020 | 08:58)
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