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In Poland, most shops, hotels and cinemas will be closed for the next three weeks. Similar measures will be introduced in Ukraine’s capital Kiev.
A third of the French population will also have to comply with the new restrictions, and non-essential stores in Paris will remain closed for at least a month, although schools will continue to operate.
As new restrictions loomed, Parisians flocked to trains leaving the capital and rushed to shop in stores.
The mayor of Jero, near the capital, told AFP that he was allowing local businesses to continue operating despite “completely incomprehensible” restrictions.
“Why is it believed that COVID-19 is more likely to be infected in a shoe store than in a bookstore?” He asked.
According to the latest restriction rules, books are considered a necessary product, as are flowers, chocolate or cakes.
The pandemic is still accelerating around the world, with a 14 percent increase in new COVID-19 cases over the past week, according to AFP data.
In Brazil, the famous beaches of Rio de Janeiro have been closed and the mayor has warned of a “very critical” situation, with an occupancy rate of intensive care units in public hospitals reaching 95 percent.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaking against demands to stay home and wear masks, has criticized the decision to close the beaches.
“Vitamin D is a way to prevent the strong effects of the virus. And how to get vitamin D? Of the sun. It is hypocritical, “said the far-right leader.
Dispute with AstraZeneca
Meanwhile, the dispute over AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is not frustrated, and European Commission President Urzula von der Lajen threatened on Saturday to suspend the company’s vaccine exports if the European Union does not initially receive its shipments.
According to U. von der Leyen, the English and Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca delivered only 30 percent. of 90 million. Doses of the vaccine were promised to be delivered in the first quarter of this year.
The company explains the delay in production at its plants in the EU, but officials in the bloc are outraged that AstraZeneca has been able to fully comply with the contract with the UK and is not complying with the contract with the EU.
In an interview with the German media group Funke, Mr. von der Leyen said: “We have the opportunity to ban planned exports. News [farmacijos milžinei] AstraZeneca: First fulfill your contract with Europe, then start supplying [vakcinas] other countries “.
AstraZeneca has been criticized not only for the lack of delivery of the vaccine, which has hampered an already slow vaccination campaign in the EU, but also for the safety of the vaccine itself.
More than a dozen countries have recently stopped using the vaccine due to concerns that it could lead to blood clots.
However, several European countries, including Germany and Italy, resumed vaccination with AstraZeneca on Friday after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed that the vaccine was safe and effective.
France has also started using the vaccine again, but just hours later, the national health authority recommended that it be given only to people over 55, after noting that the reported blood clots were linked to younger people.
The Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland have expressed their desire to receive more information before resuming vaccination with this vaccine.
WHO vaccine safety experts said “available data do not show any overall increase in conditions that promote blood clotting” in vaccinated people.
To reassure the people of their country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his French counterpart Jean Castex were vaccinated at AstraZeneca on Friday.
“I didn’t feel anything at all. Everything went very well, very fast, “said Johnson, who had a severe form of COVID-19 last year.
Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was tested for coronavirus on Saturday, two days after being vaccinated with China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised to get vaccinated with AstraZeneca soon.
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