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02:34
The Mexican Ministry of Health reported 7,785 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country and 832 more deaths on Saturday, bringing its total to 2,038,276 infections and 179,797 deaths.
The actual number of infected people and deaths is likely significantly higher than the official count, the Health Ministry said.
02:12
In northern China, there are some concerns and complaints among residents who have been locked up for more than 40 days.
China recently experienced its worst outbreaks since the early months of the pandemic. Gaocheng, a district of Shijiazhuang city that is home to 800,000 people, was among the worst hit, with more than 880 cases.
The South China Morning Post reports that there have been no new cases since Monday, and authorities have adjusted the risk level designations for most of the district. But some locals in Jiumen City said they had not been informed of the lifting of the restrictions and that they had been prevented from leaving. They have been locked up since mid-January, and residents say they are running out of food and have been ordered to take tests multiple times.
“I have done the test 16 times. I haven’t left home for more than a month. “He Pengfei, a 30-year-old restaurant owner in Lianzhou city, told the Post. He said he was forced to close his business and was running into debt.
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porcelain has reported seven new cases on the mainland by Saturday, compared to eight cases the day before, the National Health Commission said.
All the new infections were imported cases, it said in a statement. There were no new deaths.
China also reported six new asymptomatic patients, compared with 13 the day before. China does not classify asymptomatic cases as confirmed Covid-19 cases.
As of Saturday, mainland China had 89,831 confirmed coronavirus infections, while the death toll stood at 4,636, it said.
01:58
Hello and welcome to our ongoing coverage of the pandemic. You can catch up on previous updates here.
Here’s the latest.
- Australialaunch of the vaccine has started one day before, with the country’s prime minister among the first to receive a dose Sunday. “It’s safe, it’s important, join us on this Australian journey that sees us emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
- All UK adults will be offered a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the end of July. Boris Johnson has said before an announcement on how England will begin easing their third lockdown.
- Israel has reported a 95.8% drop in Covid-19 infection among those who have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.his health ministry announced on Saturday.
- A further 21 cases of the virus variant first discovered in the UK have been detected in MoroccoHis health ministry has said, bringing the number of cases reported with the mutation to 24.
- Coronavirus cases are on the rise in various states of India, including Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Madhya Pradesh. The rise in infections comes amid the detection of new variants of the virus in Maharashtra, the Times of India reports.
- The number of new coronavirus cases in France compared to the previous week increased for the third day in a row, and the Health Ministry reported 22,371 new cases on Saturday.
- Micheál Martin, the taoiseach, has ruled out reopening Ireland’s hospitality sector until mid-summer due to the high level of Covid-19 cases in the country.
- The vice minister of health of Mexico announced that he tested positive for Covid-19, adding that his symptoms are mild.
- Iran has closed several border crossings on its border with Iraq in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid variant first detected in the UK after it was found in the country.
- UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock acted illegally by failing to publish government billion-pound Covid-19 contracts within the 30-day period required by law, a higher court judge has ruled.
- More than 17 million people in the UK you have now received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to government figures.
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