The government raises the curtain on deflation; EMA decides J&J

THE The epidemiological bulletin released this Wednesday by the General Directorate of Health (DGS) reported that 642 cases of Covid-19 and 22 more deaths. In total, Portugal has 811,948 infections and 16,617 deaths. The number of recovered amounts to 738 thousand. Hospitalizations continue the downward trend registered in recent weeks.

Faced with this increasingly positive outlook and with hospitals away from the pressure to which they were subjected in January and February, this Thursday Parliament will debate and approve the renewal of the State of Emergency until March 31.

After the vote in the Assembly of the Republic, The Government will meet in the Council of Ministers to approve a deconfinement plan for the country, which will be presented below. Everything indicates that it will be a staggered and differentiated plan in terms of opening activities.

However, the recent rise in RT (the virus transmission rate) may cloud this mismatch plan.

Also today, the The European Medicines Agency (EMA) decides to approve the single-dose vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company Janssen, from Johnson & Johnson. Confirming its approval, it will be the fourth vaccine to be authorized in the European Union.

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9h20 – The National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) did not confirm this Wednesday that the RT has risen to 0.9, as announced by the president of the PSD, Rui Rio. A Jornal de Notícias, INSA said that it will only update the value. this Friday.

8h56 – The Timorese authorities announced today two more infected by the new coronavirus in the municipality of Covalima and 12 in Dili, raising to 36 the cases detected in the Timorese capital, where there are already 12 outbreaks of the disease.

8h30 – Cambodia reported its first fatality due to Covid-19 on Thursday, more than a year after the pandemic began, the Associated Press said. The country is facing an outbreak that has already infected hundreds of people.

Cambodia has only 1,163 infections caused by SARS-CoV-2.

7h58 – Portugal leaves the Swiss red list this Thursday. The list was reviewed yesterday by the Swiss authorities and Portugal is no longer on the list. This means that whoever arrives in Switzerland today from Portugal will no longer have to be quarantined.

7h54 – After returning from Brussels, António Costa had dinner this Wednesday with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. According to Expresso, lack of definition was the dominant axis of food and the President of the Republic tried to stop the reopening, that is, of commerce.

The promotion of RT will have contributed to this initiative of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

According to the publication, the dinner ended without the President of the Republic being clear about what will come out of the Council of Ministers today.

7h51 – Today a year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic, after lockdowns, school closings, commerce, telework, the vaccine race and millions of deaths have changed the world we knew.

7h50 – Amnesty International (AI) today launches a new global campaign to call for universal access to Covid-19 vaccines, now limited to a small group of countries, and for pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge.

7h48 – The president of the United States of America considered this Wednesday that the approval of the gigantic economic stimulus package that will help the country overcome the crisis caused by the pandemic is a “historic victory” for the Americans.

To President Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, and everyone who voted for the American Rescue Plan: Thank you. This is a historic victory for the American people. pic.twitter.com/RPZ04GTDOg

– President Biden (@POTUS) March 10, 2021

“I can’t wait to sign it [a legislação que regulamenta o pacote de estímulo económico] this week. Every element of the US rescue meets real needs, “said Biden, after a visit to a unit deployed for the vaccination campaign in Washington.

7h47 – Confinement affects children’s motor skills, according to a study by researchers from the Human Motor Faculty who argue that this effect should be offset by more practical Physical Education classes upon returning to school.

7h45 – Mexico has reported 699 deaths from Covid-19 and 6,674 infections in the last 24 hours, Mexican authorities reported Wednesday. The country adds 192,488 deaths and 2,144,558 confirmed cases.

7h44 – The Chinese Health Commission announced today that 11 cases of the new coronavirus have been diagnosed in the past 24 hours, all abroad. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 90,018 people have been infected in China and 4,636 have died.

7h42 – Germany registered, in the last 24 hours, 326 more deaths and 14,356 infected by Covid-19. Data updated by the Robert Koch Institute indicate that in cumulative terms the country now has 72,810 deaths from the disease and 2,532,947 cases.

7h40 – Joe Biden delivers his first primetime address to the nation today on the anniversary of the lockdown to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The president will speak of the sacrifices Americans made last year and the great losses that communities and families have suffered,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday.

“The president will speak of the future, highlighting the role that Americans will play in defeating the virus and returning the country to normalcy,” he added.

7h39 – The United States has reported 1,455 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours and 57,075 new cases, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the United States has accumulated 529,067 deaths and 29,149,380 cases of the disease.

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