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Liverpool forward Mo Salah has been infected with coronavirus on Friday.
The coronavirus continues to spread across the planet. In Europe, restrictions are tightening before our eyes, Microsoft again accuses Russian hackers of trying to steal vaccine data, and YouTube decided that 2020 does not deserve a solemn farewell.
The United States continues to lead in the number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic. Russia, according to Johns Hopkins University, ranks fifth. Among them are India, Brazil and France.
The number of infected in the world since the beginning of the pandemic until Friday has reached almost 53 million.
1.29 million people have died and more than 34 million have recovered.
The situation with the containment of the coronavirus in Europe is not encouraging. Governments of several European countries warned citizens on Friday that it is too early to plan the Christmas holidays: at the end of December, travel restrictions may remain in place.
This was announced by the authorities of Sweden, Ireland and France. In several European countries, governments continue to tighten quarantine measures.
In Italy, an anti-record of 40,902 new cases of infection has been set in the last 24 hours. California became the second American state after Texas to cross the million-infection threshold.
Great Britain: stabilization at the level of 50 thousand a day
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The British Office for National Statistics announced on Friday the stabilization of the daily number of new infections at 50,000.
As can be seen from the bureau statistics, which are always received with a slight delay, the stabilization took place in the first week of November. “Infection rates have increased in recent weeks, but the growth rate has slowed compared to previous weeks,” the statement read.
The UK reported 27,301 new infections and 376 deaths on Friday, according to a separate government tally.
Additionally, Britain’s R, which indicates the rate at which the virus is spreading, has decreased, according to the bureau. It is now between 1 and 1.2, which means that every ten people who become infected with the virus, on average, infect 12 more.
Mo Salah got sick
On Friday it became known that the famous Egyptian footballer, captain of the national team and striker for British Liverpool Mo Salah was infected with the coronavirus.
The forward’s illness was announced in the Egyptian Football Association.
According to the organization’s tweet, Salah is asymptomatic, but the coronavirus was detected in his analyzes.
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The Egyptian team is preparing to participate in the African Cup of Nations. On Saturday they will play their first qualifying match against Togo.
The remaining players in the selection did not have coronavirus, they added to the associations.
Salah has scored 10 goals in 13 Premier League games this season. A few days ago, he attended his brother’s wedding; the video showed the forward hugging and dancing with the guests. None of the guests wore masks.
Liverpool’s next game against Leicester is scheduled for November 21. Mo Salah is a key Liverpool player, but his absence is not as big of a concern for the club as the possible overall quarantine of the team. But in this case, apparently, he won’t be, since Salah probably didn’t get in touch with other team members.
Ukraine breaks its anti-records
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Ukraine has set a new record for coronavirus infection in the country. During the last day, 11,787 cases were registered.
The authorities warn that the winter period could cause a large number of deaths.
“We will not have an easy winter. It will be very difficult for us. Our main task is to get through this winter with this terrible pandemic with the fewest losses. By the word ‘loss’ I mean human lives,” said the Minister of Health of Ukraine at a briefing. Maxim Stepanov.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was hospitalized with Covid-19. Until the end of the month, strict quarantine measures will be in force throughout the country, all stores and establishments will be closed, except the most essential.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, according to official data, 515 thousand people have been infected. More than 9,000 of those infected have died.
Russian hackers again charged with trying to steal vaccine information
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Microsoft has announced several hacker attacks from Russia and the DPRK targeting seven companies involved in the development of Covid-19 vaccines.
Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt wrote on his blog that hackers were targeting companies in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States.
Most of these attacks were repelled, writes Bert.
It is not known which groups could be behind the attacks. According to Bert, one of them was made up of Russian hackers, two of them were North Koreans.
This is not the first time such allegations have been made. In July, the UK’s National Cyber Threat Monitoring Center said vaccine agencies were targeted by Russian hackers, who almost certainly worked in collaboration with Russian intelligence.
YouTube decided not to say goodbye to 2020
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Better not remember 2020, according to YouTube
YouTube video hosting won’t do the traditional year-end video this year, where you generally remember what happened in the last 12 months.
As indicated on YouTube, in 2020 the world has experienced too many disasters and shocks to remember all this once again.
“2020 was a very special year. And it would not be correct to pretend it was not,” the company said in a statement.
