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As of Saturday, December 12, 702,889 people were infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ukraine and the world per day, which became a new record. In total, almost 71.5 million people have been infected in the world. 12,350 patients died from complications of the disease per day, a total of 1,600,411.
Most of the COVID-19 patients were found yesterday in the United States – 247 thousand, Brazil – 53 thousand and Turkey – 32 thousand. In Europe, the leaders in infection were Russia – 29 thousand and Germany – 28 thousand.
OBOZREVATEL continuously supervises the development of events in Ukraine and the world.
What is important to know about the coronavirus attack:
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In Ukraine, COVID-19 infected 885,039 people. 14,998 patients died, 494,001 recovered.
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The leaders in terms of the number of infections are the United States (more than 16.3 million), India (almost 9.9 million) and Brazil (more than 6.8 million). Ukraine is ranked 17th on this list, according to the Worldometers portal.
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Ukraine has updated the list of “red” and “green” countries for the spread of COVID-19.
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A list of those who will be the first in Ukraine to receive the coronavirus vaccine has been published.
The main thing for December 12:
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The CEO of the German company BioNTech, which has been developing a vaccine against the coronavirus, Ugur Shahin, said that it might be possible to control the spread of COVID-19 by the end of the summer of 2021.
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Scientists have declared the ability of toothpastes containing zinc or stannous fluoride to neutralize the coronavirus in the mouth by 99.9% in two minutes.
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The Pfizer vaccine will arrive in the US on Monday, Dec. 14, Army Gen. Gustav Perna said. Shipping companies UPS and FedEx will deliver the vaccine to nearly 150 cities, he said.
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The German government will discuss the tightening of quarantine in the country. In particular, it will be considered whether stores should close before the Christmas holidays and the time of such a step.
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The US aviation regulator has allowed the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines to be administered to pilots, provided they are only allowed to fly 48 hours after each of the two doses of the vaccine.
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The restrictive measures will be introduced in Switzerland from December 12 to January 22: all public institutions will operate until 11:00 p.m., and in regions where the epidemiological situation is worse, until 7:00 p.m. The country will also ban more than five people from meeting.
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In Japan, for the first time in the entire pandemic, more than 3,000 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus. 3,041 patients were infected with COVID-19 in the last day.
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Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found that some patients severely infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus may have genes that make the disease worse.
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Ukraine has received official approval from COVAX for a COVID-19 vaccine application.
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In Ukraine, during the last day, 3,001 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, which became a new record.
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The head of the Ministry of Health, Maxim Stepanov, commented on the scandal with the death of a doctor in Nikolaev.
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The chain posted a video of a queue at 4 am at a fish shop in London, Britain. The recording shows a huge queue in which people were not observing social distance.
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The United States has a triple record for new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths from coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins University, 231,775 new cases of COVID-19 in the United States per day, 108,044 people were hospitalized, and 3,309 people died.
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The Verkhovna Rada is preparing a bill that provides for punishment for falsifying tests for COVID-19.
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In Kiev, as of the morning of December 12, 90,013 cases of coronavirus were registered. During the last day, the disease was found in 1696 residents of the capital.
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Pfizer and BioNTech have approved the coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in the United States.
