The appearance of a new variant of the coronavirus has forced the British authorities to establish harsh restrictive measures in much of the United Kingdom due to the alarming increase in cases of
Covid-19
.
Faced with evidence that the
new strain accelerates the transmission
of the virus by
up to 70%
, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been forced to modify the population movement plans for this Christmas.
This worrying level of infections in London and the southeast of England forced the Executive to place these areas as of this Sunday at risk level 4 -severe-, with the closure of stores that sell non-essential items, gyms, cinemas, while people are being asked to work from home.
Italy announced, for its part, new measures for the holidays, including the closure of bars and restaurants and many shops, and the ban on travel between regions.
Only one daily outdoor trip per household will be allowed.
Between December 21 and January 6, Italians will be able to invite two people, family or friends, accompanied by their children, if they are under 14 years old.
Meanwhile, the
European Medicines Agency will
examine
the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine on Monday
, which must be authorized two days later by the Commission.
The analysis of Moderna's vaccine in the EU will take place on January 6, a week ahead of schedule.
Swiss authorities approved the use of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine on Saturday, making the Alpine country the first continental European state to authorize the antidote.
The vaccination campaign should start in a few days.
With the Swiss approval, 16 countries in the world have already given the green light to the distribution of the vaccine, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
Russia and China have also started administering domestically produced vaccines on their territory.
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The data of the coronavirus in Spain
252,256 in
Andalusia
(4,723 dead)
77,112 in
Aragon
(2,535 dead)
26,046 in
Asturias
(1,276 dead)
29,423 in the
Balearic Islands
(437 dead)
24,531 in the
Canary Islands
(378 dead)
17,048 in
Cantabria
(362 dead)
93,870 in
Castilla-La Mancha
(4,009 dead)
128,932 in
Castilla y León
(4,951 dead)
329,175 in
Catalonia
(8,511 dead)
2,967 in
Ceuta
(57 dead)
126,750 in the
Valencian Community
(2,683 dead)
31,939 in
Extremadura
(1,029 dead)
56,377 in
Galicia
(1,314 dead)
374,114 in
Madrid
(11,637 dead)
4,367 in
Melilla
(43 dead)
57,378 in
Murcia
(698 dead)
41,272 in
Navarra
(929 dead)
106,126 in the
Basque Country
(2,777 dead)
17,553 in
La Rioja
(577 dead)
* Source: Ministry of Health
Total figures: 1,797,236 confirmed coronavirus cases with diagnostic test of active infection;
48,926 deaths with a positive test as of December 18
8.40 UK to share information with WHO on the new strain of coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed with a message on Twitter that it is in "close contact" with the health authorities of the United Kingdom to share information about the new strain of the virus found in the country.
The international organization has ensured that it will give new information on it as more is known about the characteristics and implications of this new variable, which
is believed to be 70% more contagious
.
"In the meantime, we continue to advise people to take all preventive security measures," the WHO insisted.
8.30 All ready in Germany to start vaccination
Posts and tapes delimit the space in which the waiting lines will be formed in front of the vaccination center.
And within the 64 miniscule medical consultations, the gleaming new stretchers await the arrival of D-day. In
Hamburg
, the largest vaccination center against Covid-19 in Germany is now ready to begin a major inoculation campaign, to waiting for European approval.
"We are ready. The route has been tested [...]
The only thing missing is the vaccine,
" says the head of social and health issues at the Hamburg City Council, Melanie Leonhard, during a visit with the press.
Germany's second city, with about two million inhabitants, thought big when designing this operation, called 'Hambourg vaccine'.
In the immense congress center, two pavilions (with a total area of 11,000 m2) have been reserved for vaccination, which will be voluntary.
There,
7,000 daily injections
can be carried out
, supervised by six medical directors and other doctors and health personnel.
The Hamburg center is one of more than 400 enabled in Germany for this campaign, which is scheduled to
start on the 27th
, the same day as the
rest of the EU countries
,
including Spain
.
8.00 USA fills thousands of boxes with vaccines to start distributing them this Sunday
With the help of the Armed Forces, logistics operators in the United States are filling thousands of ultra-cold boxes this Saturday with Moderna's vaccines
against Covid-19
to begin distributing them this Sunday to more than 3,700 points in the country and
begin on Monday the first injections
.
"The boxes are being prepared and loaded today," Army General Gus Perna, responsible for
Operation 'Warp Speed'
, organized by the White House with the help of the Pentagon
, announced at a press conference.
accelerate the immunization campaign.
Moderna, based in Cambridge (Massachusetts), has already transported the vaccines from its manufacturing plants to the warehouses of the American giant McKesson, dedicated to the distribution of medicines and which will be in charge of transporting this vaccine.
At least
272,000 people have been vaccinated in the United States
against the coronavirus during the first week of the vaccination campaign in the country, with the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine.
7.30 The European Medicines Agency will examine the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine this Monday
Europe is the region in the world hardest hit by the pandemic, with 513,000 deaths, and
vaccination will begin on December 27
, according to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
The European Medicines Agency will examine the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine on Monday, which must be authorized two days later by the Commission.
The analysis of Moderna's vaccine in the EU will take place on January 6, a week ahead of schedule.
For their part,
Swiss authorities approved the use of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine
on Saturday, making the Alpine country the first continental European state to authorize the antidote.
The vaccination campaign should start in a few days.
With the Swiss approval,
16 countries in the world have already given the green light
to the distribution of the vaccine, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
Russia and China have also started administering domestically produced vaccines on their territory.
The United States, with more than 310,000 deaths from Covid-19 (about 2,500 deaths per day currently), became the first nation on Friday to authorize the two-dose regimen of Moderna, the second vaccine to be administered in a Western country after that of Pfizer / BioNTech.
Millions of doses of Moderna began to be distributed this Saturday, said General Gus Perna, responsible for the logistics operation, called 'Warp Speed'.
2.44 USA exceeds 316,000 deaths and 17.4 million cases of Covid-19
The United States reached 17,631,293 confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and 316,006 deaths from the Covid-19 disease this Saturday, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University.
This balance at 20:00 local time (01:00 GMT on Sunday) is 2,971 more deaths than on Friday and 215,185 new infections.
The state of New York remains the most affected in the country by the pandemic with 36,312 deaths, followed by Texas (25,910), California (22,448), Florida (20,484) and New Jersey (18,297).
2.20 Uruguay reaches its record of daily infections with 610 cases
Uruguay beat its record for daily COVID-19 infections this Saturday by registering 610 new cases and reaching 4,441 active.
In addition, this day five people died, with which Uruguay counts 114 deaths.
This was indicated by the National Emergency System (Sinae) in its daily report in which it detailed that 8,249 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus tests were carried out on the day and 552,704 were reached since the health emergency was decreed on 13 May. March.
2.03 Holland suspends flights from the United Kingdom due to coronavirus
The Dutch government suspended this Sunday all passenger flights from the United Kingdom until January 1 after finding in the Netherlands a case with a variant of coronavirus that has been circulating in that country.
The Health Ministry said that it "recommends limiting the introduction of the coronavirus strain from the United Kingdom as much as possible by limiting and / or controlling the movement of passengers" from that country.
1.15 Cuba adds a daily record of 131 Covid infections and already accumulates 10,000 cases
Cuba registered this Saturday a new daily record of 131 cases of covid-19, the majority indigenous (70), with which the island has already accumulated 10,024 positives since the beginning of the epidemic, according to updated data from the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) .
This number of infections maintains the upward trend of the last days (83, 100 and 122), an increase caused by the arrival of travelers to the country after the opening of borders last October.
This Saturday, 3,723 people remain in care centers, including 909 active cases of the disease, the highest number in these nine months.
1.00 Colombia sets another daily record with 13,990 covid-19 infections
Colombia registered another daily record of covid-19 this Saturday, with 13,990 infections that raised to 1,496,062 positive cases in the country, reported the Ministry of Health.
The information also shows that the number of deaths on the day was 249, the highest figure since September 6, when there were 256. Thus, the total number of deaths in the country rose to 40,268.
The health authority also said that there are 89,176 active cases, corresponding to 5.9%, and that 1,362,543 patients overcame the disease, that is, 91% of the total.
0.45 Argentina registers 5,795 new cases of coronavirus
Argentina added 5,795 new cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus this Saturday, bringing the number of positives to 1,537,169, while deaths rose to 41,763, after 41 deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The number of infections has changed trend in Argentina, from a decline to a stabilization and a slight increase in cases, amid the confusion that has been generated to begin the vaccination process.
According to the daily report released by the Argentine Ministry of Health, the province of Buenos Aires remains the district with the most confirmed cases so far (650,861, of which 2,180 were notified this Saturday).
0.15 Brazil exceeds 186,000 deaths and 7.2 million cases of coronavirus
Brazil registered 706 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, with which the number of deaths exceeded 186,000, as well as 50,177 new infections, which raised the total number of cases to more than 7.2 million, reported this Saturday the Ministry of Health .
According to the bulletin released today by the Ministry of Health, with the figures for this Saturday, the number of deaths in Brazil rose to 186,356 from the first, on March 12, and the number of infections to 7,213,155, from the first, February 26.
The data confirm Brazil, with its 210 million inhabitants, as one of the global epicenters of the pandemic and the second country with the highest number of deaths from covid, after the United States, and the third with the most cases, after the United States and India.
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