The

coronavirus

is reluctant to disappear from our lives.

Despite vaccines, which have been key to reducing the severity of cases, infections have soared in many countries by easing restrictions and there are already several governments that are considering allowing only assistance to closed public places to those who present

vaccination certificates.

Meanwhile, in Japan, the first positive cases of

coronavirus

in athletes

have been confirmed

in the Olympic Village in Tokyo.

8.38 Health centers face the fifth wave with half of their workforce

Madrid Primary Care doctors denounce "saturation" in health centers in this fifth wave of the

pandemic

, with half of their workforce on vacation and 1,500 permanent places without covering, while infections have exceeded 3,100 on a daily average this week and 4,723 people are under home monitoring.

"There are centers operating with 30% of the medical staff; centers open but without doctors in any of the shifts or without pediatricians on their staff," according to the Amyts doctors union, which after a meeting this week with the Ministry of Health ensures that the Primary Care Management "admits that no improvement will come to the centers and postpones any negotiations until September," reports Efe.

Dr. Pedro Samblas, from a Valdemoro health center, figures "in more than 60 antigen tests done this Friday, with at least 20% positive, an outrage. And we have no substitutes of any kind to go on vacation ", he tells Efe.

This summer "they allow us to double shifts, that is, a 7-hour shift plus four dubbing, 11, and they pay us a gross of 200 euros per four-hour module. Before it was 123 euros for a seven-hour dubbing but they had to raise it because people didn't want to do them, "he explains.

8.00 The Israeli Minister of Health calls for more restrictions due to the increase in coronavirus cases

The health authorities of Israel have reported this Friday more than 1,110 positive cases of

coronavirus

for the first time in almost four months, which is why the country's Health Minister, Nitzan Horowitz, has asked that mobility restrictions or the use of mask.

In an interview this Saturday with Channel 13, Horowitz has transferred his doubts about whether the actions that the Government had taken so far had been "insufficient" given the increase in infections.

"We are seeing an increase in infections and serious cases. What are we waiting for? Have thousands of cases a day? Hundreds in serious condition? For hospitals to fill up? We have to stop playing," said the manager of the Health portfolio.

In addition, Ministry officials are calling for the vaccination certificate, known as 'Green Pass', to be put back into operation to limit attendance at shows, restaurants and hotels, 'The Times of Israel' reports.

7.45 China detects a local contagion among its last 33 cases of Covid

The National Health Commission of China announced today the detection of 33 new positives of the

SARS-CoV-2

coronavirus

this Saturday, of which one was caused by local contagion in the southern province of Yunnan.

The remaining 32 infections were detected in travelers from abroad who arrived in Yunnan (11), Beijing (4), Fujian (southeast, 4), Canton (southeast, 4), Sichuan (center, 3), Shaanxi (center, 2 ), Inner Mongolia (north, 1), Shanghai (east, 1), Jiangsu (east, 1) and Hubei (center, 1).

The health authorities also reported today the detection of 27 new asymptomatic infections (all of them, "imported"), although Beijing does not include them as confirmed cases unless they manifest symptoms.

The total of this type of infections under observation is 449, of which 444 come from other territories.

7.30 The first positive cases of coronavirus in athletes are confirmed in the Olympic Village in Tokyo

The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympics has notified this Sunday that two athletes staying at the Olympic Village have tested positive for

coronavirus.

These cases are, according to the organization, of two athletes whose nationality has not been detailed, according to the Japanese radio television NHK.

In this way, the total of infected registered since the beginning of the month in connection with the great international event, which will begin in less than a week, amounts to 47 after confirming another 15 new cases yesterday, one of them detected in the Olympic Village itself.

This first contagion at the athletes' residence was a non-athlete foreign person whose identity or state of health was not disclosed either.

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