China returns to the situation of a year ago in the face of the
coronavirus
pandemic
.
Entire city
confinements
, internal transport suspended and now, once again, the city of
Wuhan
will subject all its inhabitants to
Covid
tests
due
to the appearance of new cases and the increase in
infections
that the country is experiencing again.
The data of the coronavirus in Spain
Total figures
: 4,502,983 confirmed coronavirus cases with diagnostic test for active infection;
There have been 81,643 deaths with a positive test as of August 2.
716,641 in Andalusia (10,215 dead)
148,507 in Aragon (3,607 dead)
66,962 in Asturias (2,003 dead)
83,910 in the Balearic Islands (862 dead)
81,225 in the Canary Islands (833 dead)
40,076 in Cantabria (578 dead)
212,936 in Castilla-La Mancha (6,029 dead)
279,020 in Castilla y León (7,004 dead)
840,025 in Catalonia (14,843 dead)
6,355 in Ceuta (117 dead)
468,604 in the Valencian Community (7,463 dead)
89,460 in Extremadura (1,825 dead)
161,993 in Galicia (2,453 dead)
822,778 in Madrid (15,533 dead)
9,717 in Melilla (99 dead)
127,333 in Murcia (1,616 dead)
76,688 in Navarra (1,192 dead)
234,483 in the Basque Country (4,578 dead)
36,270 in La Rioja (793 dead)
07.31.
What happens when you get the coronavirus while being vaccinated?
If among those recovered from Covid the risk of reinfection is very rare, in those vaccinated with two doses it is estimated that the probability of becoming infected - given the rapid spread of the
Delta variant
- is 12%, according to Italian data.
"There is a limited percentage of fully immunized people who can become infected, almost always without developing the disease, and infect. To what extent they do so compared to the unvaccinated deserves a more in-depth study, especially aimed at defining the viral load in their respiratory tract, nose and throat. Together with the exposure time, this represents the determining factor of contagion ", explains
Franco Locatelli
, coordinator of the technical-scientific committee for the pandemic emergency in Italy.
The issue is at the center of the debate, scientific and not only, after the US health authorities expressed their concern.
"Vaccinated people infected with the
Delta variant
can transmit the virus," said the director of the
Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
(
CDC
),
Rochelle Walensky
.
"It was this discovery that prompted us to review the recommendations on the use of masks."
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07.22.
Burma exceeds 10,000 deaths amid uncontrolled wave of coronavirus pandemic
Burma has exceeded 10,000
deaths
from
coronavirus
, according to official figures, while the country is experiencing an uncontrolled wave of the
virus
that adds to the deep political and social crisis in the wake of the military coup.
Health authorities reported 3,689 new
infections
and 330 deaths, a new maximum in the daily death toll, bringing the total to 306,354 cases, including 10,061 deaths.
However, groups of Burmese doctors warn that official records do not reflect the disastrous reality that the country is experiencing due to the collapse of the health system and the limited capacity to test for the
coronavirus
.
According to the latest official data, almost 30% of the 12,394 tests carried out on Monday were positive, which, according to the Myanmar medical network Doctors For Human Rights Network, indicates that the outbreak is out of control.
07.00.
The Chinese city of Wuhan will test all its inhabitants after the increase in coronavirus cases
The authorities of the city of Wuhan, in central China, have announced that they will test their entire population after new cases of
coronavirus
were detected
for the first time in more than a year.
The city of 11 million, where the virus was discovered in 2019, is "rapidly rolling out nucleic acid tests to all of its residents," Li Tao, a senior local official, told reporters a day after seven cases were detected. of
Covid-19
.
The infections were detected in seven migrant workers in the city, of which four did not present symptoms.
China ordered the
confinement
of entire city dwellers, suspended internal transportation and undertook massive tests in recent days to tackle its biggest
coronavirus
outbreak
in recent months.
06.59.
They conclude that the combination of the AstraZeneca vaccines with Pfizer or Moderna has a "high efficacy" against the coronavirus
The combination vaccine
coronavirus
from
AstraZeneca
with a second dose of
Pfizer-BionTech
or
Modern
provides a "good protection", a study of the State Serum Institute ,
Denmark.
A growing number of countries are considering switching to different
Covid
vaccines
for second doses, a measure particularly needed in Denmark after health authorities suspended inoculations with
AstraZeneca's
vaccine
in April over rare side effect concerns.
More than 144,000 Danes, mostly front-line health and elderly personnel, received their first shot with the
AstraZeneca
vaccine
, but were subsequently vaccinated with injections of
Pfizer-BioNTech
or
Moderna
.
"The study shows that fourteen days after a combined vaccination program, the risk of
SARS-CoV-2
infection
is reduced by 88% compared to unvaccinated people," said the State Serum Institute (SSI).
That's
"high efficacy
," SSI added, comparable to the 90% efficacy rate of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, confirmed in a different Danish study.
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