Restrictions in Spain Curfew, hospitality and other measures by communities
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has assured this Wednesday that, "at this stage, it has not yet been determined when a booster dose" of the
coronavirus
vaccines might be necessary
, nor "on which populations we should focus." , in case of "confirmation of the need".
The data of the coronavirus in Spain
Total figures
: 4,804,424 confirmed coronavirus cases with diagnostic test for active infection;
There have been 83,527 deaths with a positive test as of August 24.
777,299 in Andalusia (10,600 dead)
156,190 in Aragon (3,698 dead)
69,900 in Asturias (2,049 dead)
94,615 in the Balearic Islands (906 dead)
90,700 in the Canary Islands (921
dead)
43,922 in Cantabria (594 dead)
227,764 in Castilla-La Mancha (6,108 dead)
292,646 in Castilla y León (7,145 dead)
886,082 in Catalonia (15,101 dead)
7,095 in Ceuta (124 dead)
496,481 in the Valencian Community (7,597 dead)
98,073 in Extremadura (1,867 dead)
179,283 in Galicia (2,535 dead)
867,974 in Madrid (15,764 dead)
10,374 in Melilla (101 dead)
135,965 in Murcia (1,669 dead)
80,834 in Navarra (1,213 dead)
250,666 in the Basque Country (4,721 dead)
38,561 in La Rioja (814 dead)
15.38 48 nursing homes in Madrid have infected, with 413 positive residents
A total of 48 nursing homes in Madrid currently have coronavirus patients, which add up to a total of 413 positives, while 24 centers keep family visits suspended as a precautionary measure.
These are data updated on Tuesday by the General Directorate of Attention to the Elderly and the Dependency of the Community of Madrid, to which Europa Press has had access, which reveal that of the total of 449 nursing homes in the region, there are 10.7 % those who have positive in Covid.
And that the number of infected is only 1.13% of the 36,614 total registered residents.
15.25 Catalonia assures that the new school year "forces the maximum self-demand"
The president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, has assured this Wednesday that the new school year, because it is situated in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, "forces the maximum self-demand" of the Catalan educational system.
Speaking to the media in Vilabreix (Girona), after visiting with the Minister of Education, Josep Gonzàlez-Cambray, the works of two institutes in the province of Girona, he said that opening schools is safe and necessary: "Beyond the pedagogical need, that they be spaces for learning content, must be spaces for vital learning and for providing answers to the challenges in the field of emotional well-being and mental health ".
15.12 Illa supports mandatory confinement of young people decided by the Balearic Islands
The former Minister of Health Salvador Illa has expressed this Wednesday his "solidarity" to the general director of Public Health of the Balearic Islands, Maria Antònia Font, investigated for the compulsory confinement of young people on study trips in Mallorca who had had contact with infected with covid- 19.
Illa met this Wednesday with the President of the Government, Francina Armengol, and plans to meet in the afternoon with the Minister of Health and Consumption, Patricia Gómez, and her team, as announced before giving a conference to which she has been invited by the Circle of Economy of Mallorca.
14.58 La Rioja calls for vaccinations for those who have passed the covid-19
The Government of La Rioja has made an appeal to those who have passed the covid-19 in the community and subsequently have not been vaccinated, around 5,000 people, who would be granted "an extra protection that we cannot miss."
This was explained this Wednesday by the spokesperson for the regional Executive, Sara Alba, after the meeting of the Governing Council, in which it was decided to maintain level 2 of measures according to indicators for another week, depending on the evolution of the pandemic in community.
14.03.
The Basque Country registers 25 deaths from coronavirus in the last week, but daily positives rise
A total of 25 people have died in the Basque Country with
coronavirus
as a direct cause during the week of August 16 to 22, ten less than the previous week.
The autonomous community has also registered 643 new cases of this disease this past Tuesday, 138 more than the previous day, although the incidence rate continues to decline, standing at 412.05.
This past Tuesday, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin of the Basque Department of Health,
6,869 diagnostic tests were carried out
, of which 105 have been positive in Álava, 321 in Vizcaya, 201 in Guipúzcoa and 16 in people living outside the Basque Country.
13.50.
Andalusia registers 1,760 positives for coronavirus, 16 deaths and its rate is 307.1, the lowest since mid-July
Andalusia registers this Wednesday, August 25, a total of 1,760 cases of
coronavirus
, 149 less in 24 hours and 634 more than those reported seven days ago, according to the data provided on this day by the Ministry of Health and Families, which counts 16 deaths, 37 less than the day before.
The cumulative incidence rate of the community
has dropped 21.7
points compared to the previous day to stand at 307.1, a level that also represents a decrease of 112 points compared to the rate published a week ago, which was 419, 1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and the lowest in more than a month since July 13 was 298.1.
The 1,760 positives this Wednesday are recorded after 1,909 on Tuesday, 2,377 on Monday (48 hours), 2,623 on Saturday,
2,651 on Friday
, 2,301 on Thursday and 1,126 last Wednesday.
13.40.
A deceased in La Rioja due to coronavirus, on a day when healthcare pressure and incidence are lowered
La Rioja has lamented a deceased by
coronavirus
this Wednesday, for the third consecutive day, according to the latest data issued by the regional government.
On the other hand, the drop in the cumulative incidence at 14 days is observed for another day from 407.92 cases per 100,000 inhabitants yesterday to 403.55 today (4 points less), while healthcare pressure falls in 5 entries, up to 33 entries.
Active cases have dropped, in this case compared to yesterday by 57, from 865 to 865.
As for the deceased person, he is an elderly man who did not reside in a center for the elderly.
Since the pandemic began, a total of
815 people have died from the disease
, 324 of them residents of senior centers in our autonomous community.
Regarding the healthcare pressure, there are 33 people admitted to the different hospitals in La Rioja (five less than yesterday).
Thus, the San Pedro de Logroño hospital has 21 people admitted to the plant (four less than on Tuesday) with zero admissions and 4 discharges.
For its part,
in the ICU, there are seven Covid patients (same as yesterday)
.
13.25.
Castilla y León adds eight deaths and 522 coronavirus infections, 18% less than a week ago
Castilla y León has notified this Wednesday eight more deaths from
coronavirus
in the hospitals of the Community and 522 infections detected by diagnostic tests, which indicate a decrease of 18.2 percent compared to the 638 detected on the same day last week and a similar record to yesterday (518).
The eight deaths declared by the Ministry of Health in its daily communication have been registered in hospitals in
León (3)
, Burgos (2), Segovia (1), Valladolid (1) and Zamora (1), while the infections detected by diagnostic tests are close to 300,000 and specifically there are 296,514.
13.08.
Murcia registers three deaths and 321 new infected by coronavirus
in the last 24 hours
The Region of Murcia has registered 321 new positive cases of
coronavirus
in the last 24 hours, in a day in which there have been three deaths from this cause.
They are a woman and two men aged 83, 58 and 67 from health areas III, IV and I, as reported by the Ministry of Health in a statement.
The number of active cases stands at 3,319 in the Region of Murcia (68 less than the previous day), of which 175 are admitted to hospital centers (six less).
Of these,
32 are in intensive care (four less than the day before)
.
13.04.
Study Links Coronavirus to Increased Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots During Subsequent Surgery
New research published in the journal 'Anesthesia' has revealed that venous thromboembolism (VTE), a known complication of surgery, is 50 percent more likely to occur in patients with current
coronavirus
infection
and nearly double in those with recent infection.
The study also found that having a VTE was associated with a
five times higher
risk
of death within 30 days
of surgery, compared to patients without VTE.
VTE is a disease in which dangerous blood clots form in the veins and has been described as the leading preventable cause of death in hospitalized patients.
The study was conducted by 'GlobalSurg-COVIDSurg', led by the University of Birmingham (UK), a worldwide collaboration of
more than 15,000 surgeons
working together to collect a series of data on the Covid-19 pandemic.
The collaboration has already produced several studies, and this new analysis included 128,013 patients, from 1,630 hospitals in 115 countries.
12.55.
Protection against coronavirus drops sharply six months after vaccination, study finds
Protection against
coronavirus
conferred by the Pfizer / BioNtech and Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccines declines significantly after six months, a British study said Wednesday, the authors of which advocate booster doses.
One month after the second dose, the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine is 88%, a protection against possible infections that
drops to 74% between five and six months
after the injection, according to the latest analysis of the Zoe Covid study.
For the AstraZeneca vaccine, the efficacy goes from 77% one month after the second dose
to 67% between four and five months later
.
12.48.
The EMA assures that it is not clear if a booster dose against the coronavirus is needed or when it should be given
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) assured Efe this Wednesday that, "at this stage, it has not yet been determined when a booster dose" of the
coronavirus
vaccines might be necessary
, nor "on which populations it would be necessary to focus. ", in case" confirmed the need ".
A source from the agency stressed that "emerging data (of the vaccination campaigns underway within and outside the European Union) are still being reviewed to make recommendations that can help" European countries to make a decision on the
" need "for the booster dose
in these vaccines and" which populations to target.
"The EMA is aware that several EU Member States are considering the possibility of administering booster doses to certain populations. Decisions on how vaccines should be administered
remain the prerogative of the expert bodies
that guide vaccination campaigns in each country, "insisted a spokeswoman.
12.38.
The Balearic Islands notify two deaths with coronavirus and 164 new infections
The Ministry of Health has notified this Wednesday 2 deaths of patients with Covid-19 in the Balearic Islands, which raise the official death toll from the
coronavirus
since the start of the pandemic to 909, and has reported the detection of 164 new infections of SARS -CoV-2 on the islands.
The occupation of the intensive care units (ICU) Covid-19 of the Balearic hospitals remains at high risk and stands at 20.5% this Wednesday, with 70 patients, compared to 20.8% the day before and at 21.7% on Monday,
with 71 patients
, according to the Government's daily report.
There are 215 patients hospitalized in the ward with covid-19, which is 13 less than the day before, while Primary Care attends 6,693 patients, 427 less than the previous day
11.57.
17.7% of the positives in coronavirus since the beginning of the fifth wave had the complete guideline in Madrid
17.7% of
coronavirus
infections
since the fifth wave began in mid-June had the complete vaccination schedule, with significant variations as age increases, according to the latest epidemiological report from the Ministry of Health. Health of the Community of Madrid.
Specifically, since June 21, the beginning of the fifth wave, until August 22, 138,933 cases of Covid-19 have been detected,
with an average age of 28 years
.
Read the complete information on this link.
11.34.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin tests positive for coronavirus
The Ukrainian goalkeeper of Real Madrid Andriy Lunin has tested positive for
coronavirus
in a routine control of the white entity, so he must be isolated to follow the health protocols.
"Real Madrid CF communicates that our player Andriy Lunin has given a
positive
result
in Covid-19,
" the white club announced in a brief statement.
In October 2020, Lunin already tested positive
in a first control with the Ukraine team before a match against Spain, although
he tested
negative in the second and final, despite having been previously confined and separated from the group, following protocols.
11.15.
Galicia registers 9,780 active cases of coronavirus, 258 less than yesterday
Galicia registered a total of 9,780 active cases of
coronavirus
this Wednesday
, which is 258 less than yesterday, and accounts for 2,550 deaths, after in the last 24 hours there have been four deaths linked to the pandemic.
According to the latest balance of the Xunta, of the total confirmed infections
2,793 correspond to the area of La Coruña
;
1,342, to that of Lugo;
694, to that of Orense;
828, to that of Pontevedra;
2,180, to that of Vigo;
1,223, to that of Santiago;
and 720, to that of Ferrol.
With regard to infected people,
55 are in the ICU
;
222, in hospitalization units;
and 9,503, in home monitoring.
10.30.
Catalonia adds 1,731 new infections and 27 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours
Epidemic indicators continue to improve very slowly in Catalonia, where 1,731 new cases of
coronavirus
have
been diagnosed
and 27 new deaths from the disease have been reported in the last 24 hours, with a trend towards a slowdown in the curve of the fifth wave.
According to the incidence data updated this Wednesday by the Department of Health, today there are 1,316 patients hospitalized for Covid, 55 less than yesterday, of which
443 are in the ICU, thirteen less
, and 291 of them are intubated and 24 connected to ECMO (extracorporeal oxygenation).
The primary care centers carried out a total of 9,028 Covid-related visits yesterday, about
2,000 less than seven days ago
.
9.51.
Aragon reports 343 new cases of coronavirus and 696 recovered
The General Directorate of Public Health of the Government of Aragon has notified 343 new cases of
coronavirus
, no deaths and 696 recovered patients, data corresponding to this Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
By provinces,
220 cases and 488 recovered have been recorded in Zaragoza
, while in Alto Aragón there have been 22 and 153, respectively, and in Teruel 29 and 48.
9.28.
Japan will step up measures to curb the wave of coronavirus
Japan plans to extend the health measures already in force in some regions to most of the country, in an attempt to stop the spread of the
coronavirus
, which is causing a record of infections.
In total,
33 of the 47 Japanese departments, including the capital Tokyo, which currently hosts the Paralympic Games
, will be affected, according to a list approved on Wednesday by a committee of health experts and that should be made official quickly.
Since the end of June, Japan has suffered a fifth wave of coronavirus,
the most violent to date
, aggravated by the spread of the delta variant, which is more contagious.
Last Friday there was a record of infections in the country (almost 25,900 cases in 24 hours) and in Tokyo the average of new infections in seven days increased fivefold.
9.00.
Coronavirus infections once again fall below a hundred in Navarra
The infections by
coronavirus are
once again in the Foral Community below one hundred when counted in the last hours 94, according to provisional data from the Government of Navarra.
This figure comes a day after the cases exceeded that barrier
with 102 positives
compared to 87 infections on Sunday.
Sarriguren and the Pamplona neighborhood of Txantrea, with six infections each, are the
areas that have registered the most cases
in recent hours.
8.17.
The use of masks in open spaces will be mandatory in Oregon, USA
The use of masks will be mandatory in Oregon, the northwestern United States, the governor's office announced Tuesday, as the country faces an increase in
coronavirus
cases
.
The order goes into effect Friday.
Oregon thus becomes
the first state in the country
to re-establish a common practice in the worst moments of the pandemic.
"The Delta variant is
spreading rapidly and widely
, bringing the state to a critical level that we had not seen in the pandemic," said Governor Kate Brown.
8.06.
US donates one million Pfizer vaccines against coronavirus to Vietnam
The Vice President of the United States (USA), Kamala Harris, announced on Wednesday the donation of an additional million
coronavirus
vaccines from
the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to Vietnam, during her official visit that began today in Hanoi.
Con esta donación, que empezará a llegar en las próximas 24 horas, son ya seis millones las vacunas donadas por EEUU a Vietnam, que desde abril trata de frenar su peor rebrote de covid-19, especialmente en Ho Chi Minh (antigua Saigón), donde los ciudadanos tienen prohibido salir de casa por cualquier motivo desde el lunes.
"Sé que la población vietnamita afronta un tiempo difícil ahora", dijo Harris, que se convirtió hoy en la primera vicepresidenta estadounidense en visitar el país indochino.
7.42. La Interterritorial se reúne expectante por la posición europea sobre la tercera dosis de la vacuna del coronavirus
El Ministerio de Sanidad y las comunidades vuelven a reunirse esta tarde en medio de la expectación ante el inminente pronunciamiento que aún debe hacer la Agencia Europea del Medicamento (EMA) sobre la posibilidad de administrar una tercera dosis de la vacuna contra el coronavirus.
El Consejo Interterritorial del Sistema Nacional de Salud, que este miércoles retoma su horario habitual de las 16:00 horas, tiene en el orden del día su habitual repaso a la situación epidemiológica y de la campaña de vacunación, así como un actualización técnica de la resolución de la Dirección General de Salud Pública que establece el Sistema de Información del SNS para el seguimiento de la vacunación.
La reunión estará marcada por la tercera dosis y la comunicación que se espera esta semana de la EMA, así como el plan que han adoptado la mayoría de comunidades de adelantar el pinchazo a las personas que hayan pasado la enfermedad de los seis meses que contempla la estrategia de vacunación a solo uno o dos.
7.30. El Informe pedido por Biden sobre el origen del coronavirus deja el tema igual de abierto
El informe solicitado por el presidente estadounidense Joe Biden a sus servicios de inteligencia sobre el origen del coronavirus no permite resolver ese tema que es fuente de fricciones entre Washington y Pekín, informaron este martes medios estadounidenses
Biden llamó a finales de mayo a la inteligencia estadounidense, hasta ahora incapaz de pronunciarse sobre la tesis de un escape accidental de un laboratorio chino, a "redoblar sus esfuerzos" para explicar el problema del origen del covid-19 en 90 días.
El presidente recibió el informe altamente secreto el martes, pero el documento no es concluyente. A pesar de sus pesquisas y análisis, los investigadores no pudieron ponerse de acuerdo sobre una explicación definitiva, señaló el diario The Washington Post, que cita a dos funcionarios estadounidenses anónimos, cercanos al caso.
7.20. España levanta las restricciones de entrada a los bolivianos vacunados con el esquema completo contra el coronavirus
España ha levantado este martes las restricciones de entrada al país a los viajeros procedentes de Bolivia que hayan adquirido el esquema completo de la vacuna contra el coronavirus.
El embajador de España en Bolivia, Francisco Javier Gassó, ha informado sobre la liberalización de las restricciones en una rueda de prensa junto al ministro de Exteriores del país sudamericano, Rogelio Mayta, y la viceministra de Gestión Institucional y Consular de la misma cartera, Eva Chuquimia.
En la misma, se ha precisado que las personas procedentes de Bolivia podrán ingresar en territorio español con un visado y un certificado de inmunización con una vacuna autorizada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Agencia Europea del Medicamento (EMA).
7.15. Gobierno y CCAA abordan este miércoles las medidas anti coronavirus para el próximo curso escolar
La ministra de Educación y FP, Pilar Alegría, y los consejeros autonómicos del ramo, se reunirán este miércoles 25 de agosto en un encuentro de carácter extraordinario para repasar el protocolo acordado el pasado mayo sobre el próximo curso escolar y las medidas que tomarán las distintas comunidades en función de la tasa de incidencia del coronavirus.
Alegría toma así el testigo de su antecesora en el cargo, Isabel Celaá, que fue la que negoció estas medidas con las autonomías antes de ser relevada de la cartera.
In this scenario, the communities are already outlining the beginning of the course, which starts in a few weeks with the teachers vaccinated, betting on presence in all educational stages, but disagreeing in some measures to avoid contagions, such as the interpersonal safety distance that is it must hold at 1.5 meters,
being able to flex to 1.2 meters
.
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