The European Union agrees to buy 300 million doses of the "Covid-19" vaccine
754 thousand deaths from "Corona" in the world ... and tension between France and Britain due to the virus
A Chinese worker demolishes facilities in the first temporary hospital in Wuhan that was built to treat Corona patients. ■ AFP
More than 750,000 people have died so far of the "Covid-19" epidemic around the world, and while efforts to contain the new Corona virus cause diplomatic tension between France and Britain, the European Union agreed to buy 300 million doses of the "Covid-19" vaccine if available. .
In detail, the new Corona virus has killed at least 754,649 people in the world since it appeared in China at the end of December, according to a census based on official sources.
At least 20 million 962 thousand and 510 people have been officially recorded infected with the virus in 196 countries and regions since the outbreak began, of which at least 12,789,500 have recovered to date.
The death toll from infection with the new Corona virus in the United States rose to 167,110 cases, after 1,076 new cases were recorded during the past 24 hours.
And Johns Hopkins University announced that the death toll from confirmed cases of the virus also increased to 5 million 248,854 cases, after 51,443 new cases were recorded during the past 24 hours.
After the United States, the countries most affected by the epidemic are Brazil, which recorded 105 thousand and 463 deaths out of 3,244,463 cases.
And China officially announced "without counting Macao and Hong Kong" 4,634 deaths, "no new deaths", out of 85,786 injuries (1030 new injuries between Thursday and Friday), of which 79,462 people recovered.
Yesterday, Latin America and the Caribbean counted 235,152 deaths out of 5929075 injuries. As for Europe, it recorded 209,561 deaths out of 3459589 injuries.
The death toll from the new Coronavirus in Britain rose to 315,600 cases yesterday, according to data collected by "Johns Hopkins" University and Bloomberg News.
The death toll from "Covid-19" rose to 46,791 deaths, while 1,479 patients recovered from the virus, about 28 weeks after the first case of "Covid-19" was recorded in the United Kingdom.
The number of confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus in the Netherlands reached 62,406 cases yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.
The data indicated that the deaths in the Netherlands as a result of infection with the virus reached 6,187 cases. While he recovered from the "Covid-19" disease caused by the virus, 253,000 people have been infected so far. Asia recorded 77067 deaths (3789725 injuries), the Middle East 31,479 deaths (1296,500 injuries), Africa 24,679 deaths (1086549 injuries) and Oceania 408 deaths (25,172 injuries).
Indonesia recorded 2,307 new infections with the new Corona virus yesterday, bringing the total cases to 135,123, according to the data of the Indonesian Task Force on Confronting the "Covid-19" disease.
The World Health Organization has expressed concern about the possibility of abandoning preventive measures, especially on the part of young people who tend to develop less serious infections, and thus their mortality rate will decrease. And Richard Pebadi, an epidemiologist who leads the team responsible for high-risk pathogens at the European branch of the World Health Organization, warned that "if you lift the pressure on the virus, it will return."
In Brussels, the European Commission announced yesterday that the European Union had reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, to purchase 300 million doses of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine, if available.
The European Commission - the executive arm of the European Union - intends to purchase the doses on behalf of the 27 member states of the bloc in the event that the vaccine is found to be safe and effective.
Countries across the world are racing to ensure adequate vaccines for their populations.
Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands have already signed an initial contract with AstraZeneca in June, for more than 300 million doses of the vaccine still in the experimental stage.
When asked, European Commission spokeswoman Vivien Lonella, whether this was a separate agreement on the part of the European Union, she said that the Commission is "in talks" with member states about their needs. In July, the European Commission signed a contract with the pharmaceutical giant "Gilead" to buy 30,000 doses of remdesivir, which is used to treat acute cases of "Covid-19".
Britain records a total of 315,600 injuries and 46,791 deaths from Corona.
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Corona cases in the Netherlands.
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A new death from Corona virus in America within 24 hours.