22 French schools closed due to virus infections

“World Health” excludes the availability of Corona vaccines before mid-2021

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Yesterday, the World Health Organization announced that it does not expect to provide immunization and prevention on a large scale against the "Covid-19" disease, which is caused by the Corona virus, before the middle of next year.

At a time when the virus has killed at least 869718 people in the world since it appeared in China, while France announced yesterday that it had closed about 22 schools due to infections with the Coronavirus.

In detail, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said that the organization does not expect to provide immunization and prevention on a large scale against the "Covid-19" disease caused by the Corona virus before the middle of next year, stressing the importance of conducting accurate tests to ensure the effectiveness of vaccines and the safety of their use. .

"We do not expect there will be large-scale vaccinations until the middle of next year," spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters in a briefing in Geneva.

"This third stage should take longer, because we need to know the true protection provided by the vaccine, and we also need to make sure that it is safe," she said, referring to the third stage of clinical trials of vaccines before approval for their use.

Corona virus has killed at least 869718 people in the world since its emergence.

More than 2,636,6810 confirmed injuries have been recorded, while at least 17,298,800 people have recovered.

The United States is the most affected country in the world, with 186,806 deaths out of 6,151,101 injuries, according to Johns Hopkins University.

At least 2,266,957 people have recovered.

Brazil is the country most affected by the virus after the United States, as the number of deaths on its soil reached 124,614.

The number of confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus in Brazil reached 4.04 million as of yesterday morning, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

So far, 3.43 million people have recovered from the "Covid-19" disease caused by the virus.

As of yesterday, China (excluding Macau and Hong Kong) had announced 4,634 deaths out of 85,102 injuries, while 80,263 people had recovered.

At the continental level, the Latin America and the Caribbean region recorded 285,469 deaths, out of 7,612,884 injuries.

Europe announced 217,285 deaths out of 4099,668 injuries.

The number of deaths declared in Asia reached 102,164 out of 5522,626 injuries, in the Middle East 37,404 deaths out of 1543088 injuries, and in Africa 30,631 deaths out of 1277,479 injuries.

And in Paris, the French Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquet, announced the closure of about 22 schools due to coronavirus infections in them yesterday, three days after they reopened for the autumn period.

Blanquet told "Europe 1" radio: "This number is small" out of more than 60,000 schools in the mainland of France and Corsica.

He added that 12 of the affected schools are on the French mainland, or Corsica, and 10 on the island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean.

French schools reopened across the country on Tuesday after the end of the summer vacation, while wearing masks was mandatory for teachers and students over 11 years old, and precautionary measures were applied.

As soon as three cases of the virus were confirmed, schools were closed, Blanquet said.

So far, he said, it has been found that the injuries are "related to factors outside the school and to people who may have been infected before the new semester or in their personal lives."

The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in France reached 338,220 cases as of 7:30 yesterday morning, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The data indicated that the number of deaths in the country due to the virus reached 30,712 cases, and 87,661 of the infected people recovered.

The number of confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus in the United Kingdom reached 342,708 cases yesterday, and data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News indicated that the number of deaths in the United Kingdom as a result of infection with the virus reached 41,616 and 1750 of the infected recovered.

For its part, Russia recorded 121 deaths and 5,110 new infections with the new Corona virus during the past 24 hours, and 5,812 people infected with the virus recovered.

The Russian Anti-Virus Operations Center said in its daily report, that the total number of deaths reached 17,649, and the number of infections exceeded the one million mark to reach one million and 15 thousand and 105 injuries, and the number of recoveries rose to 8,32747 and there were 164,709 active cases, which represents a decrease by 823 active cases. , Indicating that 24.2% of new patients had no symptoms.

For its part, Austria launched yesterday a five-level warning system to determine the degree of severity of new infections with the Coronavirus in each region, which will allow the authorities to activate a local response specifically designed to confront the epidemic during the coming winter.

The system, which will be updated weekly, currently classifies most of the areas in Austria as green low risk, while the cities of Vienna, Graz and Linz as well as the western region of Kufstein will be classified as yellow areas, medium risk.

And the Austrian government announced that wearing masks would be mandatory for all shoppers in these four regions, in light of plans to impose restrictions on public events.

No region has been identified in orange (i.e. high-risk areas) or red (high-risk), as these two levels will require increasingly stringent health measures, which include imposing remote education, closing tourism companies, and banning public events.

83 thousand new cases of "Corona" in India

Data from the Indian Ministry of Health showed an increase in the daily infections of the new Corona virus by 83,341 cases yesterday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3.94 million.

India is the country most affected by the pandemic in Asia, and its total number of infections is close to that of Brazil, the second country in the world most affected by the virus.

The Indian Ministry of Health said that the number of deaths due to the "Covid-19" disease caused by the virus increased by 1,096 cases, bringing the total to 68,472.

Corona deaths in Iran exceed 22,000

Iranian Ministry of Health spokeswoman Sima Sadat Larry stated, on state TV yesterday, that the number of deaths from the Corona virus rose 118 cases, bringing the total to 22044 deaths, while the total confirmed infections reached 382772.

Sima Sadat-Larry said that the authorities recorded 2,026 new injuries during the past 24 hours.

Iran is one of the countries most affected by the Coronavirus in the Middle East.

Although some parents are concerned about the risk of the spread of the "Covid-19" disease caused by the virus, the authorities said that schools will open their doors today, Saturday, with the implementation of strict health protocols.

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The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in France.

Brazil: Corona injuries in Brazil reach 4.04 million, and 124,614 deaths.

Russia records 121 deaths and 5,110 new cases of Corona during the past 24 hours.

Austria launches a new warning system to determine the degree of severity of infection with the Coronavirus.

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