The United States exceeds 11 million injuries
The world sets a new record for daily infections with "Corona"
A temporary hospital for treating Corona patients in the Russian capital.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: "The vaccine alone will not eliminate the (Corona) pandemic."
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The World Health Organization announced the registration of a record number of new infections with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the world, the day before yesterday, which reached 660 thousand and 905 cases, while the number of virus cases in the United States exceeded 11 million cases, and a census conducted by Agence France-Presse showed, based on According to official sources, the total deaths due to the virus around the world, since the outbreak of the epidemic, have reached 1319,561 cases, while more than 54493680 people in the world have been infected with the virus, of whom at least 34839400 have recovered until yesterday.
The number of Coronavirus cases in the United States exceeded 11 million, and Reuters data showed that the pace of the epidemic in the United States accelerated, with another million new infections recorded just eight days ago, when it reached 10 million, making it the fastest since the start of the epidemic.
Compared to the 10 days it took to reach nine to 10 million, and 16 days to reach nine million out of eight million infections.
The most recent average, over a seven-day period, shows that the United States records more than 144,000 injuries and 1,120 deaths per day, the highest rate for a single country in the world.
The United States recorded about 20% of the death toll in the world, and nearly 19% of the deaths.
Residents of Chicago have been invited to stay at home, starting yesterday, in an attempt to curb the spread of the "Covid-19" epidemic.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recommended that the city's 2.7 million residents avoid going out except for essential commutes, such as school and work, not hosting guests and canceling Thanksgiving celebrations.
Yesterday, Russia announced the registration of 22,778 new cases of the Coronavirus during the past 24 hours and 303 deaths, which represents an increase in the number of infections, and a decrease for the fourth consecutive day in the number of deaths, compared with the rates of the day before yesterday, which amounted to 22572 cases, and 352 deaths .
The Russian Operations Center for fighting the virus confirmed that by registering this new number of infections and deaths, the total number of "Covid-19" cases in Russia becomes one million and 948 thousand and 603 infections, of which 33489 deaths and 461 thousand and 265 active cases.
In the same context, the new Russian Minister of Transport, Vitaly Saveliev, was infected with the new Corona virus, and is currently subject to quarantine.
In addition, "Moderna" company said yesterday that its experimental vaccine to prevent corona virus is effective by 94.5%, based on temporary data from a clinical trial at a late stage, to become "Moderna" thus the second American pharmaceutical company to announce results far exceeding expectations during a week.
In addition to the vaccine from the American company, Pfizer, and the German company, Biontech, which showed an efficacy of more than 90%, and pending further safety data and regulatory review, the United States could obtain two vaccines authorized for use in emergency situations next December.
Up to 60 million doses of vaccines will be available by the end of the year.
Next year, the U.S. government can get more than a billion doses from just the two companies, which is too much for the country's 330 million residents.
"We will have a vaccine that can stop (Covid-19)," said Stephen Hugh, President of Moderna.
The provisional Moderna analysis was based on 95 infections among the trial participants, who received either a placebo or a vaccine.
Of these cases, only five cases were recorded among those who received the vaccine, which is vaccinated with two doses, with a difference of 28 days.
Moderna expects to have enough safety data to authorize the vaccine in the United States during the next week, and to submit a request to use the vaccine in emergency situations in the coming weeks.
The company explained that one of the main advantages of its vaccine is that it does not need to be stored in very cold temperatures, which makes it easier to distribute.
And she expected the vaccine to be stable at normal coolant temperatures from two to eight degrees Celsius for 30 days, and it can be stored for up to six months at minus 20 degrees Celsius.
For his part, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed yesterday that the vaccine alone will not eliminate the "Covid-19" pandemic.
He added, "The vaccine will complement the other tools that we have, but it will not be a substitute for them."
He stressed that "the vaccine alone will not eliminate the epidemic."
Tedros explained that the vaccine supply will be restricted at first, with priority given to health workers, the elderly, and other populations at risk.
"We hope that this will reduce the number of deaths and enable health systems to cope," he added.
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