The number of people infected with the new Corona virus around the world on Monday reached more than 59 million and 300 thousand, amid expectations that the number of deaths in the United States will reach 300 thousand deaths, at a time when the US Ministry of Health said that it will start distributing about 30 thousand doses of Regeneron tomorrow, Tuesday (Regeneron) as part of the epidemic response.

According to the Worldometer website, which specializes in monitoring Corona statistics, confirmed infections with the virus around the world reached 59 million and 312 thousand and 22 infections at 22:00 Mecca time (19:00 GMT).

The number of people recovering in the world reached 41 million and 13 thousand and 443, while the death toll reached one million and 399 thousand and 524 deaths.

The United States is the most affected country in the world, as the rate of injuries is accelerating to reach - according to the latest figures - 12 million and 631 thousand and 719 injuries, while the number of deaths reached 262 thousand and 917.

The director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauchi, predicted that the United States would witness more than 300,000 deaths if the course of things did not change.

This comes at a time when the US Department of Health said that it will start distributing about 30,000 doses of Regeneron on Tuesday as part of efforts to confront the epidemic.

Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a permit for the emergency use of Regeneron to treat people with coronavirus whose condition may worsen.

Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said that the drug may spare patients hospitalization and ease the burden on the country's health care system, as hospitals are witnessing an increase in the number of patients infected with the virus who need to receive treatment.

Regeneron was in an experimental stage and doctors used it to treat US President Donald Trump while he was in Walter Reed Military Hospital.

Expectations that the number of deaths in the United States will reach more than 300 thousand deaths (Reuters)

The way of salvation

For his part, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday that the "path to salvation" from the Corona virus is looming, explaining that the strict restrictions imposed in England will not be extended until after the second of next December.

Johnson announced that after the second of next month, Britain will witness a varying system of severe regional restrictions, which will be accompanied by a large-scale inspection campaign in the most affected areas.

The easing of restrictions will allow people to leave their homes for any reason, and will once again allow religious ceremonies and recreational activities to be held.

Up to 4,000 spectators will be allowed to enter sports stadiums and watch competitions in parts of England that have not experienced widespread outbreaks, and bars outside of tightly controlled areas will also be allowed to reopen.

Britain is the European country most affected by the epidemic, as it counted more than 55,000 deaths and more than 1.5 million infections.

Boris Johnson: The path to salvation from the virus looms on the horizon (Reuters)

Numbers and damages

And in Italy, today, Monday, the country crossed the threshold of 50,000 virus deaths, according to the toll of the health authorities.

Italy counted 630 additional deaths in the last 24 hours, which raises to 50,453 the total number of people who died, including 15,000 since the first of last September, out of more than 1.4 million injuries.

And in the Arab world, the Algerian Ministry of Health announced that health workers paid a heavy price 9 months ago, as 120 of them died and more than 9,000 were infected with the new Corona virus.

The head of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Professor Abdel Razzaq Bouamra, had sounded the alarm about the exposure of health sector teams to infection with the Coronavirus.

Algeria, one of the African countries most affected by the epidemic, is recording a significant increase in the number of infections.

About 76,000 injuries have been recorded in the country since the first case was detected on February 25, of which about 2,300 deaths, according to the latest report issued by the Ministry of Health.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been under treatment in Germany since October 28, after he was infected with the epidemic.

Several members of the government also tested positive for the Coronavirus.

Tebboune was infected with the virus and has been treated in Germany for about a month (Al-Jazeera)

Warning and results

With regard to vaccines, the WHO chief warned Monday that "the poorest and most vulnerable will be trampled in the midst of the rush to vaccines," on the day when the promising preliminary results of the "AstraZeneca / Oxford" vaccine were published.

“With the publication of the latest positive results of clinical trials on vaccines, the light at the end of the tunnel now shines brighter,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the traditional WHO press conference. “There is now real hope that vaccines are combined with other public health measures. This will help eliminate the pandemic. "

After "Pfizer / Biontech" and Moderna, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced on Monday the preliminary results of the third phase of human trials on their vaccine, which showed that it is 70 to 90% effective, depending on how it was administered.

The first two vaccines also showed 95% efficacy, according to preliminary results.

To prevent wealthier countries from purchasing all the doses of vaccines that will be provided in the first months in limited quantities only, the World Health Organization has established a mechanism called "Act-Accelerator" that will make it possible to distribute vaccines as well as other possible treatments fairly.

Tedros said that this would require 4.3 billion dollars immediately, and an additional 23.8 billion dollars next year.