The number of people infected with the new Corona virus around the world today reached about 68 million, and the death toll exceeded one million and 500 thousand, this comes at a time, Tuesday morning, British hospitals begin to vaccinate the Pfizer-Biontech anti-Coronavirus vaccine.

According to the World Meter website, which specializes in monitoring Corona statistics, the number of confirmed cases of the virus around the world has reached 67 million and 939 thousand and 148 cases at 09:00 am Makkah time (05:00 GMT).

The number of people recovering in the world reached 47 million and 23 thousand and 742, while the death toll reached one million, 550 and 267.

The United States is the most affected country, with the rate of injuries accelerating to reach - according to the latest figures - 15 million 369 thousand and 46 injuries, while the number of deaths reached 290 thousand and 433.

Trump stresses that Americans should get vaccines (Reuters)

Executive order

The American Fox News network said that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order today that gives priority to obtaining the Corona vaccine for citizens at the expense of foreigners.

The network quoted high-ranking officials in the President's administration as saying that Trump will insist that Americans obtain vaccines first before helping other countries obtain them.

Pfizer will not be able to provide additional vaccines to the United States before next June (Reuters)

Authorization .. refused

Next Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration will issue a decision to grant authorization for the emergency use of the vaccine, Moderna and Pfizer, with expectations that distribution will start the next day.

For his part, the "Stat" medical site said: Pfizer and Moderna, which manufacture the Corona vaccine, refused an invitation to attend the Vaccine Summit at the White House.

According to the New York Times, Pfizer will not be able to provide additional vaccines to the United States before next June, and attributed the reason to commitments made by the company with other countries.

A vaccination campaign

On the other hand, British hospitals begin vaccination with the Pfizer-Biontech anti-Coronavirus vaccine this morning, as part of the first phase of an immunization campaign that the government described as the largest in the country's history.

The government has requested 40 million doses of the vaccine, which was approved by the Medicines Regulatory Authority last week, and that priority groups will receive it during the first phase.

Brazil is the third country in the number of cases affected by the epidemic (Anatolia)

Vaccinate and cope

In Brazil, the governor of São Paulo announced yesterday, Monday, the launch of a vaccination campaign against the Corona virus in January in the state, which is the epicenter of the outbreak in the country, although a political confrontation with President Jair Bolsonaro may impede his plan.

Governor Joao Doria said that a large-scale campaign will start on January 25 with the use of the Chinese "Coronavac" vaccine, and include giving the vaccine first to health care workers, the elderly and other vulnerable groups.

He added in a press conference that the target group for this initial stage "was chosen based on the number of deaths from Corona virus in the state."

However, the proposed schedule of 5 stages is still awaiting approval by the "Invisa" federal agency concerned with licensing vaccines in Brazil.

Koronavac was the focus of a political battle between Bolsonaro and Doria, a potential rival to the far-right president in the 2022 presidential election.

Bolsonaro describes "Koronavac" as "the Chinese Joao periodically vaccine" and urged citizens to adopt the vaccine developed by Oxford University with the company "AstraZeneca".

The two vaccines are undergoing clinical tests in Brazil, which are in their final stages.

Brazil recorded the second highest number of deaths due to the Corona virus after the United States, where about 177,000 people died, about a quarter of them in Sao Paulo.

Obligation and expectations

Meanwhile, a global health official said that the organization does not expect countries to require their citizens to obtain the developed Covid-19 vaccines.

"I don't think we expect any country to make vaccinations mandatory," said Kate O'Brien, WHO director of vaccination, vaccines and biological preparations, at a press conference.

She concluded her statement by saying, "There may be some countries or some cases in countries where professional circumstances require that, or highly recommend vaccination," and she said that hospitals may be one example.