Several victims fell in a hospital for Corona patients on the outskirts of Cairo, while Europe is preparing for a vaccine vaccination campaign against a virus, coinciding with the re-imposition of closure to besiege the new strain.

Local sources said that a fire killed at least 7 and injured others today, Saturday, at the "Misr Al-Amal" Hospital in Al-Obour City, north of Cairo, which is designated for Corona patients.

The initial inspection indicated that an electrical contact caused the fire, and the sources said that the hospital was evacuated and closed, and the patients were transferred to a general hospital in Cairo.

Last week, Egypt witnessed a sharp increase in the number of officially declared Corona cases, as the Ministry of Health recorded 1,133 new infections and 49 deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of injuries to more than 130,000 cases, including 7,309 deaths.

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Local newspapers: 7 people were killed and 5 others were injured by a fire in the intensive care unit at Al-Amal Hospital in Al-Obour City, Qalyubia, designated to receive the injured # Corona pic.twitter.com/CL61ZPnzn3

- Al Jazeera Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) December 26, 2020

Europe


The European Union began today to receive the first doses of the "Pfizer-BioNTech" vaccine on the eve of the start of the vaccination campaigns, as the first doses arrived in Italy, Spain and France, the European countries most affected by the epidemic.

Hungary began vaccinating health care workers today.

More than 25 million infections were recorded in Europe, and Russia announced that it had crossed the 3 million infection threshold.

The United Kingdom exceeded 70 thousand deaths yesterday, and the country is facing an increasing number of infections with the new strain, as it imposed isolation measures on 6 million people in the south and east of the country.

And the new strain of the virus - which experts fear is transmitted faster - has prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions from the United Kingdom, where it first appeared.

A refrigerated truck carrying vaccine doses in Italy under heavy security (Anadolu Agency)

Austria began today its third national lockdown after the Christmas break, and Scotland and Northern Ireland imposed strict new restrictions, including the closure of non-essential institutions and a ban on social gatherings.

The new strain of the virus - which appeared in the United Kingdom - is still spreading around the world, in Spain, 4 infections were discovered, and a new infection appeared in France by a French citizen who arrived from London, as well as in Sweden.

Japan, Denmark, Lebanon, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands also recorded infections with the new strain, which raises the concern of health authorities, which are mainly suffering from pressure.

Asia


The Nikkei newspaper reported that Japan had decided to ban all foreign arrivals from Monday until the end of next January.

Tokyo recorded a record number of 949 daily injuries, and Japan also exceeded the daily number it recently recorded, which is 3 thousand.

On the other hand, Iranian TV said today that Iran has extended the night-time curfew to 330 cities where the outbreak of the Corona virus poses a less severe threat.

And the Ministry of Health announced that 134 people had died during the past 24 hours, the lowest number of deaths since last September.

In televised remarks, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced the US sanctions, saying that they made it difficult to secure the money needed to buy vaccines.

On the other hand, the leaders of the ruling Communist Party in China boasted of their "exceptional" success in dealing with the epidemic. After two days of meetings of the Politburo, the party said in a statement, "At a critical moment, the Party Central Committee adopted a long-term vision and achieved very exceptional glory in this unorthodox year. big".