China News Service, December 28, according to a comprehensive report, according to statistics from the Johns Hopkins University website, as of about 7:22 on the 28th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide has exceeded 80.72 million, with more than 1.76 million deaths. .
Following the emergence of the highly contagious mutant new coronavirus in the UK, more than 10 countries including Sweden and Italy have also found related cases of infection.
On the other hand, on the 27th local time, medical staff and elderly people across the European Union rolled up their sleeves and began to receive the new crown vaccination.
On December 14, local time, a nurse at the Jewish Medical Center in Long Island, New York demonstrated the first batch of new coronavirus vaccines in the United States.
On the same day, Pfizer's first batch of nearly 3 million doses of the new crown vaccine arrived in the United States.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
Dawning?
Many European countries start new crown vaccination work
On the 27th local time, medical staff and elderly people across the European Union began to receive the first dose of the new crown vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
Foreign media pointed out that as the European continent is facing the worst health crisis in a century, this symbolizes unity and hope.
Araceli, 96, in a care center in Spain, became the first person to be vaccinated in the country.
Alaseli said with a smile after the injection that the vaccination process "has nothing."
In Italy, 29-year-old nurse Alifernini became one of the first Italian medical staff to be vaccinated.
Alifenini said, "The vaccination went very smoothly. This is an exciting historical moment." "This is the beginning of the end."
France also started the new crown vaccination on the 27th.
French President Macron affirmed the vaccination work through social media that day. He pointed out that France thus has a "new weapon" to fight the virus.
According to reports, the European Medicines Agency will also consider whether to approve another new crown vaccine produced by Modena on January 6, 2021, which has already been vaccinated in the United States.
In addition, Russia has also started vaccination work before.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that after all procedures are completed, Russian President Putin will receive the "Satellite-V" new crown vaccine.
On December 22, local time, the Pediatric Rehabilitation and Developmental Disability Department of IRCCS of San Rafael Hospital in Rome, Italy set up a "hug room" where children in hospital can hug and reunite with their families through plastic film.
The picture shows a girl hugging her mother.
Continue to spread! More than ten countries have discovered mutant new coronaviruses
On the other hand, following the discovery of the more infectious mutated new coronavirus in the United Kingdom, more than ten countries have found infected persons with the mutated new coronavirus, including European countries such as France, Germany, Ireland, and Sweden, as well as Japan, Lebanon and other countries.
The Italian health department notified on the 26th that 14 positive patients of the new crown have been found in Italy, which are confirmed cases of the new crown variant virus discovered in the UK.
Sweden also reported its first case of mutated new coronavirus infection on the 26th.
According to reports, the case is a traveller from the UK who is currently in isolation.
In Japan, there are currently 7 cases of mutated new coronavirus infection, and the first case of domestic human-to-human transmission has occurred.
In order to prevent the import of the virus, Japan has announced the suspension of new entry worldwide until the end of January 2021.