Putin discussed with Merkel the possibility of "joint production of vaccine"
The return of "Corona" to China ... and instructions to the British to stay at home in the third general isolation
The streets of London are almost empty in the third general isolation.
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China has classified parts of Hebei Province, near the capital, Beijing, as a "high risk area" in relation to the "Corona" epidemic, after figures that indicated, for months, that China is recovering from the emerging corona virus, while Britain began yesterday, a third General isolation to confront the "Covid-19" disease, as residents were instructed to stay at home, while the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, discussed with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the possibility of a "joint production of a vaccine" against the emerging corona virus.
In detail, it came in the Chinese classification, after discovering dozens of new infections with the virus, 14 of them showing symptoms, and 30 without symptoms, in China, which was the cradle of the virus.
Eleven of these cases were in Shijiazhuang, where some of the 2022 Winter Olympics events will be held, and three others were in Yantai City.
Parts of Shijiazhuang were designated high-risk areas, which means they will undergo more stringent isolation tests and procedures, while parts of Yantai have been registered as medium-risk areas.
These injuries bring the total of active cases in Hebei to 19, and medical officials are investigating whether a family gathering was the cause in most of these cases.
China also recorded two local injuries in the northeastern province of Liaoning, and one in Beijing, and 16 other cases came from outside the country.
Since the start of the crisis, China has recorded a total of 87,183 cases of the virus, including 4,634 deaths.
The authorities count people who tested positive, but did not show symptoms, separately from the official death toll.
Fearing another wave of infections, China urges tens of millions of migrant workers to stay in place during the Lunar New Year holiday, next month, which usually witnesses the largest annual human migration in the world.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the start of general isolation, late the day before yesterday, and said that the new highly contagious strain of the Corona virus, which was discovered for the first time in Britain, is spreading rapidly and threatening to put the Public Health Authority under pressure Severe within 21 days.
In England only, about 27,000 people are being treated in hospitals after infection with "Covid-19", and this number is 40% more than the peak of the first wave of the pandemic in April.
Britain began distributing two vaccines to prevent "Covid-19", one manufactured by "Pfizer" and "Biontech", and the second was invented by Oxford University in cooperation with the company "AstraZenica", and more than a million have already been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine.
The government says it is seeking to vaccinate all inmates of nursing homes and their caregivers, everyone over the age of 70, all medical personnel working to combat the virus, social care workers, as well as those most vulnerable to disease, by mid-February.
The new general lockdown in England is expected to last until mid-February, at least, and will be eased gradually after that.
The authorities urged residents to work from home if this was not impossible.
All non-essential hospitality and retail facilities will remain closed, and all sporting activities except for professional competitions will be canceled.
The measures announced by Johnson apply to England, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland announced similar measures.
More than 75,000 people have died in Britain since the start of the pandemic within 28 days of their diagnosis of Covid-19 disease.
Yesterday, Britain presented a package of 4.6 billion pounds ($ 6.2 billion) to support companies struggling to cope with a third lockdown.
This comes at a time when Putin discussed with Merkel the possibility of a "joint production of a vaccine" against the emerging corona virus, as the Kremlin announced yesterday, at a time when Moscow seeks to increase its capabilities in this field.
The Kremlin said, in a statement, that Putin and Merkel discussed during the phone conversation "issues of cooperation in combating the (Covid-19) pandemic, with a focus on possible possibilities for a joint production of a vaccine."
He added, "It was agreed to continue contacts in this regard between the ministries of health and other specialized bodies in both countries."
According to the same source, Putin and Merkel also discussed the conflict between the Kiev forces and the pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, which has largely been stalled since the peace agreements signed in 2015.
Iran detects the first infection with the new strain
The Iranian Minister of Health, Saeed Namaki, said yesterday that Iran recorded the first infection with a new mutated and highly contagious strain of the Corona virus that appeared in Britain, and it is for an Iranian returning from there. At the same time, the Ministry of Health stated that Iran is the country most affected by the Middle East. Corona virus, the lowest daily death was recorded in nearly seven months.
Namaki said on state television: “Unfortunately, we detected the first case of mutated (Covid-19) in Britain with a dear citizen returning from England, and he was transferred to one of our private hospitals,” adding: “We did not find any trace of this virus among the patient’s relatives.”
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, Sima Sadat Larry, told state television that Iran had recorded 98 deaths from the Corona virus in the past 24 hours, the lowest number since June 18, bringing the total number of deaths to 55,748.
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