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January 18, 2021 Almost 24 million people in the United States have contracted the coronavirus.

The Johns Hopkins University reports, stating that with the 174,513 new cases of Coronavirus yesterday, 23,936,773 cases are confirmed.

At least 397,600 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, yesterday 1,723 victims.



Brazil, the vaccination campaign begins

It was a 54-year-old nurse from São Paulo, Monica Calazans, the first person vaccinated in Brazil for the start of the coronavirus immunization campaign, after the authorities gave the green light to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Chinese Sinovac Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who downplayed the pandemic, is once again under fire of criticism for the devastating second wave sweeping the country.

Another 551 deaths were recorded on Sunday after six consecutive days with an average of 1,000 deaths.

The total number of Covid-19 victims in the country is 209,000 people and 8.4 million infections, respectively the second and third in the world in the ranking.



Japan, record of hospitalized in intensive care

The latest official data released by the health authorities relating to yesterday confirm the upward trend of infections throughout Japan.

Of the more than 5,700 new cases registered, as many as 970 concern patients with severe symptoms who required hospitalization in an intensive care unit.

In the capital Tokyo, where the number of hospitalizations was 1592, the health system is close to collapse, with almost 100% of the available places already filled.



China, 109 cases in one day

In China, more than one hundred coronavirus infections have been recorded per day for the sixth consecutive day, with 109 cases confirmed in the last 24 hours.

This was reported by the Chinese health authorities who are accusing the ice cream.

In particular, the Beijing government believes it has detected the Coronavirus on an ice cream produced in eastern China, which has been withdrawn from the market.

The Daqiaodao Food Company which is located in Tianjin, near Beijing, was then sealed off and its employees tested for Coronavirus, the government explains.       



Meanwhile, the National Health Commission reported that, of the 109 cases confirmed in the last 24 hours, 93 were reported locally.

Of the latter, 54 were confirmed in Hebei province, around Beijing.

Record of thirty new cases in the northeastern province of Jilin, where new outbreaks are feared to emerge.

The Chinese authorities have identified a '' super speaker '' on which over one hundred infections would depend.

The Beijing authorities reported this, explaining that 102 cases would depend on a 45-year-old man who traveled to north-east China on board trains.




Japan, record of hospitalized in intensive care

The latest official data released by the health authorities relating to yesterday confirm the upward trend of infections throughout Japan.

Of the more than 5,700 new cases registered, as many as 970 concern patients with severe symptoms who required hospitalization in an intensive care unit.

In the capital Tokyo, where the number of hospitalizations was 1592, the health system is close to collapse, with almost 100% of the available places already filled.



Australia, border closure hypothesis for the whole of 2021

The Canberra authorities believe it likely that the borders of Australia will remain closed for the whole of 2021, with a view to protecting the country from Coronavirus.

This was announced by the Australian Minister of Health Brendan Murphy, reiterating restrictions on borders and the obligation of quarantine in hotels throughout the year.

Despite the launch of Covid-19 vaccinations and the fact that airlines have reopened to bookings for international travel starting in July, Murphy believes the risk of reopening borders would remain too great.

"I think the answer is probably no," Murphy told ABC TV in response to a possible reopening of borders this year.

"I think we will still have substantial border restrictions for most of this year," he added.