The "Global Health" team continues to verify the source of the epidemic

7 Chinese anti-Corona vaccines enter the third phase of clinical trials

A photographer stands on a ladder trying to photograph a WHO expert visit to the Huanan Seafood Market in China.

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The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announced that there are seven vaccines against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), made in China, that entered clinical trials for the third stage, while WHO experts continued their mission to verify the source of the epidemic by visiting a market in Wuhan, which was the first focus of the spread Virus.

The new China News Agency, "Xinhua", said yesterday that 16 vaccines made in China are undergoing clinical trials, according to the Director-General of the Ministry of Science and Technology for Social Development, Wu Yuanbin.

WHO experts continued their mission to verify the sources of the "Covid-19" epidemic by visiting, yesterday, a market in Wuhan, China, which was the first focus of the Corona virus a year ago.

The team arrived at the Huanan Seafood Market, where live wild animals were sold, and has been closed since January 2020, and entered the fenced-off place, while guards quickly prevented others from entering.

The experts did not answer any questions upon their arrival at the vast market, and security personnel asked journalists in the vicinity of the market to leave.

Before its closure, the market was bustling with movement and included hundreds of stalls selling meat, seafood and vegetables, and on December 31, 2019, after the link between Huanan Market and four cases of mysterious pneumonia, it was decided to close the market, and by the end of January Wuhan had imposed a general lockdown for a period of 76 days. However, experts believe that Huanan Market still plays a role in tracking the origin of the virus, because the first exacerbation of cases was with it.

And after last Thursday, the quarantine of the WHO team ended, experts visited hospitals and markets, and an exhibition documenting Wuhan's battle with the virus, and the World Health Organization said that the team’s activities will be limited to visits organized by its Chinese hosts, and that experts will not communicate with community members in light of Health restrictions.

Yesterday, the National Health Commission in China announced that it had received reports of 92 new confirmed cases of Corona recorded on the Chinese mainland, and the commission clarified that 73 of the new infections were local infections, while the rest were coming from abroad, and no new deaths were reported. Associated with disease.

As of yesterday, the total number of confirmed cases of "Corona" on the Chinese mainland reached 89,522, including 1668 patients who are still receiving treatment, 76 of them are in serious condition, and the total number of people recovering reached 83218, while the number of deaths stabilized at 4,636 cases.

A number of countries of the world continued to tighten restrictions to confront the Corona outbreak, and, as of yesterday, France closed its borders to arrivals from countries outside the European Union, while arrivals from within the bloc will have to show evidence that they are not infected with the Corona virus, and shopping centers will be closed. And increase the police patrols, to impose a curfew, starting from 6 pm.

French President Emmanuel Macron defended his decision to postpone imposing general isolation measures for the third time, telling people that he believed in their ability to curb "Covid-19", under less severe restrictions even with the spread of the third wave.

Macron said on the social networking site "Twitter": "Trust us, these hours that we are living are crucial, let us do everything we can to slow the epidemic together."

Germany has banned entry to its lands, by land, sea and air, for people coming from five countries witnessing a large outbreak of mutated versions of the virus, while Canada will also tighten restrictions on arrivals to its lands and measures aimed at curbing the spread of mutated versions of the virus, according to what Prime Minister Justin announced Trudeau.

On the other hand, the rate of new infections and hospitalizations in the United States tends to decrease, although the total number of daily injuries is still much higher than recorded during the summer.

Experts believe that the reason for this improvement is due to respect for the rules of prevention, such as wearing the muzzle and social distancing, with the passing of the holiday seasons during which gatherings increase.

The United States currently records more than 3000 deaths per day, due to the delay in hospitalization, but the epidemic curves are tending to decrease in the country in which the epidemic caused the death of more than 430 thousand people.

On the other hand, masks will become mandatory on shared transportation in the United States from tomorrow, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and this measure, which the new US President, Joe Biden promised, will be applied to planes, buses, trains, taxis and ferries.

A Reuters statistics showed that more than 102.4 million people were infected with the emerging corona virus worldwide, while the total number of deaths resulting from the virus reached two million 215,642 cases.

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