"World Health" confirms the need to help long-term "Covid" patients

European Union leaders discuss speeding up vaccination campaigns and threatening Corona variants

European Council President Charles Michel speaks with European Union leaders during the summit via video link at the Council building in Brussels.

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Yesterday, the leaders of the European Union discussed, during a summit through virtual space, the adoption of a joint strategy regarding the threat posed by the mutated versions of the Corona virus, in addition to ways to accelerate the vaccination campaigns against the virus, as the 27 countries of the Union are lagging behind leading countries in this matter, at a time confirmed. The European branch of the World Health Organization stated that the “long-term Covid” that mysteriously affects a large number of “Corona” patients must be accorded “utmost importance” by all health authorities around the world.

In detail, European leaders discussed, during a summit through virtual space, the adoption of a common strategy regarding the threat posed by the mutated versions of the Coronavirus, despite the restrictions imposed on movement in an uncoordinated manner and the major differences regarding the "vaccine passport."

The summit came at a time when there is not a rapid decline in the number of infections on the European continent, with the slow pace of vaccination campaigns, and the spread of the British and South African mutants.

The Europeans want to be prepared, especially if it becomes necessary to prepare second-generation vaccines that are able to immunize against mutated versions of the virus, and Brussels has promised to speed up the process of giving the green light.

Because of this fear, 10 EU member states have imposed restrictions on their borders.

The European Commission urged six of them to offer explanations about the restrictions imposed on movement, which it considers exaggerated, expressing fear that they may affect supply chains.

Among them are Belgium, which bans unnecessary travel, and Germany, which imposes restrictions on crossing its borders from Czechia, Slovakia and the Austrian province of Tyrol.

For its part, France announced that it would request PCR tests for non-work-related trips for workers across borders from Germany to the Moselle region.

A senior European official said, "Coordination is complicated, because officials consider that the priority is to protect their citizens."

The member states of the European Union promised to adopt "proportionate" and "non-discriminatory" measures, but the modified versions changed the data.

A diplomat said that these modifications "provoke legitimate tension and caution, and for some governments, closing borders is the most appropriate response."

The final draft recommendations of the summit stated that European leaders want to reaffirm "ensuring the flow of goods and services without any obstacles within the single market."

During the summit, heads of state and government pledged to urgently expedite licensing, production and distribution of vaccines, as well as vaccination operations.

State and government leaders also addressed vaccine supplies for other countries.

On the other hand, the Director of the World Health Organization’s European Regional Office, Hans Kluge, yesterday urged European countries to do more to help patients who suffer the long-term effects of the "Covid-19" disease caused by the Coronavirus.

Klug said: "The burden is real and huge, nearly one in 10 people with (Covid-19) remains ill even after 12 weeks, and many of them for much longer."

He added that countries should collect data and study protocols as part of measures to "improve long-term outcomes for patients" suffering from what is known as "long-term Covid" or "post-Covid syndrome."

Martin Mackey, professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, explained that patients can suffer "overlapping symptoms" such as "chest and muscle pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and what patients describe as brain fog."

The Regional Office has warned that new strains of the virus continue to spread at high rates across Europe.

The Europe region of the World Health Organization includes 53 countries.

Globally, the number of people infected with the Coronavirus worldwide has reached more than 112.31 million, while the total number of deaths resulting from the epidemic has reached two million 592 thousand and 252 deaths.

In Moscow, the Russian health authorities announced yesterday that 446 deaths had been recorded.

And 11.198 thousand new infections with the Corona virus.

Yesterday, the National Health Commission in China announced that it had received reports of seven new confirmed cases of corona on the Chinese mainland.

India recorded 16,738 thousand new infections with the Coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health data yesterday, in the highest daily increase since January 29.

Yesterday, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced the registration of five new deaths from the emerging Corona virus, bringing the total deaths in the Kingdom to 6,480 cases.

In a statement, the Ministry indicated that 356 new cases of the virus were recorded, bringing the total number of cases to 376,377.

For her part, the Palestinian Minister of Health, Mai al-Keela, announced yesterday that 2,100 new cases of Coronavirus and 11 deaths were recorded among Palestinians during the past twenty-four hours, and that she submitted a recommendation to the Prime Minister to impose a comprehensive closure.

Algeria received 200 thousand doses of "Sinopharm"

Algeria received 200 thousand doses of the Sinopharm vaccine as a gift from the Chinese government that it had promised a few days ago, according to the Algerian News Agency.

Government spokesman Ammar Belhimer said: "We received (Wednesday) a shipment of the Chinese vaccine (Sinopharma), which is coming to complete the anti-pandemic procedure."

"This process will continue and there will be further shipments of the vaccine against (Covid-19) until the needs of the country are fully met before the end of the year," he added.

The Chinese ambassador to Algeria, Li Lian Khe, announced a week ago that Algeria will receive in the coming days 200,000 doses of the vaccine produced by his country.

Algeria - AFP

Syria begins vaccinating medical staff next week

Yesterday, the Syrian Minister of Health, Hassan Al-Ghobash, announced that the process of distributing anti-Coronavirus vaccines will start next week with medical staff working on the front lines facing the epidemic, after his country received an amount from a "friendly country" that he did not name.

"Al-Watan" newspaper stated that the vaccines are produced by China, with a total quantity of 5,000 doses, sufficient for 2,500 medical personnel.

Al-Ghobash said during a press conference, according to what was reported by the official Syrian News Agency (SANA), that after the ministry received a quantity of vaccine «from a friendly country», vaccination of the health staff will start.

According to Ministry of Health data, 6.7% of confirmed injuries are asymptomatic cases, while the rate of proven infection among health workers is about 3.6%, according to Al-Ghobash.

Damascus - AFP

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