Call for "maintaining tight restrictions"
Europe is concerned ... and the United States is satisfied with the vaccination campaign being advanced there
A health worker prepares a dose of the Corona vaccine during a home visit to vaccinate vulnerable groups.
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The United States confirmed, the day before yesterday, that its vaccination campaign against the Corona virus "has advanced several weeks" to the specified deadlines, while the President of the European Council warned that "the next few weeks will remain difficult in the field of vaccinations", and with the number of deaths due to "Covid-19" »In the world officially 2.5 million since the beginning of the outbreak of the epidemic, European leaders called for“ maintaining tight restrictions ”and speeding up vaccination campaigns to deal with the“ additional challenges ”posed by the spread of more infectious mutations.
"The epidemiological situation remains dangerous and the new mutations pose additional challenges, so we must maintain strict restrictions while intensifying our efforts to accelerate shipments of vaccines," the heads of state and government of the 27 member states of the European Union said at the conclusion of the summit.
European Council President Charles Michel warned that the "next few weeks" will remain "difficult in terms of vaccination."
Nevertheless, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she is "optimistic" that her goal of vaccinating 70% of the adult European Union population will be achieved by "the end of the summer", thanks to the expected sharp increase in laboratory shipments.
On the other hand, the head of the AstraZeneca Laboratory, in an interrogation session in the European Parliament, expressed his "optimism" that the group would be able to compensate in the second quarter of the year for its delay in the delivery of anti-Covid vaccines to the European Union thanks to increased production.
And «AstraZeneca» announced at the end of January the provision of 40 million doses only to the 27 countries in the first quarter of the 120 million it had promised at the beginning, due to difficulties in manufacturing in a Belgian factory.
A few hours later, President Biden expressed his relief that the United States was "several weeks ahead" of the deadlines specified in the vaccination program, and when he took office, he had promised to give 100 million doses within 100 days.
"I'm here today to say we've reached the middle of the road with 50 million doses in just 37 days since I became president," Biden said.
He added, "This is several weeks ahead of the program." However, Biden also stressed that "this is not the right time to reduce the caution, calling on Americans to continue to respect preventive measures."
Washington urged the G20 countries, yesterday, to launch a truly global and coordinated vaccination campaign to prevent poor countries from being left behind, which could slow the global economic recovery.
For her part, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed, in a speech published on the occasion of the G20 finance ministers meeting, yesterday that "containing the epidemic in the world is necessary to achieve a strong economic recovery."
The director of the European branch of the World Health Organization, Hans Kluge, called for the voices of people suffering from symptoms for a long time to be heard.
Klug stressed during a press conference that the issue of "long-term Covid" is "a clear priority for the World Health Organization and of utmost importance, and it must be the same for all health authorities."
He expressed his regret that these long-term symptoms are often faced with "a lack of understanding", and his request comes while the health authorities focus on vaccination campaigns to try to curb the epidemic.
Hong Kong and South Korea are to launch the vaccination campaign on Friday.
In France, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that "about half of those infected with Covid" are infected with the English mutated corona, which is the most contagious, which raises fears of an epidemic explosion.
And he announced that 20 regions have been placed under "enhanced surveillance" due to the greater spread of the epidemic, and local quarantine measures can be imposed in them from the weekend of March 6 if the situation continues to deteriorate.
On the other hand, Paris and Berlin decided, the day before yesterday, to impose checks for workers across the borders between the French Moselle administration and the neighboring German regions, and in this case the two countries agreed to avoid resorting to closing the borders with strict controls, contrary to what Germany did with the Czech Republic and the Austrian region of Tyrol.
The situation in Britain is improving, as the British health authorities decided, the day before yesterday, to lower the alert level related to the "Covid-19" epidemic, with the "decline" of the risk of exceeding the capacity of hospitals in this country, which has been subject to strict quarantine procedures since early January.
Heads of medical departments in the four provinces that make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) said that the alert level had been reduced from class five to class four.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II encouraged her citizens to receive the vaccine, explaining that the blue did not "harm her at all" and that she was "thinking about others."
The 94-year-old queen said she felt "protected" after being vaccinated in January, like her husband, Prince Philip, 99.
Coronavirus outbreak in two US Navy ships
Yesterday, the US Navy announced an outbreak of the Coronavirus, among the crew of two military ships located in the Gulf region.
It is likely that the two ships will stop performing their duties for several days in Bahrain, amid escalating tensions with Iran, against the backdrop of the Iranian military strike in Syria, according to Fox News.
The amphibious transport ship "San Diego" was scheduled to operate near the coast of Bahrain, but tests showed that 10 of the crew members were infected with Corona.
Suddenly, a guided missile cruiser "Philippine C" was sent to Bahrain, and the Navy announced that it was still examining the crew members, without revealing details.
And work on board the ship «San Diego» about 600 sailors and soldiers from the Marines, while working on «Philippine C» about 380 sailors.
It is noteworthy that there are American warships operating in the Gulf region and the Arabian Sea, such as the guided missile destroyer "John Paul Jones", and the amphibious assault ship "McCain Island", which is a center for the fifteenth Marine Corps unit.
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