The latest developments in the spread of the "Corona" virus in the world
The following are the latest developments related to the outbreak of the new Corona virus in the world today:
- London seeks to reassure that AstraZeninka - the British government is trying to reassure the population about the safety of vaccines, following the announcement that the AstraZeneca vaccine will be intended for those over the age of thirty, as a precaution.
And Health Minister Matt Hanok explained in several television programs this morning that all the Corona virus vaccines used in the United Kingdom "do not pose any risk for all ages."
However, those under 30 will be given the Moderna or Pfizer / Bauentic vaccine, due to the "extremely rare" risk of developing a blood clot with AstraZeneca.
- Restrictions on the use of AstraZeneca in the Philippines - The Ministry of Health in the Philippines announced the suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for those under the age of sixty, following reports confirming a link with rare cases of blood clots.
- More than 700 million doses - At least 708.4 million doses of anti-corona virus vaccines have been given in the world, according to an AFP census, according to official sources until today at 10:00 GMT.
The overwhelming majority of the countries of the world began to vaccinate, and 95% of the world's population resides in countries that have started vaccination.
However, there is a wide variation between the "high-income" countries according to the classification of the World Bank, in which half of the doses administered in the world are concentrated, and the "low-income" countries that only give 0.1% of the doses.
Record deaths in Poland - Poland announced today the death of 954 people as a result of Covid-19, which is a record number for one day, which raises the number of victims to 56,659, according to the figures of the Ministry of Health.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said that this high number of deaths is due to a delay in registration due to Easter, and that it includes deaths over several days.
- Two million injuries in Iran - The number of Corona cases in Iran officially exceeded the two million mark today, while the number of daily injuries reached a record high in what an official described as a "rapid" rise.
The total number of deaths reached 63,884.
With this rise in infections in the Islamic Republic, some health experts called for the closure of the capital, Tehran, to contain the fourth wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.
- Suspension of a German mayor's work - The municipal council has temporarily suspended the duties of a city mayor in central Germany because he received an anti-Coronavirus vaccine in January without being among the priority residents.
Brend Wiegand, 64, mayor of Halle, in the county of Sachsin-Anhalt, received a dose in January, while older adults were given priority.
- Roland Gowers postponed - The French Tennis Federation announced Thursday that the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament, will be postponed for a week to become between May 30 and June 13, due to the repercussions of the Coronavirus pandemic.
- No muzzle on the sea in Spain - In Spain, bathers on beaches will not be obligated to wear masks "if they stay in a specific place and respect the minimum spacing of one and a half meters with people who do not live with them in the same house," according to the Ministry of Health.
- More than 2.89 million deaths - Corona virus has caused the death of 2,890,054 people in the world since the WHO office in China reported the outbreak of the disease at the end of December 2019, according to a census conducted by Agence France-Presse according to official sources Thursday at 10:00 GMT .
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