India has recorded a new record in the number of Coronavirus infections, which reached nearly 350,000 new infections during the past 24 hours, and on the other hand, Britain is planning to buy tens of millions of additional doses of the Corona vaccine.

The total number of infections in India rose to nearly 17 million.

The authorities also recorded the death of more than 2,700 people, bringing the number of deaths to more than 192,000 deaths.

Some hospitals have issued public reports of lack of medical oxygen, which heralds a health disaster in the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech broadcast on the radio, "We were confident, and our spirits were high after we successfully faced the first wave, but this storm shook the country."

The Modi government faced criticism for relaxing and allowing religious and political gatherings when the daily number of infections fell below 10,000, and it did not plan to strengthen the health care system.

Experts warn of the collapse of the health system in this country against the backdrop of the significant increase in the number of hospitalized patients.

India continues to implement a massive vaccination campaign against Corona, with the outcome reaching 140 million and 802 thousand and 794 doses.

The Indian version arrives in Switzerland

In the same context, Switzerland announced the registration of the first infection with the Indian mutated version of the Corona virus.

The Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland said that the case was discovered in a traveler who was passing through one of the country's airports.

Authorities are currently considering adding India to the red list of high-risk countries from which people coming from must undergo a 10-day quarantine.

Several countries around the world suspended flights from India after the mutated Indian version of the virus spread.

Britain is pursuing a vaccine

The "Sunday Times" reported today, Sunday, that British officials are close to completing a deal to purchase tens of millions of additional doses of the Pfizer anti-corona virus vaccine, to be available to provide a third booster dose of the vaccine to the elderly this fall.

The newspaper quoted government sources as saying that it hopes to double the original order of the United Kingdom, amounting to 40 million doses.

If negotiations succeed, the extra stock could also be used to vaccinate those in their twenties.

It is scheduled to start the British National Health Service calls for people in their thirties to get the vaccine within days.

More than half of the UK population, or about 33.5 million people, received at least one dose of the Corona vaccine, while 12 million received the required two doses.

America .. 225 million doses of vaccine

In the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that 225 million doses of the vaccine against the Corona virus have been distributed throughout the country so far.

The center added that 138 million doses were used, bringing the number of people who completed their vaccinations receiving the two doses to 93 million people, which is nearly a third of the country's population.

And President Joe Biden's administration announced that it plans to complete the vaccination of all Americans within the coming months.

It is noteworthy that the United States tops the global list in the total numbers of infections and deaths from the Coronavirus.