Warning of the possibility of imposing closures during the winter in Britain

500,000 deaths in Brazil as a result of “Corona” .. France and Japan ease restrictions

The number of doses injected in China represented more than a third of the world total of doses administered.

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From France, where it is allowed to leave without restrictions, to Japan, which lifted the state of emergency, some countries eased, yesterday, measures to combat “Covid-19”, after the health situation improved in them, which is still a remote possibility for Brazil, whose death toll exceeded 500,000 , while a third pandemic wave looms on the horizon.

For its part, China has so far given more than one billion doses of vaccines against the emerging corona virus.

Three days after canceling their obligation to wear masks abroad, the French are regaining a near-normal life. Yesterday, the curfew imposed eight months ago was lifted, due to the decrease in the number of injuries.

France is one of the countries in Europe most affected by the Corona virus, with more than 110,000 deaths, and was among the last countries to maintain such a measure, along with Italy and Greece.

Other European countries, including Germany and Spain, are moving towards a gradual lifting of the mandatory mandatory wearing of masks.

In Japan, a month before the Olympics (July 23 - August 8), the state of emergency was lifted yesterday, as was scheduled in Tokyo and in eight other regions, but restrictions are still imposed, and it is possible to limit the attendance of the local public at the Olympics.

Bars and restaurants will again be allowed to serve drinks until 19:00, but are still required to close at 20:00.

Also, it will be allowed again to organize gatherings (sports meetings and performances) in the presence of an audience, but with 50% of the capacity of each location, provided that the number of people present does not exceed 10,000.

In Brazil, which last Saturday became the second country in the world where the number of deaths due to “Covid” exceeded the 500,000 mark, after the United States, the high number of daily deaths confirms the existence of a third pandemic wave.

The latest outcome announced by the Ministry of Health, which is considered by a large number of infectious disease experts to be less than the real numbers, spoke of 500 thousand and 800 deaths, including 2301 recorded during the past 24 hours.

The situation is critical in 19 out of 27 Brazilian states, with more than 80% of beds occupied in care departments, and 90% in eight of them.

And in China, where the virus was almost eliminated in the country more than a year ago, thanks to mandatory quarantine measures, and huge numbers of examinations, in addition to applications on mobile phones, to control the movements of infected people, the authorities strongly encourage the population to receive the vaccine, by recalling national solidarity. their duty as citizens.

And China, which has 1.4 billion people, announced yesterday, 23 new infections within 24 hours, all of them people coming from abroad, who were systematically placed in quarantine without being able to contact any of the local population in the first place.

China has so far given more than one billion doses of vaccines against the Corona virus, according to what was announced yesterday by the Ministry of Health, without specifying the percentage of the population who were fully vaccinated.

The number of doses injected in China represents more than a third of the global total of doses given, and the number of doses given in the world exceeded, Friday, the threshold of 2.5 billion, according to a census based on official sources.

For its part, the Russian capital, Moscow, announced last Saturday that it had recorded a record number of cases of “Covid-19” for the second day in a row, reaching 9,120 cases within 24 hours.

The previous day, Moscow had counted 9,056 new infections, compared to about 3,000 daily injuries two weeks ago.

The reason for this epidemic boom, according to the authorities, is the outbreak of the "delta" mutant, which appeared in India, and threatens to overwhelm hospitals in Moscow.

The city also obligated employees working in the service sector to receive vaccinations.

And in Britain, scientists have warned that the emergence of new respiratory viruses will mean that the coming winter will “be very miserable” for the United Kingdom, where further closure measures are possible.

And the British news agency PA Media quoted Calum Sembley, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, which makes recommendations to the government, as saying that children and the elderly will be vulnerable to outbreaks of viruses at the end of the year.

Another health expert warned that hospitals could become "overcrowded" at some point during the winter.

"I think we're going to have a very miserable winter, because our respiratory diseases will come back and hit us hard," Sembly said, yesterday, to the Times Radio.

But after that, I think we will see things return to normal next year.”

• The number of anti-Coronavirus vaccine doses given in China has exceeded the one billion mark.

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