Record of contaminations in Russia

Russia recorded 41,335 contaminations in 24 hours on Saturday, a record since the start of the pandemic, a sign of an epidemic that is not weakening despite the non-working week decreed by President Vladimir Putin from October 30 to November 7.

With 245,635 officially registered deaths, the country holds the European record in this area.

And the toll is undoubtedly even higher, since the statistics agency Rosstat estimated it at nearly 450,000 deaths at the end of September, with a broader definition of deaths linked to the virus.

Deadly fire in Indian hospital

A fire killed at least 11 coronavirus patients on Saturday, most of them over 60, in a hospital in Ahmadnagar, western India, an official source has learned.

The recently built room which housed around twenty Covid patients has completely burned down.

The situation of India's underfunded public health system reached a critical point with the strong Covid-19 wave of April-May, and several hospitals had to deal with fires.

France: skiers will have to mask themselves

Wearing a mask will be compulsory in the queues for ski lifts in French ski resorts and the health pass will also become so if the national incidence rate exceeds 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the Prime Minister announced on Saturday at the meeting. '' a trip to Haute-Savoie (Alps).

Austria: restaurants reserved for vaccinated

Austria announced to impose from Monday the obligation to be vaccinated or cured of Covid-19 to be able to access restaurants, hotels and cultural places, while the country is facing an increase in cases of contamination.

Over five million dead

The pandemic has killed more than 5.03 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019, out of more than 249 million confirmed infections, according to a report established by AFP on Saturday at 4 p.m. GMT.

The United States is the country with the most deaths (753,937), ahead of Brazil (609,060) and India (460,285).

The WHO estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that which is officially established.

burs-jba-jah / ber / mr

© 2021 AFP