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The Philippines will soon reopen its borders to international tourism – but only to fully vaccinated vacationers from “green” countries with high vaccination rates and low infection rates. The National Task Force to Contain the CoV Pandemic is still working on the final details for the rules, presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles said today. “But we are informing the whole world in advance that we will soon open our shores to tourists from countries on the Green List.” There are currently 43 countries and territories on the list, including China, Taiwan,…

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The number of new CoV infections in Slovakia has reached a record high. Within 24 hours, 9,171 new cases were added, authorities announced today. This was the first time since the start of the pandemic that the number of detected new infections exceeded 9,000. According to the data, 71 percent of those newly infected were not vaccinated. Nearly 3,000 people were hospitalized for infection. While CoV rules are being tightened and a lockdown is pending in this country, the right-wing conservative government in Slovakia has just backed down from measures…

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Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn and Robert Koch Institute (RKI) President Lothar Wieler have painted a dramatic picture of the coronavirus situation. “The momentum is unbroken,” Spahn said today in Berlin. The situation is more serious than last week, he said. “It’s ten past twelve.” Referring to the situation in German hospitals, Spahn said, “We are in a national emergency that also needs a joint effort.” Wieler pointed out that in more than a quarter of counties, the 7-day incidence is above 500, and many hospitals are at breaking point.…

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The delta subvariant of coronavirus, AY.4.2. is now responsible for more than one in ten new infections in the UK. This is according to the large-scale React study conducted by Imperial College London, the latest results of which were published on Thursday. According to the study, 11.8 percent of 841 sequenced positive samples could be assigned to the AY.4.2. subvariant. In total, PCR tests from more than 100,000 people had been evaluated for the study. According to the findings, the subvariant is probably spreading faster than the previously predominant delta…

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Booster vaccinations across the board can reverse the trend of rapidly rising corona numbers, according to a German corona model calculator. “We see clearly infection-reducing effects in the simulations once about 30 percent of the population has received the booster,” Kai Nagel of the Technical University of Berlin told German media. The prerequisite for this, he said, is to create appropriate vaccination capacities in Germany. “Optimally, we would again, as in the summer, vaccinate at least one percent of the population per day with the booster. If we can achieve…

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The Italian government has ruled out a lockdown for the unvaccinated . Infection numbers are under control, so tightening restrictions is not necessary, Regional Minister Mariastella Gelmini said yesterday. “The government has made decisions that allow our country to stay open. In our country, 84 percent of citizens are vaccinated with two doses. The government is following with great attention the evolution of the risk of contagion and is pushing for the third dose. The decisions taken allow us to be reasonably calm about the situation, but it is clear…

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More than 253 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.1 million infected people have died. More than 7.4 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The latest developmentsIn the UK, booster vaccinations against the coronavirus will be offered to everyone over the age of 40 in the future. That was announced by Health Minister Sajid Javid in London on Monday (Nov. 15) following a recommendation to that effect by the National Immunization Commission. The experts also advised that 16- and…

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Biontech/Pfizer’s Corona vaccine can now be given to children aged five to eleven in Israel. This was decided by the Ministry of Health on Sunday (Nov. 14), after a panel of experts had previously spoken out in favor. The additional doses needed are to be delivered to Israel in the coming days, allowing an immediate start of the vaccination campaign for younger children, the newspaper Haaretz reported. According to the report, only 2 of the 75 experts consulted by the Health Ministry voted against releasing the drug for children five…

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Slovenia is apparently considering a “lockdown for the unvaccinated” along the lines of Austria, but is still awaiting a decision from the Constitutional Court in this regard.“Austria has already introduced a drastic restriction for all unvaccinated people. Now we would need to know as soon as possible whether we can also go down this path,” Slovenian head of government Janez Jansa said Monday in parliament in Ljubljana, according to the STA news agency. Croatian president criticizes lockdown for unvaccinatedThe country of two million currently has the European Union’s relatively highest…

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