Category: World News

The UK is currently recording the highest number of CoV deaths in the world relative to its population. On a seven-day moving average, there were more than 16.5 deaths per million people recently. That’s according to a recent evaluation by Oxford University, based on data from Johns Hopkins University. That puts the U.K. just ahead of the Czech Republic and Portugal. Today, the number of deaths reported within 24 hours reached a high of 1,610. Overall, the number of deaths in the UK where Covid-19 was recorded on the death…

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In Spain, the number of new infections has risen to a high of 84,287 in one weekend. From Friday to Monday, 455 people died at the same time of or with Corona, the Ministry of Health in Madrid further announced on Monday evening. On the weekend before still 61,422 infections and 401 fatalities had been counted. The number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days rose to nearly 380. Because of the numbers, which had already been rising for weeks, the starting times of the nightly curfews were…

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More than four million people in the UK have now been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Twice as many people are currently being vaccinated as in any other country in Europe, said British Health Minister Matt Hancock. More than half of those over 80 and half of nursing home residents have already received a dose, he said. “We know that every shot counts,” Hancock said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed cautious optimism during a visit to vaccine maker AstraZeneca, saying the country remains in a “pretty dicey” situation. Johnson announced that…

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After the emergence of a South African and a British Corona variant, a mutation from Brazil is now causing alarm. The P1 variant is not only spreading faster, but is also causing headaches for researchers for another reason. As the journal “Science” reports, the mutation could also already infect genesis. Must the vaccine be improved?The situation in the megacity of Manaus is particularly alarming. The capital of the state of Amazonas recently registered the most hospitalizations in connection with Covid-19 since April – as a result, even the oxygen ran…

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German health departments have reported 7,141 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 214 new deaths were recorded in Germany within 24 hours, the RKI announced early Monday. On Mondays, the recorded case numbers are usually lower because less testing is done on weekends. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 12,497 new infections and 343 new deaths within 24 hours. “After a sharp increase in case numbers in early December, a decline during the holidays and a renewed increase in the…

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Covid-19 is already the leading cause of death in the United States. As of Friday, 3,744 victims of the pandemic were recorded nationwide. For eight months, Covid-19 deaths ranked third among causes of death in the United States – after heart disease and cancer, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) now reported. The situation is currently spiraling out of control in regions like Southern California. Southern California, with the Los Angeles metropolitan area and a population of about ten million (LA County), had apparently weathered the initial flare-up…

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First closed, then open again, then closed again: In the back and forth of the coronavirus restrictions, thousands of landlords in Italy will have to close their bars, restaurants and pizzerias to guests again starting tomorrow. Approximately 70 percent of the gastronomic enterprises are country widely of it affected, communicated the Italian agriculture federation Coldiretti yesterday. Food may then be sold in 15 of the 20 regions and autonomous provinces only to take away. Before the turn of the year, strict coronavirus rules were in force in Italy because of…

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More than 18,000 people in Germany have been infected with the corona virus within 24 hours. Health offices reported 18,678 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours, the RKI announced early Saturday. This brought the number of known cases since the start of the pandemic to 2,019,636 (as of January 16, 00:00). Just the day before, 22,368 new infections had been reported. It should be noted that the actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not detected. In addition,…

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Philippines—the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that they will be implementing the resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on extending the travel ban until January 31. In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente shared that they received an order from Malacanang and the IATF extending the travel ban, following reports of new Covid-19 variants.In the expanded travel restrictions, foreigners coming from or have been to the 33 travel-restricted countries within 14 days from their arrival in the Philippines shall be excluded. Currently, the government…

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