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Not only in Japan, but also in South Korea, Corona infection numbers remain high. According to local media, the Japanese capital Tokyo registered a record high of 949 new Corona infections within 24 hours. Just the day before, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged the nation to stay home and avoid social contact in light of rising case numbers. During the New Year vacations, many citizens of the capital usually flock to the provinces. The number of new coronavirus infections also remained high in South Korea. Within 24 hours, 1,132 new…

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In France, for the first time, a person has tested positive for the new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Great Britain. The man from the city of Tours returned from Britain on Dec. 19 and is in quarantine, the French health ministry said yesterday. He had entered from London and developed symptoms, but was doing well, it said. The British government had made public the discovery of a coronavirus mutation about a week ago. This is said to be up to 70 percent more contagious than the previous variant.…

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In Europe, more than 25 million people have already been infected with the virus since the start of the Corona pandemic. This was the result of a count by the AFP news agency on Friday from 52 countries based on information from authorities. In terms of deaths, Europe had surpassed 500,000 on Dec. 17, and the number now stands at 540,647. In total, more than 1.74 million people worldwide have died so far in connection with the novel coronavirus. Worldwide, the number of infections is more than 79.3 million, and…

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High numbers of new daily coronavirus infections and deaths have again been reported in the U.S. this Christmas. On Thursday, 192,081 new infections and 2,899 deaths with confirmed coronavirus infection were recorded within one day, according to data released today by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The highest levels to date were recorded last week with 249,709 new infections (Dec. 18) and 3,682 deaths (Dec. 16). In total, about 18.6 million people have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in the country of about 330 million people. Since the…

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Slovakia today exceeded the limit of more than 4,000 confirmed new coronavirus infections per day for the first time. In total, health authorities reported 4,046 new cases following PCR testing. Even before that, the Medical Association and other health organizations had warned of a collapse of hospitals and accused the government of a chaotic coronavirus policy. Already since Saturday (Dec. 19), most businesses in Slovakia have been closed. Only grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations and other outlets necessary for the basic supply of the population are allowed to stay open.…

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The coronavirus mutation discovered in Great Britain was detected in a woman in Baden-Württemberg on Thursday. This is the first known case in Germany, confirmed a spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Stuttgart. The woman entered Baden-Württemberg from Great Britain via Frankfurt Airport on Dec. 20, he said. She is currently visiting relatives in the Freudenstadt district and is in domestic isolation. The mutated variant B.1.1.7 of the coronavirus had been detected for the first time in Great Britain. The woman had already taken a rapid test on arrival…

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Coronavirus continues to spread in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reported 58,428 new infections yesterday. This brings the total number of infections in Brazil to 7,423 million. The number of deaths increased by 762 to 189,982 within 24 hours. Brazil has the most infections and deaths in the world in the coronavirus pandemic after the United States. Meanwhile, Chile became the first South American country to launch a vaccination program. It is based on the first 10,000 vaccination units provided by Biontech and Pfizer. hp, Source: orf.at, picture: pixabay.com

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Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica have become the first countries in Latin America to start vaccinating their populations against the coronavirus. The vaccination launch in Mexico was broadcast live during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s morning press conference Thursday (local time). The head nurse of the intensive care unit of Rubén Leñero Hospital in Mexico City was the first Latin American woman to receive the Corona vaccination, as reported by El Universal newspaper. María Irene Ramírez is one of the frontline health workers treating patients related to Covid-19. “This is…

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Peru has registered more than one million Corona cases. According to health ministry data released Wednesday, the number of confirmed infections with the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen in the South American country has risen to 1,000,153 since the pandemic began, and more than 37,000 patients have died so far in connection with Corona. By the end of August, Peru, a nation of nearly 32 million people, had become the country with the highest mortality associated with the virus, with 89.99 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Despite major efforts, the Peruvian government had failed…

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