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>> Follow the events of this Thursday 11 February 2021
7 hours. The number of new cases at the lowest for 5 months in China. The country has identified 5 new confirmed cases of coronavirus contamination in the past twenty-four hours. According to the National Health Commission, 89,736 infections have been confirmed in mainland China since the start of the pandemic. No additional deaths were recorded on Thursday. The country deplores 4,636 deaths.
6.30am. New York State allows large venues and stadiums to reopen to the public. The governor of the State of New York announced that large theaters and stadiums could reopen with a gauge of 10% of their capacity from February 23, a first after almost a year of closure. Buildings with a capacity of less than 10,000 people will, a priori, remain closed.
6:25 am. Mexico approves Chinese vaccines CanSino and CoronaVac. Mexican health authorities have authorized the use of Chinese vaccines CanSino Biologics and CoronaVac against Covid-19, the government said on Wednesday. “Emergency authorization has been given to both vaccines,” said Hugo Lopez-Gatell, the government official in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
6:20 am. Japan in search of syringes. In Japan, host country for the Olympics next summer, the vaccine campaign will begin next week, its Prime Minister announced on Wednesday, but the authorities are working hard to obtain suitable syringes so as not to waste doses.
6:15 am. 1.7 million people vaccinated in Russia. The country has passed the milestone of four million infections, according to authorities who recently admitted the epidemic was deadlier than announced.
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6:10 am. Argentina passes the bar of two million cases. Argentina has passed the bar of two million cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, as the death toll approaches 50,000, according to figures from the Ministry of Health. In the past 24 hours, Argentina has counted 7,739 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,001,017 since March 2020.
In the country, the vaccination campaign began on December 29, with priority given to health workers and those over 70. The country is currently using the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, of which it has received around 820,000 doses in three deliveries.
6:05 am. The Oscars ceremony will be filmed live from various locations including Hollywood. The Oscars ceremony, delayed this year to April 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be broadcast live from “multiple sites” including Hollywood. “The Academy is determined to present an Oscars ceremony second to none, while emphasizing the public health and safety of all participants,” says the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which presents the prestigious golden statuettes .
This is not the first time that the Oscars ceremony has been held simultaneously in several locations. In the 1950s, the broadcast was from Los Angeles and New York.
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