13:40 Czechs will not be able to travel to Brazil or South Africa
The Czech authorities prohibit as of this Friday (02.26.2021), travel to Brazil or South Africa by citizens of the Central European country, a measure announced by the Ministry of Health and adopted to prevent the importation of coronavirus mutations. In addition to the two aforementioned countries, the list of prohibited destinations includes countries such as Botswana, Kenya, the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania (along with the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba), Zambia and Zimbabwe, the ministry said.
Prime Minister Andrej Babis this week described the epidemiological and hospital situation in his country as “dramatic”, after noting the presence of the two aggressive strains of Covid: the British and South African variants. With an accumulated infection rate in the past two weeks of 968 per 100,000 inhabitants – currently the highest incidence of coronavirus infections in the European Union – the Czech Republic has warned that its intensive care units are at 85% of their capacity .
12:29 One in ten infected can suffer from long-term covid-19
One in ten people affected by covid-19 presents symptoms twelve weeks after having overcome the infection, revealed the European Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), which urged to consider the so-called persistent covid a priority for the authorities sanitary.
According to a long-term covid report presented by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies, around a quarter of sufferers continue to have symptoms a month later, a condition that ranges from muscle and chest pain to fatigue, problems breathing and blackouts. The likelihood of persistent covid does not appear to be associated with the severity of the initial infection, and some groups are apparently more willing to suffer from it, such as health workers and women, according to the report.
“It is a disease that can have a huge impact on people’s lives. Many are unable to return to work or have a social life, many have described how it affects their mental health, especially since its evolution often varies “Martin McKee, one of the authors of the report, said at a press conference.
The WHO defended the need for a multidisciplinary approach to assess and manage this type of covid, develop new treatments, promote research and promote measures aimed at protecting the labor and social rights of affected workers.
11:53 Bulgaria accuses AstraZeneca of suspension of inoculations
The Bulgarian government has suspended this Thursday the so-called “green corridors”, opened six days ago for anyone who wanted to be vaccinated, due to an insufficient supply of vaccines, a situation that it blamed the pharmaceutical AstraZeneca for failing to comply with the agreed delivery of doses. “We temporarily suspend the green corridors due to lack of vaccines,” Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said today at a telematic press conference.
“On February 22, 117,000 doses arrived in the country, and this is 333,000 doses less than promised” by AstraZeneca, he added. According to the minister, a week ago this Swedish-British pharmacist had informed Sofia that before the end of February it would make effective the delivery of two shipments, one with 87,000 and the other with 54,000 doses. “We later understood that we will not receive either of the two supplies, which means that AstraZeneca will not fulfill its commitment to deliver 142,437 doses until the end of February.
11:38 Finland will declare a state of exception due to an increase in infections
The Government of Finland will declare a state of emergency throughout the country next week and will adopt extraordinary measures to stop the rebound in infections by covid-19 registered in recent weeks, the Executive reported this Thursday at a press conference.
The Government, led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin, intends to completely close bars and restaurants for three weeks from March 8 in regions with a serious epidemiological situation, a measure that must be approved by the Eduskunta (Parliament Finnish).
The new measures will also affect education, which will temporarily take place at distance at all levels of education, except preschool and the first six years of primary school. Likewise, all group activities and sports in covered facilities in which adults, youth and children over twelve years of age participate will be canceled, and gatherings of more than six people will be prohibited.
10:52 Hundreds of Israelis demonstrate against “green pass” for vaccinated
A few hundred Israelis demonstrated last night in Tel Aviv against government measures to encourage vaccination, which as of this week include a green pass that allows access to certain sites and activities only to those who have received the coronavirus vaccine.
The protest took place in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, in front of an iconic theater and precisely on the day that the municipality organized the first “Green Pass Concert”, which only those who had received both doses of the vaccine could enter. at least a week.
Some of the protesters exhibited posters accusing the Government of installing an apartheid regime that will marginalize those who do not want to be vaccinated and others even compared the green pass with the marks that Jews should wear in Nazi Germany According to local media, the protest was concentrated various groups, mostly marginalized, and some of whom deny not only the effectiveness of the vaccine but also the danger of the coronavirus.
In addition to the introduction of the green pass, yesterday Parliament approved a law authorizing the sending of lists of unvaccinated people to local authorities and a parliamentary committee gave initial approval to a measure that would allow Israelis arriving from abroad to isolate themselves at home instead of in hotels, but on the condition that they wear an electronic bracelet to monitor their movements.
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