Here we follow all developments on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 on an international scale.
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9h28 – Graça Freitas infected with Covid-19
The director-general of Health was tested during the night of Tuesday after having had contact with an infected person, Graça Freitas manifests mild symptoms of the disease.
Tracking contacts by the Regional Health Authority is currently underway to identify all potentially exposed people.
The press conference that was scheduled for today at the DGS is canceled.
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The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, was also tested, with a team traveling to her home. Still during the night, another group of professionals in charge of testing high individualities traveled to Leiria to do the Covid-19 analysis to the Assistant Secretary of State and Health, António Sales.
RTP knows that drivers and the rest of the family are also undergoing tests.
9h15 – Germany registers 487 dead, new daily high
Germany recorded a new record of deaths due to covid-19 in the last 24 hours, with 487 deaths, and also counted 17,720 new cases, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported today.
This number of deaths, which exceeds 426 deaths last Friday, occurs about two weeks after the peak of new daily cases recorded in the most populous country in the European Union, which exceeded 23,500 on November 13 and 20.
The number of new infections identified in the last 24 hours was 17,720, which represents about less than a thousand cases compared to Tuesday.
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9h06 – F1 driver Lewis Hamilton replaced by George Russel
Briton George Russel, Williams driver in Formula 1 and member of Mercedes, will replace Lewis Hamilton, infected with covid-19, at the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, the teams announced today.
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8h53 – China adds two cases due to local contagion and seven from abroad
The China Health Commission announced today that it has identified nine cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours, including two due to local infection and the rest from abroad.
Local cases were diagnosed in the Inner Mongolia region in the north of the country. The region, which borders Russia and Mongolia, has diagnosed a total of nine cases in the past three days.
Imported cases were diagnosed in the municipality of Shanghai (east) and in the provinces of Guangdong (southeast), Fujian (east), Henan (center) and Shaanxi (northwest).
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8:40 am – USA will shorten prophylactic isolation from 14 to 10 days or even seven
The American Center for Disease Control and Prevention will shorten the prophylactic isolation, due to covid-19, from 14 to 10 days, or seven in case of negative test, said an official source quoted by the AP agency.
According to the source, the new guidelines, which are expected to be released soon, allow people who have been in contact with infected people to be able to leave prophylactic isolation after 10 days, or even seven days in the event of a negative covid-19 test.
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8:28 am – Japan to distribute free vaccines to 126 million inhabitants
Japan will distribute free vaccines against the new coronavirus to the 126 million inhabitants, under a law passed today, when the archipelago faces an increase in cases.
The bill, which stipulates that the government will cover all vaccine costs, was approved by the upper house of parliament, after having passed the lower house.
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8:18 am – Russia with 25,345 new cases and 589 fatalities
8h14 – Covid 19 outbreak in a home in Alcanena, in the district of Santarém, has already killed 15 people
At this time, there are 99 infected users and 47 employees, at the Minde Social Welfare Center.
14 elderly people remain hospitalized.
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8h13 – Sanitary fence in Rabo de Peixe, in São Miguel, in the Azores. Find out more here
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7:26 am – United Kingdom is the first country in the world to approve Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19
The vaccination will start next week. “The Government today accepted the MHRA recommendation to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The vaccine will be available for use across the UK starting next week.”
British officials say the vaccine, which offers up to 95 percent protection against Covid-19, is safe to start giving next week.
Immunization will start very soon for people in priority groups. Find out more here.
The UK has ordered 40 million doses, which can vaccinate 20 million people (two doses).
According to the BBC, about 10 million doses are expected to become available very soon.
This was the fastest vaccine ever approved since it was created until vaccination. It only took 10 months.
This morning the British Secretary of Health wrote on Twitter that “Aid is on its way”.
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Help is on its way.
The MHRA has formally authorised the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19.
The NHS stands ready to start vaccinating early next week.
The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply.
— Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) December 2, 2020
It should be remembered that despite the vaccination, it will be necessary to continue to maintain at this stage the rules applied until now, distance, disinfection of the hands, etc.
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