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9:15 a.m. People from 1967 and 1968 can book an appointment for corona vaccination
People born in 1967 and 1968 can make an appointment online from Saturday to get vaccinated against the corona virus. They receive the Janssen vaccine and therefore only need to be vaccinated once, GGD GHOR reports.
Previously, care workers from mental health institutions and hospital workers who have direct contact with patients have already been vaccinated with the Janssen vaccine. The appointment can be made via www.coronavaccinatie-afspraak.nl. The written invitation to the vaccination will then be sent by post within a few days. People who have previously received a vaccination call but have not used it and now want the injection can also make an appointment.
GGD GHOR points out that it makes no sense for people born after 1968 to schedule an appointment now. “These appointments are canceled. Every day, GGD GHOR Nederland filters and checks scheduled appointments by year of birth. People who have made an invalid appointment are notified that their appointment is canceled and / or do not pass the check at the vaccination location.”
2:14 am More than one million corona deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean
The total official death toll from the corona pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million on Friday. Since the virus first emerged in Latin America at the end of February last year, more than 31.5 million infections have also been detected in the southwestern continent.
Funeral directors take a corona victim to his or her final resting place in Rio de Janeiro. The Indian variety has now also been found in the largest country in South America.
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About 90 percent of all corona deaths in the area come from five countries, where 70 percent of the continent’s population lives. Brazil has suffered the most from the corona pandemic with 446,309 deaths of all Latin American countries, followed by Mexico (221,080), Colombia (82,233), Argentina (73,391) and Peru (67,253).
In contrast to Europe and the United States, the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in Latin America and the Caribbean does not yet want to gain momentum.
Until recently, the situation was particularly alarming in Brazil, with sometimes 3000 deaths per day. The daily number of deaths has now decreased by more than a third. Mexico saw an even stronger decline. There, an average of 1,300 corona deaths per day were registered there in January. Now there are an average of 170.
In Colombia there has been an increase. There, the daily number of deaths has reached an unprecedented level with about 500 deaths per day. In Argentina, things are also going in the wrong direction. The country that reported record numbers with 35,543 new infections and 745 deaths in a day on Tuesday, has announced a new, strict lockdown starting Friday evening for at least the next nine days.
10:42 pm Germany restricts British access further to Indian corona variant
Germany is imposing far-reaching restrictions to prevent the British from spreading the so-called Indian variant of the corona virus. The United Kingdom will be considered a virus variant area from Sunday, while the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, already classified the country as a risk area a week ago.
As of Sunday, airlines will only be allowed to transport Germans or residents of Germany from the United Kingdom. They must be in quarantine for two weeks. This also applies after arrival by train or bus.
The United Kingdom is the first European country to designate the institute as a virus variant area. To date, eleven countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have fallen into this highest-risk category.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week expressed concern about the mutation referred to as B.1.617.2. He accelerated the pace of second vaccinations for people over 50 and people with medical conditions in affected regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) sees this mutated virus version as worrying and more contagious.
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