As of Friday, October 15, over 240.5 million people have been infected with the coronavirus in Ukraine and the world. Over the past day, 443,352 new infected were found, 7,459 died from the disease. A total of 4.9 million patients died in the world. At the same time, over 217.8 million people overcame the disease.
During the day, most of the new infected with COVID-19 were detected in the United States (90 thousand), Great Britain (45 thousand) and Russia (31 thousand). Ukraine with 18,881 new cases was in 5th place in the world. Ukraine is the third in Europe.
OBOZREVATEL continuously monitors the development of events in Ukraine and the world.
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What is important to know about the coronavirus attack:
The main thing for October 15:
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The Ministry of Health of Ukraine will submit row new professionsthat are subject to the mandatory vaccination requirement from the coronavirus. Next in line are employees of government agencies, enterprises of critical areas, postmen and social workers.
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In Italy, people protest over so-called “health passports” (Green Pass), which indicate vaccination against coronavirus. Since October 15 in the country, this document became mandatory for all employees.
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To the “red” quarantine zone in Ukraine four more areas hit – Zaporizhzhya, Odessa, Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk… New restrictions in the regions will take effect from October 18.
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Ukraine turns out in second place among European countries in terms of daily mortality from coronavirus for several days in a row. Only Russia is ahead of us.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Moderna vaccine for revaccination. Only half the dose of the vaccine is needed to be vaccinated.
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In the United States, Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) has withdrawn two COVID-19 test kits because they may give false positive results. The regulator has identified the recall of Alinity m SARS-CoV-2 AMP Alinity m Resp-4-Plex test kits from Abbott Molecular Inc as one of the most serious.
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Chief sanitary doctor Igor Kuzin said that 55.5 thousand covid beds were prepared in Ukraine, half of which are currently occupied by infected patients. There is also a plan for the deployment of up to 70 thousand covid beds, and at the level of each oblast, reserve wave hospitals have also been identified, which will be involved in the development of a worst-case scenario of the course of a pandemic.
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The Japanese Ministry of Health is considering not recommending the Moderna vaccine to men under 30. Instead, authorities plan to recommend Pfizer vaccines to men. This decision may be made due to the increasing number of reports of rare heart conditions occurring in young men after they receive Moderna.
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Sydney, Australia will lift the COVID-19 quarantine for fully vaccinated foreign travelers from November 1.
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Vaccinated tourists arriving in England from low-risk countries will be made easier to travel by allowing rapid antigen tests instead of expensive laboratory PCR tests.
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The chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Igor Kuzin said that they do not plan to pay Ukrainians for vaccination against coronavirus infection yet.
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German scientists said the coronavirus can enter the eyes and infect photoreceptors. The virus affects inflammatory genes, including interleukin 33 (IL33), a gene associated with the acute course of Covid-19 and retinal degeneration. In their opinion, increased gene expression is a response to virus infection.
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On October 15, in connection with the “red” zone in Kherson, the so-called anti-wing patrols took to the streets. The local government monitors compliance with the quarantine.
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The head of the Ministry of Health Viktor Lyashko said that Ukraine plans to expand the list of professions for mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 twice more. In the near future, social workers and postmen can get into it.
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The World Health Organization said that for the first time in more than a decade, deaths from tuberculosis have increased in the world. This happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In a study by the US National Institutes of Health, it is said that additional vaccination with a COVID vaccine from another manufacturer is effective and safe. Minister Lyashko noted that Ukraine is likely to have a booster vaccination against COVID-19. But the option of re-double vaccination is also being considered.
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