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Even the United States they were overwhelmed by the new one variante Omicron and in the last few hours they have recorded the highest number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic, with over 1 million cases sign in. An unprecedented increase, especially in some states such as Florida, also due to gatherings during the holidays. In four days, the pandemic numbers in all States have doubled. On the other hand, they are 4 times more if compared to the data of just a week ago. In Florida, one of the least restrictive US states, the cases are grown by 948% in two weeks. Contagion that, lets know the Johns Hopkins University, could even be underestimated, given that so many Americans now rely on DIY Covid tests which have a much wider margin of error than molecular ones.
Record also in Great Britain, where there are 218,724 registered cases, an absolute peak since the beginning of the pandemic and for the first time over 200,000. However, 48 deaths have been registered, even if there is a jump in total hospital admissions that exceed 14 thousand, about 2 thousand more than yesterday. But the prime minister, Boris Johnson, while admitting that the pandemic is not over and that those who think it “are deeply mistaken”, declares that the government has no intention of imposing restrictions other than the current ones and of “not closing the country”. Numbers never seen even in Greece where there are 50,126 new cases of Covid-19, never so many since the beginning of the pandemic.
In Germany Covid cases are rising again. In the last 24 hours, they signed up 30,561 new infections e 356 dead. The data of the Robert Koch Institute report aweekly incidence growing for the sixth consecutive daily bulletin and which today stands at 239.9 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. However, numbers are much lower than the incidence of 432.2 a month ago. While in Spain the weekly incidence is now skyrocketing: 1,348 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a sharp increase compared to the figure of Monday evening, stopping at 1,086 cases. However, the situation in hospitals appears to be under control, thanks to the high number of vaccinated people. The beds occupied by Covid patients are 10%, with 21% of the beds intensive care. “Only a few infected people need intensive care,” the minister said Felix Bolanos. In December, to stop the new wave of infections, the authorities again imposed the use of outdoor masks. The vaccination rate with two doses among those over 12 has meanwhile exceeded 90%, while about a third of children between 5 and 12 years have received the first dose. Record of new cases, however, in Australia, where more than 47 thousand infections were counted on the last day.
New record also in Sweden, where the 11,507 contagions and the positivity of re Carlo XVI Gustavo and of Queen Silvia: “The king and queen, who are fully vaccinated with three injections, have mild symptoms and feel fine under the circumstances,” the palace reported.
Gives Israel, the coordinator of the fight against Covid, Professor Saman Zarka, he made it known that the country does not aim for “herd immunity. We do not want everyone to be infected, God forbid. Here is a new virus, which we do not know sufficiently. We don’t know what its future consequences might be. Therefore it is advisable that we all go and get vaccinated, that we keep masks and protect ourselves “.
In Belgium people who have been doubly vaccinated for less than five months or who have already received a booster dose will be exempt from quarantine after a high-risk contact and will no longer need to be tested if asymptomatic. The new rules will take effect on Monday 10 January. The norms for positive people also change:isolation passes from 10 to 7 days for the asymptomatic and for those with mild symptoms. For partially vaccinated people (without booster or who have received the last dose for more than five months) or unvaccinated who come into contact with a positive person, the quarantine is maintained at 7 days for the first and 10 days for the second.
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