Rome, 20 November 2020 – The new one shows no sign of abating coronavirus wave, and the world is trying to run for cover: infections have reached 56,898,415, with 1,360,381 deaths confirmed globally, according to the count of Johns Hopkins University, which constantly updates data on the pandemic. The most affected country is always the United States, with 11,715,316 cases and 252,535 deaths. President-elect from the USA Joe Biden (who turns 78 today) makes it known that there will be no lockdown: “I said that I will not close the economy, but the virus”.
The Covid Italia bulletin of November 20
Europe focuses on vaccines
“We must be ready – says the President of the European Council Charles Michel – we have agreed to speed up the preparation of national vaccination plans, to ensure that vaccines are available to European citizens, when they are authorized”.
For her part, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen recommends the use of rapid antigenic tests: “The gold standard is always PCR tests”, swabs, but “they are far more expensive, they need a large capacity to laboratory and it takes longer to get the result. So rapid antigen tests are very interesting for managing outbreaks or for regularly monitoring risk categories. At a minimum – he adds – they must be 80% effective, which means that out of five positive must identify “at least 4”.
Great Britain: with authorization, vaccines as early as next month
In Great Britain, the anti-Covid vaccination could start as early as next month. According to the Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, noting that everything is uncertain as it will depend on permissions. “If… and it’s still an if… if the regulators they will approve a vaccine, we will be ready to start vaccination next month, but the bulk of the vaccination program will be in the new year, ”he said speaking to municipalities.
The British minister then updated on the Coronavirus situation in the country, specifying that “the second peak (of the pandemic) is being flattening”And that the government has formally asked the Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency to assess the suitability of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for authorization for use in the UK.
USA, more than 2 thousand deaths in 24 hours
The United States recorded 2,015 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours and another 187,833 new cases of Covid-19. According to the latest update from Johns Hopkins University, the United States is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world, with 11,715,316 cases and 252,535 deaths.
China, 1 million vaccinated
Almost one million people in China have been given an emergency vaccine for Covid-19, still in the experimental phase, Sinopharm announced. Chinese authorities released the vaccine in July to select groups of people. Among these, government officials, students, people who go abroad for work reasons.
Great Britain, the contagion slows down
Positive signs on the slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom after more than two weeks of a national lockdown in England and severe restrictive measures also in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The latest updated WHO statistics indicate this according to the BBC. The data in recent days certify a stabilization of the overall infections in England (where about 55 million of the Kingdom’s 66 million total inhabitants live) and in Scotland; and a more marked decline in Wales and Northern Ireland. However, infections remain on the rise among children of school age – with schools open – while they drop among adults.
Russia, a new record of infections
New record of Covid-19 cases in Russia: in the last 24 hours another 23,610 confirmed infections, which bring the total toll to two million 39,926 infections. Moscow remains the epicenter of the pandemic in Russia, with another 6,438 cases in the past 24 hours, while St. Petersburg follows with 2,394 cases. There are 462 new deaths at the federal level, for a total of 35,311 deaths attributed to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Germany, all data
In Germany, 23,648 new cases of coronavirus have been registered, for a total of 879,564 since the start of the pandemic. According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, 260 new deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours, for a total of 13,630.
India: 9 million infections
Coronavirus cases in India have exceeded 9 million, the Ministry of Health officially announced. The country is thus the second in the world with the highest number of infections, after the United States. The total number of positives is 9,004,000, with 132,162 victims.
Curfew in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a curfew, starting at 10pm tomorrow, in most areas of the US state, in an attempt to slow the curve of SARS-CoV-2 contagion. Social meetings in presence are also numerically limited.
Mexico, over 100 thousand dead
The death toll from coronavirus in Mexico has exceeded 100,000 victims, making the country the fourth in the world to have crossed this threshold. “Today in Mexico we have 100,000 people who have lost their lives due to Covid,” Deputy Minister of Health, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, told a press conference.
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