The cases of Covid in the world are over 184 million according to i data released by Johns Hopkins University, while confirmed deaths exceed 4 million since the start of the pandemic. And in Italy the latest balance, relative to Wednesday 7 July, of 1,010 new cases and 14 deaths (who the bulletin with data and bulletins showing the situation since the beginning of the pandemic: who those of 2021, who those of 2020).
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The Covid-19 situation in Italy and in the world
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14.13 – Purple Immunologist: Managing the virus as a possible and necessary flu
In the UK, Boris Johnson decides to drop the restrictions and says that SARS-CoV-2 will henceforth be managed like the flu virus. possible? Not only possible, necessary. The immunologist from the University of Padua Antonella Viola writes on Facebook. Adding: The virus will continue to circulate. We will get infected, but we will be protected from severe forms of the disease thanks to vaccines. As long as the immune response generated by vaccination keeps hospitals empty, we won’t have to do anything else. Instead, if immunity weakens too much over time, or if the virus mutates too much, we will have to resort to further vaccinations (with third dose or updated vaccine respectively). But for now the scenario is the one imagined by the United Kingdom. But first everyone needs to be vaccinated.
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13.03 – United Kingdom, from 19 July no quarantine for vaccinated people coming from Italy (and other countries)
Those who return to Great Britain from Italy and have obtained both doses of the vaccine will no longer have to quarantine. This was confirmed by the British Transport Minister Grant Shapps, explaining that the measure applies to all people who have completed the vaccination process for at least 14 days and who come from countries included in the so-called amber list. In addition to Italy, therefore, those coming for example from Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium and Holland, to name a few, will not have to isolate themselves. The measure applies not only to vaccinated persons, but also to minors under 18 years of age.
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12.30 – Over 500 infections for the third day in Israel
For the third consecutive day, Israel has registered over 500 new infections due to the Delta variant. According to the ministry of health, there were 518 cases compared to 74,421 swabs carried out with a positive rate that remains at 0.7%. The seriously ill have risen to at least 46 with a doubling compared to a week ago and the latest victim (in total to now are 6,429) was an 86-year-old man, doubly vaccinated, who died in Haifa from complications of covid. Furthermore, for the first time in Israel, the Delta plus variant was found on a passenger arriving from abroad at Ben Gurion airport. To stem the spread of the variant, after months of reopening and loosening health restrictions, the Israeli government has decided on new closures and limitations, for the first time since last January. Among the new measures launched by the executive is the return of the obligation to wear a mask indoors and on public transport, the reopening of the diagnostic centers, the reintroduction of a restrictive quarantine for travelers and more tests on children.
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12.15 pm – Over 4 million deaths in the world
the threshold of 4 million deaths worldwide due to complications attributable to Covid-19 has been exceeded. The Johns Hopkins University, updating the death toll to 4,000,929. Instead, 185,029,960 people are infected globally. The United States is the country most affected by the pandemic, with 33,770,444 infected and 606,218 deaths. India follows with 30,663,665 positives and 404,211 deaths. The number of deaths in Brazil is higher, 528,540, while the cases confirmed by the authorities are 18,909,037.
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11.30 – Hope: Just the call of the WHO, the unfinished pandemic
WHO’s words of prudence are those that I have always repeated: the pandemic is not over, we must have great prudence and attention especially for the variants which are elements of further concern in a framework that must be followed with great attention. This was stated by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, on the sidelines of the Public Assembly of Farmindustria 2021, commenting on the recall launched yesterday by the World Health Organization. There is a considerably better picture than what we have known in the previous months – he added – but we must keep our guard up. Regarding vaccines, Speranza stressed that there is an understandable debate, but the numbers must be looked at, day by day. And every day we are over 500,000 doses administered. We must insist on this path.
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10.48 – Olympics, Tokyo confirms a state of emergency
The Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, confirmed today that the government will declare a new state of emergency in Tokyo for the Covid pandemic which will remain in force for the duration of the Olympic Games, which will take place from 23 July to 8 August. The state of emergency, as anticipated yesterday, will last until 22 August.
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10.30 – Sileri: No vaccination compulsory for school
Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri returned to talk about the issue vaccines at school, saying he is against the obligation to vaccinate: We need awareness. We must arrive with 80% of the population vaccinated before autumn. Unfortunately – he added – I see a lot of resistance in the school population, especially in the 12-15 age group, with parents who legitimately have doubts. our duty to carry out better and constant information campaigns to make people understand the goodness of vaccinations and above all that today is the time to get vaccinated because September is upon us, he told Radio Cusano Campus.
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9.40 am – Minister of France: Avoid Spain and Portugal
The French should avoid holidays in Spain and Portugal as a preventive measure to protect yourself from coronavirus contagion, in particular from the Delta variant. This was stated by European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune interviewed by France 2. Those who have not already booked holidays, avoid Spain and Portugal, said the minister, speaking of a measure of prudence, a recommendation on which I insist. Better to go to France or another country, but we have a particularly worrying situation, especially in Portugal. We are monitoring in particular the situation in countries where the epidemic spreads very quickly: Portugal, Spain – Catalonia in particular, where many French people go to party, for the holidays – be careful, he added.
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9.34 am – Thailand, new restrictions in sight
The Thai Ministry of Health has proposed new travel restrictions and stricter rules in high-risk areas to try to contain the number of coronavirus cases as the country sets a new record of deaths, which have risen to 75 in the last 24 hours. It was reported on Guardian. The new restrictions, which will remain in effect for 14 days, will affect the Bangkok metropolitan area as well as some so-called buffer zones, explained the permanent secretary of the ministry, Kiatiphum Wongrajit. Currently, in high-risk areas of the country – including Bangkok and the neighboring provinces – shopping malls have reduced hours and restaurants cannot serve the tables, but despite these measures, in the last month there has been an acceleration of infections.
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8.30 – Vaccines, 40% of Italians immunized
There are 55,456,276 anti-Covid vaccines administered in our country, 88 percent of the doses delivered so far, equal to 63,036,569 (43,065,630 Pfizer / BioNTech, 11,775,521 Vaxzevria by AstraZeneca, 5,940,811 by Moderna and 2,254,607 by Johnson & Johnson), while the total number of vaccinated people who received the first and second dose of vaccine amounted to 21,999,201 (40.73% of the population over 12). He brings it back the bulletin elaborated by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Health and the structure of the extraordinary commissioner at Covid-19, updated at 06.18 today. As regards the territorial division, in the lead in terms of doses administered there is Lombardy with 9,790,297 (90.2% of the doses received), followed by Lazio with 5,630,642 (89.6%) and Campania with 5,404,344 (88.3%).
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