12:16 – And Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland new restrictions are coming into forceto slow the spread of coronavirus. In addition to the closure of nightclubs, restrictions will also affect hospitality and provide for restrictions on gatherings at indoor and outdoor events. The Sky News website informed about it today.
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The regional governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland decide on their measures to combat coronavirus themselves, independently of the central government in London, which sets rules only for England. There are no additional restrictions there yet.
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11:48 – The Ministry of Health paid their manufacturers more than six billion crowns for vaccines against Covid-19 from the start of vaccination until the end of November this year. This follows from the overview of paid invoices of the ministry.
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Since vaccination began on December 27 last year, healthcare professionals have administered more than 15 million doses of the vaccine. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Ondřej Jakob, almost the same number of vaccines should arrive next year.
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11:01 – According to the number of coronavirus infections in seven days, the worst situation in the EU remains in Denmark, where, as of December 25, 1454 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days (1044 a week earlier). The second is now Malta, which a week ago was one of the least affected countries in the union (796 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, 213 a week ago). The third is France, where there are 756 infected per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days (537 a week earlier and seventh).
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The Czech Republic, which was third a week ago with 672 cases, is now within the union 12. and has 442 cases in seven days per 100,000 inhabitants. Andorra still has the highest weekly incidence worldwide (1,527 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). This follows from the data of the Our World in Data project.
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10:20 – On Slovakia reported 383 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection. 62 infected people died. There are 2616 patients with confirmed covid-19 in the hospitals, of which 482 in the ICU and 247 in pulmonary ventilation. A total of 825,629 people have been tested positive in the country so far, and 16,398 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic in Slovakia. The first dose vaccinated 2,734,179 people, of whom 2,550,510 received the second dose.
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9:03 – V Dominican Republic the first case of omicron infection was confirmed. The Caribbean Ministry of Health announced this on Twitter on Saturday.
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The first omicron infection was confirmed in a Dominican Republic in a man who came from South Africa. According to the Ministry of Health, he has mild symptoms.
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7:31 – Germany there have been 10,100 new cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. A week ago, there were 29,348 cases. In the meantime, the seven-day incidence continues to decline. According to today’s data, it is 220.7 infected per 100,000 inhabitants, while the previous day it was worth 242.9. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) informed about it early this morning.
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The RKI pointed out that less is being tested during the holidays and at the turn of the year. Thus, the reported numbers of cases can only provide an incomplete picture of the epidemic situation in the country.
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7:24 – The only hospital for covid patients in Kabul, Afghanistan, reports a critical situation. The diesel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. Dozens of basic medicines also ran out. The hospital staff still goes to work, even though they have not been paid for several months and have difficulty getting money.
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7:11 – While the epidemic in Central Europe continues to decline, a new wave is being faced in Italy and France. Both countries have reported record numbers of new infections in recent days.
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And France because of this, a government will meet on Monday that wants to approve further restrictions on movement.
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6:47 – In the Czech Republic at midnight from Saturday to Sunday the state of emergency ended, which was announced by the government on November 26 due to the deteriorating epidemic situation. Restaurants, bars, discos, casinos and similar establishments no longer have to close at 22:00. The ban on alcohol consumption in public has also ceased to apply.
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6:45 – The epidemic in the country has been slowing since the end of November. The steadily declining incidence number also testifies to this. Per 100,000 people now have 396 infected in the last seven days, compared to 441 the previous day and 642 last Saturday.
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6:39 – On Saturday, Christmas Eve, there were 1,086 covid cases in the Czech Republic. It’s five times less than a week ago and at least since mid-October, but little is being tested during the Christmas holidays.
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Last day, the laboratories processed only over 15,000 samples. The number of people with coronavirus in hospitals continues to fall – the day after Christmas Day there were 3,228, over 700 of them in serious condition. This follows from data on the website of the Ministry of Health.
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