BRUSSELS – The European Commission has con completed an agreement with Sanofi and GSK that allows its 27 member states to purchase up to three hundred million doses of the possible COVID-19 vaccine.
It is the moment when the contract is signed through the executive branch of the bloc after a first agreement reached last month with AstraZeneca for up to 400 million doses.
“While many European countries are experiencing new outbreaks after the summer, an effective vaccine is more necessary than ever to succeed over this pandemic and its devastating effects on our economies and societies,” said Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.
The Commission argues that some of the reserved blows may occur to “low- and middle-income countries”.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS EPIDEMIC
– Global coronavirus instances exceed 30 million, johns Hopkins count
– India registers 96424 coronavirus in 24 hours
– New Zealand has no cases of viruses for the first time in more than weeks
– Joe Biden mocks President Donald Trump for his handling of COVID-19. At City Hall, Biden denounces Trump’s reaction to the ‘criminal’ virus
– Israel is returning to the entire blockade to involve a worsening coronavirus epidemic while the government is in the grip of infighting.
– Ernest Hemingway’s iconic Key West bar in the 1930s, Sloppy Joe’s, reopened after six months of coronavirus.
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HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS:
LONDON – The European Medicines Agency recommends approving an affordable steroid for the treatment of others with severe coronaviruses that require an oxygen supply.
The EMA says it approves the use of dexamethasone in adults and adolescents 12 years of age or older who want additional oxygen or a breathing fan. The medicine may be taken orally or by infusion.
In June, British researchers published studies showing that dexamethasone can reduce deaths in patients hospitalized for severe coronavirus by up to a third. Soon after, the UK government legalized its use in hospitals across the country for critically ill patients with coronavirus.
Steroids like dexamethasone are commonly used to decrease inflammation, which develops in patients with COVID-19 when their immune formula works excessively to fight the virus.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced a national order calling on cafes, bars and restaurants to leave at 10 p. m. instead of midnight.
Frederiksen says the duration of the rallies has been reduced from one hundred to 50 for the country and the new restrictions apply from Saturday to October 4.
“When we take more action, it’s to lessen the infection. It’s for me to have that we’re not in the same position as March 11,” he said.
Denmark, one of the first European countries to ease its coronavirus lockdown when the first wave seemed contained.
Denmark recorded 21,847 and 635 deaths.
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ROME – The Sicilian city of Corleone, known through the extended family of the fictional Mafia in “The Godfather”, has ordered the closure of schools and a limited closure due to an increase in coronavirus.
The city administration told all visitors at a wedding on September 12 and to live with them to isolate themselves and tell their doctors and fitness authorities in the city. In a Facebook post, Mayor Nicolo Nicolosi said he hoped for “maximum cooperation to succeed over the existing crisis. “
The city, which is part of the province of Palermo, has reported at least five cases in recent days, reportedly related to a wedding involving about 250 people.
Like the rest of southern Italy, Sicily has experienced a new wave of infections since August, with more than 500 of its 5,500 total recorded in more than three weeks.
Corleone’s management ordered the closure of the schools, imposed a curfew in the bars and suspended the weekly market and public meetings.
Corleone, the house and surname of the extended fictitious crime family in the movie “The Godfather. ” It is also the true stronghold of the convicted gangster and famous leader, Bernardo Provenzano. In 2016, the Italian government dissolved the municipal government after discovering that the mafia had infiltrated it.
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LONDON – Confirmed cases of coronavirus have surpassed 30 million worldwide, according to a johns Hopkins University account.
The global number of known COVID-19 infections exceeded 30 million on Thursday, more than a portion of which in only 3 countries: the United States, India and Brazil, according to the account made through Johns HopkinsArray researchers.
The number greater than 10 million in more than a month; Global instances exceeded 20 million on August 12.
The United States tops the rankings with at least 6,675,560 reported cases, followed by India with at least 5,214,677 and Brazil with 4,455,386, according to figures.
Individual numbers would possibly vary because the university’s count is rarely delayed in national reports.
The United States led the death toll with 197643, followed by Brazil with 134,935 and India with a death toll of 84,372, according to the count.
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PRAGUE – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Czech Republic reached a new record for the third consecutive day and exceeded 3,000 cases reported in 24 hours for the first time.
The Ministry of Health said another 3130 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, nearly 1,000 more than the previous record set a day earlier.
This daily accumulation was almost as high as the number of all reported cases in the country in March, the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Czech capital of Prague is the hardest hit, with 191 contagions corresponding to 100,000 inhabitants.
The Czech Republic had a total of 44,155 COVID-19s with 489 deaths.
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LONDON – British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has hinted that new restrictions on social gatherings in England could soon be announced as part of efforts for a sharp increase in the cases shown of coronavirus.
After reports that the government is seeing new restrictions in the hotel sector, such as pubs and restaurants, Hancock said it is a “big moment for the country. “
He said the national lockdown is the “last line of defense” and that the highest transmissions of the virus are positioned in social contexts.
Hancock says the government’s strategy over the next few weeks is to involve the virus as much as it is imaginable “while protecting education and the economy. “
The government is on the issue of complaints sustained last week about serious disruptions to its virus testing program.
There is a widespread hypothesis that parts of north-west England will see additional restrictions announced on Friday.
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NEW DELHI – Cases of coronavirus in India have increased to 96424 infections in more than 24 hours, which seems like a small sign of slowdown.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health raised the country’s total since the start of the pandemic to more than 5. 21 million and said another 1,174 people died in the last 24 hours, totaling 84,372.
India is expected to overcome reported infections in the United States in a few weeks, with more than 6. 67 million other people declared infected, the highest in the world.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday issued a new appeal to others to wear masks and maintain their social distance as their government plotted plans to manage giant congregations waiting for a major season of Hindu festivals starting next month.
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UNITED NATIONS – The director of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley, warns that another 270 million people are “walking towards the breaking point of famine” due to the poisonous mix of conflict, climate replacement and COVID-19 pandemic.
Beasley suggested Thursday to donor and multimillion-dollar countries that they make a $4. 9 billion contribution to feed the $30 million that he says will die without the help of the United Nations.
He reminded the UN Security Council of his warning five months ago that “the world is on the brink of a pandemic of hunger” and welcomed the response, which prevented famine and led countries to fight the coronavirus.
Beasley said the UN food company keeps others alive “and averts a humanitarian catastrophe,” but said that “the fight is far, far, far from over. “
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand has not reported new cases of coronavirus for the first time in more than five weeks, as hopes increase that an outbreak discovered in Auckland last month has been eradicated.
Friday’s report also marked the fourth day in a row in any case of network transmission. All recent cases have been discovered among quarantined travellers returning from abroad.
Authorities have yet to identify the origin of the August outbreak, which they say was imported. Auckland was temporarily blocked while the country followed its strategy for spreading the virus on the web.
New Zealand reported more than 1,800 cases and 25 deaths.
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BEIJING – China says coronavirus imports have increased to 32 in the last 24 hours.
Thirteen of friday’s reported cases involved the northern province of Shaanxi, whose capital, Xi’an, is a major advertising center. The monetary and advertising medium of east Shanghai reported 12.
China has spent more than a month without reporting any case of coronavirus transmitted within its borders.
But it remains very attentive to the instances brought from outside the country, has suspended the issuance of new visas and anyone who arrives must undergo a two-week quarantine.
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s coronavirus count remained in its 100th consecutive day as the government struggled to prevent local infections.
Korea’s Agency for Disease Control said Friday that the 126 instances shown in the more than 24 hours raised the total reported across the country from the start of the pandemic to 22,783, with 377 deaths.
The firm says 82 of the new reported cases came here from the Seoul metropolitan area, which has been in the midst of the viral resurgence since the beginning of last month.
South Korea’s workload has recently slowed, which has led the government to overcome social estating regulations in the Seoul area.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California corporations will have to pay workers’ reimbursement to all workers inflamed by the coronavirus and must warn workers of any possible exposure to the virus under two laws signed Thursday through Governor Gavin Newsom.
Business teams criticized the measures as “unattainable. “
The Employee Information Act requires corporations to notify staff whenever they have been exposed to someone who has tested positive, been ordered to isolate themselves, or died as a result of the virus. exposures or possibly face fines issued through the Occupational Safety and Health Division.
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LAS VEGAS – Bars in and around Las Vegas can reopen on Sundays with limited capacity, while shoppers must use facial protections and obey social distance rules.
The Nevada Coronavirus Response Working Group on Thursday said beverage institutions can also reopen in remote Elko County.
These measures have alleviated an existing challenge and alleviated the latest bar closure orders that Governor Steve Sisolak imposed more than two months ago to restrict meetings serving alcohol in sensitive spaces in the state’s coronavirus pandemic.
Taverns, bars, breweries, distilleries and vineyards allowed reopening this week in the Reno area.
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