Israel today abandoned the use of the chinstrap in public places and resumed face-to-face classes thanks to a vast vaccination campaign and a long quarantine, in contrast to a rampant advance of the virus in Asia, especially in India, and in Latin America, where Paraguay had to return to virtual education.
The world reported more than half a million Covid-19 infections and 10,501 deaths in the last 24 hours and, in the face of new records, several countries were forced to implement or reinforce existing restrictions in order to mitigate the spread of the virus. , faster because of new variants.
An example is that of Paraguay, which had already extended the restrictions on circulation until next Monday the 26th, but last night announced the return to virtual classes in public schools until Thursday the 29th and urged the institutions of private management but subsidized by the State to also develop distance classes.
The Minister of Education, Juan Manuel Brunetti announced that in this period of time, the didactic materials will be included in the different platforms so that students can follow up on the school year and that in 15 days a new evaluation of the epidemiological situation will be made
The situation is different in Mexico, where schools remained closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but tomorrow 200,000 students from the small state of Campeche will return to face-to-face classes, after the region turned green (minimal risk ) according to the epidemiological traffic light.
The easygoing teachers were vaccinated several weeks ago and in recent days, directors of 137 schools together with parents of students supervised cleaning, disinfection and maintenance tasks, according to the ANSA news agency.
Campeche became the “pilot” state for the resumption of school activities in the 32 remaining regions of the country, the third in the world with the highest mortality from coronavirus and amid fears of a third wave of infections.
The news is less encouraging for Cuba, where today there was a record of deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, after accounting for 13, and also adding 1,037 cases.
“Havana does not achieve a reduction in its cases,” lamented the national director of Epidemiology, Francisco Durán in a televised press conference, adding that the current fatality rate is 0.56%, a “very high” proportion.
During April – so far the worst month at the epidemiological level – 17,235 cases emerged, and there were a few hundred deaths from Covid-19.
The increase in infections is also maintained in confined Chile, where the barrier of 7,000 was once again exceeded for the fourth consecutive day, accounting for 122 deaths on the last day and the availability of beds for critical patients reached 4.53%, reported today the Ministry of Health.
Although Chile has one of the highest immunization rates in the world (more than 40% of its population received the first dose and 27% are fully vaccinated), the deaths linked to Covid-19 as of last Thursday already represent more than half of deaths from the same cause in 2020.
The mixed picture is replicated in the Asian continent.
A complex case is that of India, which reported a record 261,500 cases in the last day today, amid a sharp increase that began last month after the reopening of schools and universities and that threatens to further aggravate the global shortage of vaccines against the disease.
After adding a million cases in less than a week and surpassing Brazil as the second country with the most cases, behind the United States, cities and states across the country imposed new restrictions, especially curfews and interruption of face-to-face classes , to mitigate the spread of the virus.
India produces more than 60% of all vaccines sold in the world and is home to the biopharmaceutical company Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines.
Meanwhile Iran, which is going through a new wave of unprecedented infections that forced to close schools and return to quarantines in 23 of its 31 provinces, reported more than 400 deaths from coronavirus and more than 21,000 cases in 24 hours, the highest number of deaths since November, reported today the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, Sima Sadat Lari, quoted by the Europa Press agency.
South Korea reported more than 600 cases of coronavirus for the fourth day in a row, amid an increase in infections in public places such as schools, restaurants, sports facilities and churches, and warnings from authorities of new restrictions if the situation continues to worsen .
In Israel, for example, where 60% of its population is vaccinated and registered a 07% reduction in the case curve since last January, all primary and secondary schools in the country today reopened their doors for face-to-face classes, and authorities After a year, the health authorities put an end to the mandatory use of masks in public places, while it continues to be so in closed spaces or in large crowds of people.
Similar is the situation in Italy, where almost seven million students will return to face-to-face classes tomorrow, where at least one dose of coronavirus vaccines has already been applied to educational personnel and more than 73% of those over 70 years of age, and in between requirements for strengthening transport and updating protocols. (Télam)