08/02/2021 – 08:30 Updated: 02/08/2021 – 09:14
The coronavirus pandemic has already caused more than 106.1 million infections worldwide, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, one of the main monitoring agencies for covid-19. The center also calculates that there are more than 59 million of recovered people of disease all over the planet.
The United States continues to appear as the most affected country in total figures, with just over 27 million infections and 463,470 dead, followed by India, with 10.8 million and 155,080 deaths; and Brazil, with almost 9.5 million and 231,534 deceased, respectively.
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08:43 — As of this Monday, French education students will not be able to use calls handmade masks, but it will be mandatory use of type 1 surgery, with a filtering higher than 90%, by order of the Government.
The measure, which was advanced by the Executive on February 1, enters into force within the framework of the new initiatives to stop the most contagious variants, like the British, whose presence in the country continues to grow.
In addition, in order to stop the spread of the Brazilian and South African variants, the General Directorate of Health (DGS) has decided to reinforce the tracking of cases, the isolation of positives and facilitate the closure of classes.
08:36 — The German authorities have confirmed this Monday more than 4,500 cases and 150 deaths by coronavirus, within the framework of decrease in infections in the European country, according to data provided by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the government entity in charge of infectious disease control.
The agency has indicated that during the last 24 hours, 4,535 cases and 158 deaths have been detected, which places the totals at 2,288,545 and 61,675, respectively, since the start of the pandemic.
08:33 — China’s Ministry of Health has not confirmed this Monday no local cases of coronavirus, after weeks adding community infections, although there were 30 new cases, 14 of them symptomatic imported from abroad and 16 asymptomatic.
Of the cases originating from abroad, Shanghai and Guangdong have reported seven cases, respectively. In addition, they have been detected 16 new asymptomatic cases of covid-19, 15 of them imported.
Supermarket in Beijing. (Reuters)
08:30 – Good morning! The first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that arrived this weekend will begin to be distributed this Monday by the communities autonomous at a time when the contagion curve has begun to bend, although hospital pressure remains high, especially in intensive care units.