Millions of Americans will vacation as planned, including flights across the United States, including visits to tourist areas, and their participation in festive meals, despite the fact that the outbreak of Omicron strains is forcing them to do so. to update some of their plans during their flights.
Cases of infection from COVID-19 in the US in recent days about 73% of total pollution cases across the country, but even 90% of all cases in some areas, such as the eastern US states, which are washed by the Atlantic Ocean . As Americans rush to do diagnostic tests for COVID-19 and decide on how to follow the health instructions in order to meet other people for the second Christmas stigmatized by the pandemic, many are those who want to defy the latest increase in cases and take part in the traditional celebration of Christmas, such as their participation in religious events, but meals outside their home
Due to the large increase in its cases COVID-19 The New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square will be held with a smaller number of people and with the obligatory use of a mask, Bill de Blasio, the mayor of the American big city, said yesterday Thursday.
United Airlines and Delta Air Lines announced on Thursday that they had canceled dozens of flights scheduled to operate each on Christmas Eve, as the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic reduced their available staff.
"Our government, with the new measures it has just adopted, has decided to increase the level of vigilance against the new coronavirus pandemic," Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Thursday. Speranza explained that in addition to the other measures, the one that he called a new protection shield for the elderly in nursing homes will be offered. "Only relatives and friends who have completed their vaccination cycle - having received the booster dose - will be able to visit them or, if they have taken two doses, they will need a negative test," he explained. "With the new measures we have adopted, we provide additional protection to the citizens but also to the health system of the country. "Of course, the vaccine remains the main weapon we have at our disposal," Speranza added.
The Omicron variant is now detected in 28% of cases. But within two weeks, the country's Supreme Institute of Health warns, its rate is expected to double. The Minister of Health asked his compatriots for "the utmost care and great wisdom, especially during the Christmas and New Year holidays".
In Europe, Austria is the first country to make vaccination mandatory since February. The Ecuadorian Ministry of Health has assured that the measure is not unconstitutional because the law stipulates that the government can impose vaccinations for certain diseases, provided that certain conditions and conditions are met, such as those currently existing due to the epidemiological situation in the country. Only those who have a medical contraindication are excluded from the mandatory vaccination. Of Ecuador's 17,7 million inhabitants, 69% are fully vaccinated.
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic tested positive for COVID-19, after coming in contact with a case of the disease, announced his office tonight. "The president has mild symptoms and is feeling well. "Based on the epidemiological measures, he will remain in self-isolation and will perform his presidential duties," reads the announcement posted on the presidency's website. Djukanovic, 59, has led Montenegro for three decades, either as president or as prime minister. He is expected to run for re-election in the 2023 elections. So far in Montenegro, a country of 620.000, 161.944 cases of the new coronavirus have been reported and 2.385 people have died.
The Turkish Ministry of Health announced yesterday Thursday that 24 cases of SARS-CoV-18.771 were confirmed in the previous 2 hours after 355.753 tests, with the registered infections reaching a total of 9.247.606.
The deaths of 168 patients due to its complications COVID-19 increased the death toll to 81.125 dead until yesterday, March 11, 2020, when the new coronavirus pandemic broke out in Turkish territory. As for the immunization campaign, from January 14, 2021 until now, almost 52 million people have been fully vaccinated - out of a total population of 83 million - while 56,75 million have received the first dose, according to official data. A total of 127,28 million doses have been administered, including third-party souvenirs.
Vaccination in Ecuador becomes mandatory from the age of 5, something that happens for the first time in the world, the country's Ministry of Health announced today. "In Ecuador, vaccination becomes mandatory", the ministry states in the announcement, clarifying that "the compulsory starts from the age of 5". To date, only a few countries have compulsorily vaccinated their citizens, but almost all only the elderly. Two Central Asian countries, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, have made vaccination mandatory for adults since July.
In Indonesia the vaccination for COVID-19 is mandatory from February 2021 and those who are not vaccinated are threatened with sanctions, however by December 1 only 35% of citizens had been vaccinated. Micronesia, in the Pacific, has also made vaccination mandatory for all adults since July. From the end of December, the vaccination of adults will also become mandatory in New Caledonia, the French autonomous territory in the Pacific.
The Nigerian health authorities announced on Thursday that 24 cases of SARS-CoV-4.035 had been confirmed in the past 2 hours, the highest number ever recorded since February 2020, when the new coronavirus pandemic broke out in Africa's most populous country. According to the Nigerian National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 2 more patients died due to complications COVID-19.
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