In Spain: Closure of the capital Madrid • In the UK admit: "The situation is getting out of hand" • In Brazil: Carnival canceled for the first time in 100 years • Hope - Vaccine for Corona in April 2021
The corona plague claimed its one million victims worldwide this week, against the backdrop of the rise of the second wave in Europe and the raging virus in Israel.
Despite this, it seems that precisely when it comes to finding an effective vaccine, world leaders are able to join hands and move towards a breakthrough.
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In the US, the highest incidence and mortality from the virus worldwide, even cautious optimism prevails after New York City decided to reopen its huge education system.
Modern pharmaceutical company CEO Stephen Bensel announced that while the rate of vaccine development is progressing as expected, so are the results so far. Cheerleaders - but mass distribution among citizens will have to wait.
How long?
Not known for sure yet.
He said that around November 25, if there are no surprises, the company will ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an emergency permit to distribute the vaccine, and the permit will likely be obtained in April 2021. Although this appears to be a long time, it is a particularly fast pace for vaccination.
In Europe the situation continues to be difficult, and the rate of increase in the new cases is even greater than in the first wave in some countries.
Across the United Kingdom, new restrictions have been imposed on gatherings and it is mandatory to close places of entertainment during the night, and a closure of London may also be announced soon.
This week the chief scientist of the British government admitted that the situation was "out of control".
This week it was also decided to impose an extensive closure on the Spanish capital, Madrid, and its surroundings due to the severe rise in morbidity, which made it the most "red" city in Europe.
This is the first beer on the continent to return to closing in the current wave.
In France, about 10,000 new cases of infection a day have led to regional restrictions.
For now, there is no intention to impose a closure in Paris.
In Sweden, which decided at the beginning of the epidemic to be content with social exclusion measures and voluntary obedience, rather than sweeping closures, declared a few weeks ago that "the epidemic is losing height", but yesterday a record was not seen since June in new infections, although deaths remain stable. .
In China, from which the virus apparently came to the rest of the world, authorities claim they have managed to take control of the virus.
Even the focus of the epidemic there, the city of Wuhan, is back to normal.
The thing is, now more than 500 million Chinese are expected to go on the fall break that began yesterday.
The authorities are interested in strengthening the tourism industry, and this new-old situation is a serious touchstone.
The corona has hit South America hard, and for the first time in more than 100 years, the famous carnival in Brazil will be canceled in 2021 - where the number of corona deaths is the highest after the US. To eradicate the plague.
In Italy, residents of the trauma wave from the first wave meanwhile are strictly adhering to social distance measures and masks, to prevent a second wave.
However, a sharp rise in the discovery of new carriers was reported this week.
The daily mortality rate is still very small compared to what it was in the spring.
India suffers badly from the virus, with about 82,000 new cases a day.
There is concern about congestion in the hospital and lack of oxygen sufficiently.
The number of carriers in the country has already crossed the 6 million mark, second only to the situation in the US. In
Iran, the number of new cases reached a new high this week, with more than 3,800 new carriers discovered.