While some US states like Texas are lifting all anti-Covid restrictions, the CDC, the highest health authority in the United States, reiterates the alarm for a fourth wave of cases due to the variants.
And they predict that up to 564,000 deaths could be reached by March 27th.
Considering that to date, since the beginning of the pandemic, the victims in the United States are almost 517,000, if the forecasts of the CDC come true, there would be about 47,000 deaths in just over three weeks, with an average of almost 2,000 deaths per day. .
The Australian government has extended the closure of international borders until at least June 17
, citing the emergence abroad of new, more contagious variants of Covid-9, and thus leaving at least 40,000 Australians stranded abroad, unable to repatriate.
The extension, announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt, brings Australia's borders closed to the rest of the world to 15 months, and its citizens are prevented from leaving the country unless they obtain an exemption.
The 'human biosecurity emergency period', imposed on March 17, 2020, is being extended "to ensure that the Australian government has the power to take all necessary measures to continue to prevent and control Covid-19," the minister said. .
The extension is based on medical and epidemiological advice, provided by the Australian Health Protection Committee and the Federal Chief Medical Officer, he added.
The extension measure establishes that the quarantine system in the hotel will continue until at least half of the year, with the possibility of extension for the rest of 2021 - said Hunt.
To curb the spread of the South African variant in Tyrol, Austria is focusing on carpet vaccinations
.
The aim is to vaccinate the entire population over the age of 18 in the administrative district of Schwaz near Innsbruck.
Biontech-Pfizer will anticipate 100,000 doses already planned for this purpose.
"We have a chance to eradicate the South African variant in Schwaz," Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in a press conference with the Minister of Health and Tyrolean Governor Guenther Platter.
The pilot project will start next week and will be followed by national and international researchers.
Having overcome the third wave of infections, Israel is now trying to gradually return to the normalcy of the past and this weekend - for the first time in many months - Tel Aviv will offer the opportunity to attend concerts by four singers in a stadium
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Between Friday and Sunday Ivri Lider, Shalom Hanoch, Yardena Arazi and Dikla will perform separately in front of 500 spectators, all vaccinated for over a week with two doses of Pfizer and therefore in possession of a 'Green Pass'.
Numbered and spaced places have been prepared for them.
After the announcement of the town hall, which came in the morning, the organizers registered a full house in a few minutes.
"We have been trying to organize outdoor events for large audiences for months," said Mayor Ron Hulday.
"Now we finally have the chance. We are determined to return to the routine of cultural and escapist events, which represent the spirit of Tel Aviv."