Children aged three and over will start receiving Covid-19 vaccines in China
, while 76% of the country's population has now completed their immunization cycle to the new coronavirus.
The Beijing authorities are continuing to follow the zero tolerance policy towards Covid and to deal with the latest outbreaks, while the local governments of cities and at least five provinces have in recent days issued warnings on the start of vaccination plans also for children aged 3-11.
Boris Johnson's UK government is considering introducing compulsory dual Covid vaccine for all NHS personnel
(NHS): Health Minister Sajid Javid told the BBC. "A final decision has not been made, but it is something I have in mind", Javid specified, pointing out how a similar measure exists in "many other countries" of Europe and how doctors and nurses not only have a greater risk of infection. , but are also in contact with particularly vulnerable people. Despite the recent surge in infections in the United Kingdom, Javid has instead returned to indicate that a restoration of the precautionary restrictions extensively lifted by his government since July 19 is not necessary "at the moment", nor - despite the urges of various experts or the media rumors - the introduction of plan B: strategy held in reserve by the executive for the time being,compared to the current one of betting only on vaccines to keep hospitalizations and deaths at bay, which would include the return to the obligation of the mask in the most crowded public places, a widespread indication for work from home and the establishment of some Green Vaccination pass also in England. Finally, the minister said he was confident that despite everything, the British could still have "a normal Christmas".
The debate on anticovid measures is also underway in Germany, in light of the sharp increase in infections
which was registered last week, when on Friday a record of 19 thousand infections was touched that had not been touched since May. Even today, the Robert Koch Institut has reported an increase in the weekly incidence on 100,000 inhabitants, which has risen to 110.1. The new infections in the 24 hours are instead 6,573, due to the weekend effect. Health Minister Jens Spahn had said in recent days that he did not want to extend the pandemic state of emergency, making it expire on November 25, but his position was attacked by various politicians, including the SPD. Even today, the spokesman for the Minister of Health stressed in a press conference that the incidence of hospitalization in Germany (out of 100,000 inhabitants over 7 days) remains under 3 patients. However, it was explained by Merkel's spokesperson,Steffen Seibert, there are the first reports of the postponement of certain surgeries in some hospitals due to the developments of the pandemic.
