Mexico will participate in the final phase of testing for a vaccine against the Covid-19 that the French laboratory Sanofi develops.
A new milestone was reached Thursday when the number of infections in the world has exceeded 17 million, including more than 660 000 of them fatal, since the outbreak of the virus in China in December. Overview with The Express.
Mexico third in terms of mortality
reaching the bar of the 46 000 deaths, Mexico has become the third country in the world in terms of deaths from the coronavirus, according to a report drawn up by the AFP on the basis of official data. Mexico is ahead of little the United Kingdom. The first two countries most heavily affected by the Covid-19 remain in the United States, with 151 826 dead, and Brazil, with 91 263 dead.
Mexico will participate in the final phase of testing for a vaccine against the Covid-19 that the French laboratory Sanofi develops, also announced Thursday, the mexican minister of foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard.
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Argentina, his side has set new daily records of victims of the coronavirus with 153 deaths and 6377 contamination identified in the past 24 hours, announced Thursday the ministry of Health.
Increase in the number of hospitalizations in France
The number of patients hospitalized in the icu because of the Covid-19 has increased slightly for the first time since the beginning of April in France, where the new cases daily exceed the thousand, announced Thursday the health authorities.
In total, 5375 people are hospitalized for an infection with the coronavirus, including 381 cases of severe icu, one more than the day before. This is the first time since April 9, that this indicator, very guarded, is no longer in decline. The outbreak has caused 16 deaths in the hospital in 24 hours. At least 30 of 254 people have died since the beginning of the epidemic.
Telework in Sweden until the New Year
Sweden, on Thursday called on, then it has passed the milestone of 80,000 cases, to work at home at least until the New Year. Faced with a rebound of contamination, Iceland has decided to restrict some of the gatherings, after three months of gradual thawing of the anti-Covid-19.
First death in Vietnam
The Vietnam, who seemed to have managed to curb the epidemic of coronavirus, was reported Friday its first death due to this disease, have announced the official media. He was”a man of 70 years old, living in Hoi an (center), tested positive in the beginning of the week”, affirmed these sources. From mid-April to mid-July, the country had not had any cases of local transmission, but a new outbreak occurred last weekend in the seaside resort of Da Nang (centre) and has spread since then to several cities, with a hundred new cases in the country.
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Bars and karaoke bars close early in Tokyo
The governor of Tokyo, on Thursday called on restaurants, bars and karaokes of the japanese capital to close early in the evening, until the end of August, in an attempt to contain the pandemic coronavirus that is regaining ground in the country. In the Face of the outcry, the authorities in hong kong have, they, decided to impose the closure of the restaurants at noon to fight against the coronavirus.
Alert on the international travel
The international travel must primarily relate to the humanitarian emergencies, the personal vital and repatriations, has recommended Thursday, the world health Organization (WHO), highlighting that those at risk and vulnerable should avoid traveling. “The WHO recommends that priority be given to the travel emergency and essential,” says the organization in its recommendations.
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In total, the pandemic killed at least 667 361 deaths in the world since the end of December, according to a report drawn up by AFP from official sources, Thursday, at 11 o’clock.
