While the Latin America and the Caribbean became the world region with the largest number of infections with the coronavirus, the United States launched on Monday, the last clinical phase of a potential vaccine.
The United States launched on Monday, the last clinical phase of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus, while the region Latin America and the Caribbean encounters now North America in terms of contamination. The epidemic continues to spread in the world with more than five million new cases detected since 1 July, more than a third of those that have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic. In some countries such as Canada, it now affects a majority of young people, aged less than 39 years.
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A vaccine tested on a large scale in the United States
The u.s. government is committed to bring to up to nearly a billion dollars in total support to the development of a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 developed by the american society of biotechnology Moderna, and who is about to be in the last phase of its clinical trial. This experimental vaccine, which has raised antibodies against the coronavirus among 45 participants in a first phase, will be tested from Monday, about 30,000 people.
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The United States has announced in recent months of massive investment aimed to immunize Americans from the beginning of the next year. The us president, Donald Trump has declared Sunday “focused” on the coronavirus with “scheduled meetings on vaccines”, to justify his renunciation to launch the first ball at the opening baseball game of the New York Yankees scheduled for next month.
61 new patients in China
in China, where the virus appeared, was reported Monday by 61 new patients Covid-19 in 24 hours, the largest increase in daily since mid-April, after the emergence of foci of infection in three provinces including Xinjiang (north-west).
Latin America has the largest number of cases
Latin America and The Caribbean have become Sunday the region of the world that have counted the highest number of infections, 4 340 214 cases, according to a report drawn up by the AFP on Sunday evening from official sources. Brazil, Latin american country most affected, has recorded Sunday, nearly 25,000 additional cases, for a total of 2.4 million. He regrets that more than 87,000 from the dead. The number of dead, Europe remains in the lead, with 207.933 death, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean (182.726), and the United States and Canada (155.673). Figures probably lower than the reality.
In Canada, the young people most affected
In Canada, adults under 39 years of age now constitute a clear majority of new cases of Covid-19 identified, warned Sunday the health authorities in calling young people to not feel “invincible”. Older persons are not the only ones at risk of serious health problems in case of contamination, warned Dr. Theresa Tam, director-in-chief of the public health of the country: in the case of Covid-19 reported last week, “63% were young people under the age of 39 years, of which one-third (31%) had been hospitalized”.In France also, elected officials concerned have called on young people to be more cautious, and ordered the closing of venues such as beaches, parks and public gardens at night.
“If this age group is most often asymptomatic once infected, it transmits, however, the virus once contaminated and exposes the most vulnerable populations,” said the prefecture of the Morbihan (west).
A comprehensive plan in the United Kingdom
in The United Kingdom, the government has unveiled a vast plan to combat overweight and obesity, which are considered as aggravating factors against the disease and that nearly two-thirds (63%) of the uk population. This plan marks a 180-degree turn to the Prime minister Boris Johnson, who had previously declared against the “taxes on our sins,” and an approach “maternisante” of the State.
he Himself had had to be hospitalized in the spring in intensive care after he contracted the Covid-19, absorbing several times the severity of its symptoms, among others, to its weight. “Losing weight is difficult, but with some small changes, we can all feel more slim and healthy”, he said.
London has also announced that passengers from Spain should undergo a period of isolation from Sunday, inciting a strong reaction of the authorities of this country, the second world tourist destination behind France, and who claimed loudly to be a “safe country”. “Like other european countries, Spain has new homes. This is not unusual. The most important thing is that Spain makes greater efforts to control these outbreaks,” said the minister of foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzalez Laya.
More than 25 % of the population of Lima contaminated in Peru
In Peru, the ministry of Health has estimated that 25.3% of the population of the capital city Lima and the port of Callao could be contaminated by the Covid-19, or “a total of 2.7 million inhabitants”. Other countries such as Venezuela and Algeria have decided to conduct containment measures in force on their soil.
The limited traveling in Morocco
Morocco is also going to limit travel between major cities a few days of the Eid al-Adha, a holiday traditionally marked by family reunions. And saudi Arabia will only welcome that some 10 000 people for the traditional pilgrimage of the hajj to Mecca from Wednesday, instead of the 2.5 million received last year.
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Port of the mask mandatory in Hong Kong
hong Kong people will be required to wear the mask in public, announced on Monday the authorities by unveiling a battery of new measures to deal with a new wave of cases of coronavirus.
“The situation of the epidemic is extremely serious in Hong Kong”, has declared to journalists the assistant to the head of the executive, Matthew Cheung, in announcing that the gatherings in public more than two would be banned, and that the restaurants would only be authorized for sale to take away.
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Evacuation of da nang, Vietnam
As in Vietnam, the country plans to evacuate 80, 000 tourists within the central city of Danang after a resurgence of the epidemic there, according to a press release from the government. New prevention measures will also be put in place after the detection of four local case of coronavirus, the first to be registered in the country for more than three months, reports The Guardian.
