Live Coronavirus News: The United Kingdom records 397 new deaths and 15,539 other cases; Kerr Starmer was forced to isolate himself world News

Italy 21,052 new infections were recorded on Saturday, as well as 662 new deaths from the Coronavirus.

On Friday, the country recorded 814 deaths from the virus.

Portugal On Saturday, the government said it would relax coronavirus rules over the Christmas period to allow people to visit friends and family, but measures would be strengthened again a few days later to eliminate New Year’s Eve parties.

Prime Minister, Antonio Costa He told reporters that a local travel ban would not be imposed between December 23 and 26, but said that movement between Portuguese regions would be banned again on New Year’s Eve, according to Reuters reports.

Costa said that no street parties will be allowed on December 31, outdoor gatherings will be limited to a maximum of six people, and everyone should be back home by 2am.

Turkey It set a record for new deaths due to Covid-19 on Saturday, with 196 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The Turkish Ministry of Health said that Turkey recorded 31,896 new cases, some of them without symptoms, in the same period.

This is down from 32,736 on Friday, the highest daily number reported by Ankara since the start of the pandemic in March.

The total death toll in the country now stands at 14,705.

Britain It reported 15,539 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday and 397 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test result, both of which fall on the previous day’s numbers.

On Friday, the country recorded 16,298 new infections.

Initial supplies of the Covid vaccine have arrived in Scotland and are on track to receive them on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon wrote on Twitter.

The party said that Britain’s Labor Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, is isolating himself after a member of its private office tested positive for coronavirus.

Care is fine and does not show any symptoms. A spokesman said, “He will now work from home.”

Moscow The city’s coronavirus task force said that the city’s vulnerable groups were vaccinated with the Russian dose of Sputnik in Covid-19 through 70 clinics on Saturday, in the country’s first large-scale immunization against the disease.

The Russian-made vaccine will be made available first to doctors and other medical workers, teachers and social workers because they face the highest risk of exposure to the disease.
“You work in an educational institution and have a top priority for the free Covid-19 vaccine,” read a text message received by a Moscow resident, a primary school teacher, early Saturday and seen by Reuters.

Vladimir Putin ordered the start of a nationwide voluntary vaccination program next week. He said that Russia will produce two million doses of the vaccine within the next few days.

The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said in an interview with the BBC, on Friday, that Russia expects to give the vaccine to about 2 million people this month.

“During the first five hours, 5,000 people registered at Koshanh – teachers, doctors, social workers, and those who today risk their health and live more than others,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on his personal website.

Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said this week during a UN presentation on Sputnik V, that Russia has already vaccinated more than 100,000 high-risk people.

World Health Organization He said that vaccines are not a panacea to the Coronavirus crisis, as Russia began vaccinating its high-risk workers on Saturday and other countries are preparing for similar programs.

The World Health Organization said it was a mistake to think that the Covid-19 crisis was over because the epidemic was looming, nearly a year after the start of the epidemic that killed 1.5 million people.

“Vaccines are not worth zero Covid,” the World Health Organization’s emergency director, Michael Ryan, said, adding that not everyone would be able to receive them early next year.

“Grafting will add a major, big and powerful tool to our toolkit. But they will not do the job themselves.”

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also warned of “the growing perception that the epidemic is over” as the virus continues to spread rapidly, which is putting enormous pressure on hospitals and health care workers.

Moscow health officials said they have opened 70 coronavirus vaccine centers in the Russian capital that will initially provide vaccinations for health, education and social workers.

The World Health Organization’s warning came as the United States recorded a record number of Covid-19 cases for the second day in a row on Friday, as the country prepared for what US President-elect Joe Biden described as a “dark winter.”

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended “universal use of face masks” at home, and Biden said he would scale back his January inauguration to mitigate the risks of the virus.

This comes at a time when countries are preparing to approve and launch many vaccines that have proven effective in trials.

The number of people dying from Covid-19 Iran And state television stated that the number of infected people exceeded 50,000 on Saturday, with more than a million injured, despite the slowdown in transmission rates in the country most affected in the Middle East.

Turkey It entered the first complete lockdown at the weekend since May after infections and deaths from the Coronavirus reached record levels in recent days.
On Friday, the country of 83 million people recorded 32,736 new cases, including asymptomatic cases, the highest number since the start of the outbreak in March.

Virgin full flight to Melbourne Isolation at home was advised after two travelers failed to quarantine Sydney.

AFP reports:

The Department of Health and Human Services stated that anyone who traveled on Virgin Airways VA 838 from Sydney at midday EAS and arrives in Melbourne at 1.25 pm on Saturday should be “immediately quarantined at home and contact DHHS”.

The two travelers are now under mandatory quarantine in Victoria after arriving in Sydney from abroad earlier on Saturday.

“Anyone who has been in the local arrivals hall at Melbourne Airport on Saturday afternoon is advised to watch for symptoms of Covid-19 and seek testing if symptoms appear,” the ministry said. Meanwhile, a change in hiding the rules and an increase in the ceiling for social gatherings in Victoria is expected on Sunday.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton He indicated that it would be safe for the country to move to the “normal” level of restrictions.

Victoria has been free from locally transmitted coronavirus cases for over a month and without active cases, effectively eliminating the virus. Under the government’s original roadmap to exit the lockdown, “Covid normal” refers to the eventual easing of attendance restrictions on community sports, hospitality venues, gatherings, and home visitors.

Professor Sutton said authorities were still working on the details before the prime minister Daniel Andrew Sunday’s press conference, but the firm advice on masks, which should currently be worn indoors, will change.

“We will move to a stage where the use of masks is more limited in public places,” he told the Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee on Friday.

Germany On Saturday, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on demonstrations in the northern city Bremen It was planned by opponents of the lockdown measures aimed at containing the spread of the Coronavirus, Reuters reported.

The lower courts had already refused permission to organize the protest, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday afternoon, and in which 20,000 protesters were scheduled to gather in the city center.

Last month, German police unleashed water cannons and pepper spray in an attempt to disperse thousands of Berlin protesters angry over coronavirus restrictions.

Although most Germans accept the recent “shutdown light” to curb the spread of the coronavirus in a second wave, critics say the amendment puts citizens’ civil rights at risk.