German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday he said the introduction of the new BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine would be a “day of hope” and told citizens that getting a deadly antiviral virus was an “act loyalty to all mankind. Steinmeier said a broad-based vaccine was needed to stop the spread of a virus that has killed more than 20,000 people in Germany – with 10,000 dying in the first three weeks of December alone. at the government for compulsory vaccination.
The president also announced that Germany would hold a special memorial service honoring the lives of those killed by the pandemic. He said he would speak “with other branches of government to find a suitable date next year.” Not only will victims be remembered, but Steinmeier said instead the act would show support and sympathy for all those they left behind as well as those who remain. fight the disease.
Europe
European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission approved the use of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine.
Germany, Austria and Italy have said they plan to begin rolling out their vaccine campaigns on 27 December.
Regulatory bodies in Britain, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, Qatar and Bahrain have already approved the vaccine.
The agreement marks the 27 member states of the European Union as the first step towards the ultimate vaccine goal of 70% of the 450 million people living within the bloc.
Countries all over the world have they closed their borders to entrants from United Kingdom as fears grew when a new variant of the coronavirus that had been circulating around Britain emerged. On Monday, the EU imposed a travel ban on the UK until midnight on Tuesday.
It started with the Netherlands over the weekend addressing the UK’s announcement of the new pressure. Several other European countries, such as Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Romania and Ireland then continued to ban British passenger flights.
Early Monday morning, Poland announced it would suspend flights from the UK starting at midnight. Denmark and Norway later said flights would be suspended for 48 hours starting immediately.
France has added sea and rail links to UK travel restrictions lasting 48 hours initially. Eurostar trains between London, Brussels and Amsterdam were suspended from Monday.
The restrictions on UK travelers were not just being applied in Europe. Argentina, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Kuwait, Israel, Canada and Saudi Arabia banned the same.
India said it would suspend flights from the UK until 31 December.
In Germany, the death toll for December has exceeded 10,000 – leaving it most lethal month of pandemic So far.
The total number of 10,027 deaths in December recorded by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is nearly double the number of November deaths of 5,796.
America
U.S. lawyers has agreed to finalize a $ 900-billion (€ 735-billion) economic relief package that will deliver long-term assistance to businesses and individuals affected by the pandemic.
“We have agreed a package of nearly $ 900 billion. It is full of targeted policies to help struggling Americans who have waited too long,” Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement.
At the same time, US President Joe Biden he is expected to receive the first of the two essential jobs of the coronavirus vaccine sometime Monday.
Middle East
The Qatar The Ministry of Public Health has approved the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine for emergency use, the state news agency QNA reported on Twitter.
The country is expected to receive its first batch of the vaccine on Monday.
Asia
South Korea has accounted for the highest daily death toll from coronavirus, according to the country’s health authorities.
The recent rise in cases has led to efforts to halt the spread of the virus and the country is running short of hospital beds.
On Sunday, only four beds of intensive care units were still available in the larger Seoul area, according to health officials.
Seoul police and health inspectors have been carrying out late-night attacks, targeting bars and karaoke clubs suspected of taking social distance measures, the capital said in a statement.
jsi / nm (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)