The coronavirus could issue an unannounced warning to the head of the European Union’s disease control group on Friday despite global outbreaks last month and the start of vaccine spread.
In an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP), ECDC chief Andrea Ammon urged European countries in particular not to drop the anti-virus guard that “looks very human-friendly” and Experts may need to tweak vaccines over time, as is the case with seasonal flu.
“So we should be ready for him to stay with us,” according to Ammon, head of the Stockholm-based European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
Following the latest wave of pandemic disease that began in China over a year ago, optimistic trends such as the AFP database showed that the rate of new COVID-19 infections has fallen by 44.5% worldwide. world over the last month.
More than 107 million people have been infected worldwide and nearly 2.4 million have died from COVID-19.
But disease experts have warned that vaccines will not end the pandemic unless all countries receive doses quickly and equitably.
Writing in an open letter published in the medical journal The Lancet, the authors said with a vaccine collection in richer countries, “it could be years before the coronavirus is brought under global control.”
The warning came when Moderna, the U.S. vaccine maker, said it was seeking permission from regulators worldwide to add an additional 50% of coronavirus vaccine to each of its filters. as a means of rapidly increasing current levels of supply.
In Britain, a sharp decline in diseases and the acceleration of vaccines have prompted some ruling Conservative Party to push for building home – stay rules in early March.
Much of the country resumed locking in early January to prevent the more portable version of COVID-19 first identified in the UK.
Despite this, the British government issued a warning, a watchdog came out elsewhere, including Italy, Portugal and Australia.
‘It’s rough’
In Australia, more than 6 million people in Melbourne and the surrounding area were under a five-day coronavirus emergency lockout.
“It’s rough. It’s going to be a few rough days for everyone,” said tennis star Serena Williams, responding to the locking times after her latest win at the Australian Open.
As long as play continues to go under the restrictions, fans will no longer be allowed and players will have to limit themselves to biosecure “bubbles”.
The tax on sport, entertainment and economies remained huge.
The Tokyo Olympics are expected to open in July after several delays.
But the organizers of the games are already battling public questions about hosting the big international event this summer.
Lowest rate for the UK economy
European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen has urged the 27 EU member states to accelerate a key part of the bloc’s 750-billion euro ($ 900 billion) plan to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
The UK – which has left the EU and has the highest virus death toll in Europe after the first critically criticized response to the pandemic – has reported that economy 9.9% higher than last year.
Finance Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledged the impact would be a “real shock” and warned: “We should expect the economy to get worse before it gets better.”
Hungary at the same time said that it was the first EU country to start using the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.
The country broke ranks with the EU last month by becoming the first bloc member to endorse Sputnik V, ordering the delivery of 2 million doses over three months, enough to vaccinate 1 million people.
Russia registered Sputnik V in August, months ahead of Western competitors but before large-scale clinical trials began, which left some experts unsupervised.
However, recent results published in the Lancet found that the vaccine is 91.6% effective against COVID-19.
Some EU leaders seem to be warming to the idea of using Sputnik V as the bloc is struggling with supply shortages for the three vaccines it has approved.
Plans to vaccinate all Americans
The European Pharmaceutical Agency has so far agreed vaccines for the block developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, US company Moderna and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca with Oxford University.
The EMA said on Friday it had launched a “follow-up review” of vaccines from German manufacturer CureVac, the first step towards a possible license.
In the United States – the worst country in the world with more than 480,000 deaths – health authorities on Friday urged schools to reopen safely and as soon as possible, offering a detailed plan to limit the spread of COVID-19 .
The strategy emphasizes universal sheltering, hand washing, disinfection and contact detection. Although he recommends vaccination for teachers and staff, he will not stop saying that it is needed – a divisive issue among teachers’ unions.
The push comes as the United States is in the midst of a major aggressive vaccination campaign, aimed at protecting almost all Americans by the end of July.
Brazil’s tough campaign to bring the vaccine to its population has collapsed this week as a lack of doses is forcing authorities to mitigate or suspend vaccination in several key areas.
But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada will be back on track in March with the recent delivery of step-by-step doses to make up for delays.