Covid News Live: Israel vaccinates 5-year-old children; Austria puts millions on lockdown World News

Hello, this is Martin Belam from London, replacing Samantha Lock from Sydney. I will bring you any Covid lines that appeared from the British media this morning and coronavirus news from all over the world. Oliver Dawden, chairman of the Conservative Party, is being interviewed by the British government. This is the latest UK data.

China is fighting the spread of the largest Covid-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant, as the number of cases in the northeastern city of Dalian exceeds any other part of the country.

The Chinese authorities stated that 32 new cases of domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms were reported on November 14, a decrease from the 89 cases reported the day before.

However, most of the reported cases occurred in Dalian. Reuters calculations based on official data show that this brings the total number of local cases since October 17 to 1,308, surpassing the 1,280 local cases that broke out in the summer delta.

This marks the most widespread delta outbreak in China, which has affected 21 provinces, regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Although it is smaller than many outbreaks in other countries, the Chinese authorities are eager to prevent any further spread under the government’s zero tolerance guidance.

According to Reuters calculations, since the first local symptomatic patient in Dalian was reported on November 4, this port city with a population of 7.5 million has detected an average of about 24 new local cases every day, more than any other city in China.

The Dalian epidemic has prompted China to restrict nearly 1,500 college students to dormitories and hotels in the city.

According to the Associated Press, the order was issued on Sunday after dozens of cases were reported in Zhuanghe University Town and hundreds of students were transferred to hotels for observation.

The students have been taking classes remotely and delivering meals to their rooms.

Israel On Sunday, it was approved to use the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the United States as an example to vaccinate children between 5 and 11 years old for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement: “The Director-General of the Ministry of Health… authorizes the vaccination of children between 5 and 11 years of age.”

As a result of an agreement with Pfizer, Israel was one of the first countries to use vaccines for vaccination last year. The agreement allowed it to obtain millions of doses of vaccine in exchange for data on vaccine efficacy.

The vaccination campaign allowed the health authorities to fully vaccinate 5.7 million people out of the country’s 9 million people.

The authorities have begun to vaccinate minors between the ages of 12 and 17, but after Pfizer’s trials and recommendations from the Israeli team of scientists, they decided to lower the age threshold.

The ministry will announce the start of vaccination dates for young children in the next few days.

Whole classroom the Philippines For the first time in the past two years, it is full of students again.

As the country began piloting a limited face-to-face curriculum, children have been allowed to learn face-to-face from Monday.

This makes the Philippines one of the last countries in the world to resume face-to-face teaching after Venezuela reopened its schools at the end of October.

According to local publications, President Rodrigo Duterte initially approved 120 basic education schools for trial operation, of which 20 private schools plan to start limited face-to-face classes on November 22 ABS-cubic boron nitride Report.

Students will receive a temperature check, fill out a health declaration form, go to the hand washing station and sit on a chair with a plastic barrier in the classroom. During the break time, students can dine in their seats. Unless they need to go to the bathroom, they are not allowed to leave their seats.

In September, UNICEF urge In countries where millions of students are not allowed to return to the classroom 18 months after the Covid-19 pandemic, education authorities will reopen schools as soon as possible.

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As Europe fights the fourth and fifth wave of viruses, Austria Is the first in the region Put millions of people who have not been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus on lockdown As of Monday.

When describing the country’s vaccination rate as “shameful low”, the country’s prime minister said the move was part of an effort to deal with the surge in infections.

On Sunday, anti-vaccine demonstrators protested the announcement at Ballhausplatz in the capital of Vienna.

at the same time, Israel The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 will continue for children between 5 and 11 years of age.

The decision was announced by the Department of Health on Sunday. Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine for emergency use of the 10 microgram dose for this age group. The expert panel approved the decision.

• U.K It is expected to expand the Covid Booster program to below 50 years of age.
• Brazil Reported the lowest number of weekend Covid deaths in more than a year.
• Egyptian The national research agency said on Sunday that it will start clinical trials of a domestic coronavirus vaccine.
• U.K Firmly Test T cell Covid vaccine This can provide longer immunity to Covid-19. Emergex, an Oxfordshire company, will soon begin clinical trials of a second-generation vaccine against Covid-19. This is an easy-to-use skin patch that uses T cells to kill infected cells and can provide better Vaccines for longer-lasting immunity.
• U.K Officially compiled a copy “Covid Exit Strategy” in April Known as “Retarded Operation”, the leaked documents show. Leaked documents show that under the plan, the government can stop testing and if people become ill from April, they will no longer be forced to quarantine.
• three Snow Leopard died of Covid-19 complications At the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Nebraska.
• Germany Returning to work from home with increasing infections. After lifting the restriction on working from home in early July, the measure is being reintroduced in accordance with the draft legislation seen by AFP on Sunday.
• inside U.K More than two million people have received their Covid-19 booster In the past week, health officials said these figures were record-breaking. NHS England stated that it provided 2.1 million boosters between November 6 and 12, an increase from the 1.7 million boosters provided in the previous 7 days.
• China Donated 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday to Syria, It has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the world, and the United Nations calls it an astonishing rise in cases.
• JapanDue to supply shortages and global production bottlenecks posed increasing risks to this export-dependent country, the US economy is shrinking much faster than expected.
• Outcry China Rear Covid health worker kills a pet dog The owner is in isolation.
• China Health authorities said on Monday that 52 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus were reported on November 14, compared with 89 the day before. There is no new death toll, and the death toll remains unchanged at 4,636.
• Cambodia On Monday, the border was reopened to fully vaccinated travelers two weeks earlier than originally planned, as it escaped a long-term blockade of one of the world’s highest Covid-19 immunization rates.