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00:54

The president of Mexico tests positive for coronavirus

Tom Phillips

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has become the last world leader to hire the Covid-19.

“I am sorry to inform you that I have been infected,” the 67-year-old politician announced on Twitter on Sunday evening.

Andrés Manuel
(@lopezobrador_)

I am sorry to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19. The symptoms are mild but I am already on medical treatment. As always, I am optimistic. We will all get out of it. I will be represented by Dra. Olga Sánchez Cordero in the mornings to report how we do it every day.


January 25, 2021

“The symptoms are mild, but I am receiving medical treatment. As always, I am optimistic, ”added López Obrador, a populist nationalist who has been widely criticized for his treatment of the pandemic and his decision to avoid masks.

Mexico is experiencing a particularly severe time for its epidemic, with hospitals in many states stretched to its limits. The average daily death toll in the country last week exceeded that of neighboring Brazil, where more than 1,000 victims are recorded every day.

According to the official death toll in Mexico, so far there have been nearly 150,000 deaths in Covid, the fourth largest number in the world. But many suspect that low test rates make the true death toll in Mexico even higher than in Brazil, where 217,000 deaths have been recorded.

López Obrador said that while he was being treated, he would remain in the presidential palace in Mexico City, which has been under a Covid red alert since last month.











00:36

Eleanor of Jong

More now from New Zealand.

More than three dozen guests at the Pullman Hotel in central Auckland, where the infected woman was subjected to government-administered isolation, stay longer in their rooms while investigating the source of the newly confirmed local infection. . Almost all 200 hotel employees have been tested

Although health authorities suspect that the virus was directly contacted (i.e., person-to-person contact), they have not ruled out air or surface contact.

Hundreds of people have been queuing all day to test in Whangarei, Northland and Auckland. The results of the tests for these people will be known tomorrow. The general manager also said that many people who had no symptoms or had contact with the infected woman have been queuing for the tests, and asked them to return home so that closer contacts could be prioritized.

Covid-19’s response minister said news was circulating on social media about an impending shutdown. He said it was “fake news” and “not at all true.”











00:30

Experts have called for greater clarity on the follow-up set to assess the 12-week dosing interval for Covid vaccines, as the UK vaccination program increases.

According to government data released on Sunday, a total of 6,353,321 people in the UK have received at least one dose of Covid vaccine. Another series of vaccination centers is due to open on Monday to speed up the delivery of the spikes.

These include London’s Crick Institute, Blackpool Winter Gardens, Lancaster Town Hall, Bath Racecourse and the Black Country Living Museum, where scenes from the Peaky Blinders TV show were filmed.

“These 33 new major vaccination centers will strengthen our existing network and allow the NHS to protect as many people as possible in the coming weeks,” said Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi.

However, there is ongoing controversy over the government’s decision to increase the interval between the two doses of beatings to 12 weeks in an effort to offer protection to as many people as possible.

Nicola Davis and Jessica Elgot of The Guardian report:











00:16

Community case confirmed in New Zealand

Eleanor of Jong

A community case of Covid-19 in New Zealand has been confirmed, with genome sequencing identifying it as a South African variant of the virus.

Investigators believe the 56-year-old woman contracted the infection from a fellow guest at the Pullman Hotel, where she was subjected to government-administered isolation.











00:02

The world is approaching 100 million cases

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 99 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, as the total is rapidly advancing to a staggering 100 million people infected with Covid-19 in just over a year.

The current total is 99,105,389 infections. At least 2,127,206 people have died.

On average, about 650,000 cases of coronavirus a day have been reported in the last week.











23:40

Israel “closes the sky” on air travel to prevent the spread of the virus

Israel on Sunday announced a one-week ban on conducting most inbound and outbound flights to try to curb the spread of new coronavirus variants, AFP reports.

The measure will begin at midnight Monday through Tuesday and will remain in effect until Sunday, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office.

Exceptions will be made for cargo and firefighting flights, as well as for travel for medical treatment, funerals and legal proceedings.

A group of officials from the Ministry of Health and Interior will be able to issue exemptions on request “for humanitarian or personal needs,” according to the statement.

The decision came with the country in its third national coronavirus blockade, launched in late December and extended Tuesday through the end of the month due to an increase in deaths.

Earlier Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced his government’s intention to close the airport, as more and more variants of the coronavirus have been detected.

“We are closing the sky tightly, with rare exceptions, to prevent the entry of virus mutations and to ensure that we move forward quickly with our vaccination campaign,” he said before a cabinet meeting.











23:37

Biden will reinstate the travel ban and add South Africa

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate Covid’s travel restrictions on non-US travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White House officials.

AP: Officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the order, also confirmed on Sunday that South Africa would be added to the shortlist due to concerns about a variant of the virus that has spread. beyond this nation.

Biden is reversing an order from President Donald Trump in his last days in office calling for the relaxation of travel restrictions starting Tuesday.

The decision to reverse the order is not surprising, but the addition of South Africa to the restricted travel list highlights the new administration’s concern about the virus mutations.

The South African variant has not been discovered in the United States, but another variant – originally from the United Kingdom – has been detected in several states.
Reuters was the first to report Biden’s decision to add South Africa to the list.

Last week, Biden issued an executive order ordering federal agencies to require international air travelers to quarantine upon arrival in the United States. The order also requires that all passengers 2 years of age or older bound for the United States obtain negative test results within three days before traveling.

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23:34

Summary

Hello, and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @helenrsullivan.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 99 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, as the total is rapidly advancing to a staggering 100 million people infected with Covid-19 in just over a year.

In the United States, President Joe Biden will formally reinstate on Monday travel restrictions on non-U.S. Travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two House officials. White.

Officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the order, also confirmed on Sunday that South Africa would be added to the shortlist due to concerns about a variant of the virus that has spread beyond this nation.

These are the other key developments of the last few hours:

  • Israel is banned from passenger flights to try to prevent imports of Covid variants from taking effect from Monday at 10pm for two weeks
  • Greek health authorities have reported a jump in the number of coronavirus variant cases first detected in the UK, with 32 infections detected.
  • The UK has reported 30,004 confirmed cases of coronavirus laboratory, according to government data. It compares with 38,598 cases registered last Sunday.
  • Jeremy Hunt, former UK health secretary, has echoed calls from epidemiologists urging the mandatory use of medical-quality masks to public transport and shops.
  • Serbia has detected its first case of a coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom, in a woman who traveled from London but no new closure is planned in the country, President Aleksandar Vučić said.
  • Airbus has announced that about 500 employees have been quarantined after an outbreak at the Hamburg aircraft factory in which 21 workers have tested positive, according to Reuters.
  • Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. to protest a new coronavirus curfew.
  • France is likely to need a third blockade due to the spread of new coronavirus variants in the country, said the government’s top medical adviser on politics Covid-19.
  • Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will call Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss the purchase of the Sputnik V vaccine in Mexico. said the Mexican government on Sunday.
  • France has reported 18,436 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, of 23,924 on Saturday. However, today’s figure is higher than last Sunday, when 16,642 infections were recorded.
  • Ecuador has approved the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccineand, said the country’s health ministry on Sunday.

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