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“Maximum alert” in Japan
Japan faces contamination records with 2,000 new positive cases for Covid-19 on Wednesday, including around 500 in Tokyo according to official figures. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that the country has moved to “ maximum alert ”, Without introducing any new restrictions immediately. Several expert meetings are organized to allow the government to reflect on possible measures. ” I consider that we are now on maximum alert »Declared the Prime Minister
Switzerland: The 2nd wave is stronger than expected
The situation is ” tense »In Switzerland before an increase in daily contamination. For 10 days, more than a hundred people have died from the virus and resuscitation services are now full in Geneva. ” The country is completely overwhelmed by this second wave of Covid, this is the case in particular in Geneva which has become the most affected region in Europe, compared to the number of inhabitants. The health authorities announced that there was no longer a single place available in intensive care. All beds are now occupied »Said journalist Antoine Heulard. Switzerland is organizing itself as best it can, with the creation of new beds, the transfer of patients from other regions as well as the army which has come to help the medical profession.
WHO: the fight against Covid will be done “without vaccines”
The World Health Organization intends to warn that the countries of the world ” will continue to face [la Covid-19] without vaccines “. Despite the announcements from the various laboratories, the vaccines will not arrive in time to face this 2e wave. ” I think it will take at least four to six months before there are sufficient levels of vaccination anywhere Said Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program.
Let’s aim: the threat of a new Covid variant exterminated
The threat of a new variant of Covid-19 is ” most likely extinct “. The Danish authorities have indicated that the measures which had been put in place, such as the confinement of the 28,000 inhabitants or the slaughter of 15 million mink, have worked well. As a reminder, 12 people had been infected with a new variant of Covid, transmitted by mink raised in the territory. This genetic mutation was a danger for future vaccines, in particular because it reduced the reaction of antibodies to the virus.
