Corona … America is considering exporting its surplus vaccines, and Tunisia does not rule out radical solutions to stop the rapid spread

The US State Department said that Washington is hearing about a “huge demand” from countries around the world for Coronavirus vaccines that Americans do not need, and that it has not made a decision in this regard, while Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham El Mechichi has not ruled out that his country has taken radical decisions to slow the rapid spread of the pandemic .

Yesterday, Friday, in a press statement, Jill Schmith, the US State Department coordinator for the global response to Covid-19, explained that her country has not yet made a decision regarding the criteria for allocating vaccines that exceed the country’s needs, but the decision will be made based on the expected impact on the spread of the virus, and the extent of the need. Regions from other regions for these vaccines. ” Read also The Hill: Biden could become a victim of his success in managing the Corona crisis Doing this increases the effectiveness of the Corona vaccine7 questions to understand the Corona crisis in India and its impact on the economies of the Arabs and the world

Last Monday, the White House said that it would start giving countries in the world quantities of Astra Zeneca vaccines, amounting to 60 million doses, over the next few weeks, but the matter depends on the approval of the Federal Drug Administration to give these doses.

The White House coordinator to respond to the pandemic, Jeff Zents, said in a press conference on Friday, that 100 million Americans “are completely vaccinated against the virus, and they feel peace of mind.”https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.453.0_en.html#goog_2001500400

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In a related context, the United States announced yesterday the imposition of an entry ban on travelers from India, starting next Tuesday, to curb any new outbreak of the Corona virus. White House spokeswoman Jane Saki said – in a statement – that the entry ban will be applied to non-Americans coming from India, which is suffering from a severe crisis due to the widespread outbreak of the new Indian strain of Corona virus.

The World Health Organization said that the Indian strain has been detected in at least 17 countries, including the United States, Britain, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy.

Despite the decline in the number of infections and deaths due to the virus in America, the largest epicenter of the epidemic in the world, the US Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that the work of compulsory wearing of masks, which is currently in place in all transportation networks in the United States, has been extended until September 13th.

The situation in Tunisia

In Tunisia, Prime Minister Hicham El Mechichi said – in an interview with Reuters on Friday – that the government takes into account the difficult economic situation of the country in its decisions to slow the spread of the virus, but it will not hesitate to take radical decisions if this becomes necessary.

This is the first indication by the Mechanic that he may impose a general isolation in Tunisia if the critical epidemiological situation in the country continues, after he refused to delve into this possibility due to its severe impact on the collapsing economy.

The total deaths in Tunisia rose to more than 10,000 people, amid officials warning of the collapse of the country’s health system, with recovery departments reaching their maximum capacities in most hospitals, lack of oxygen in some of them, and medical staff suffering from exhaustion.

The Tunisian government closed schools last month and banned the movement of cars from seven in the evening, while maintaining the general ban from ten in the evening, and the authorities announced a few days ago that they would impose a compulsory health quarantine for a week on all arrivals starting from the third of this month, and the suspension of studies will be extended until 16 Of the same month.

According to the latest statistics of the Tunisian Ministry of Health, the country has recorded 81 deaths and 1904 injuries due to the virus, bringing the total deaths to 10 thousand and 722 deaths, and injuries to more than 305 thousand. Advertising

Close in Turkey

And in Turkey, on Friday, the government began implementing complete lockdown measures in the country for about two weeks, as part of measures to confront the Corona virus. Although the number of injuries decreased to about 40,000 a day, the authorities hope that the closure will greatly reduce the number of injured.

In contrast to Tunisia and Turkey, some European countries have deliberately eased the strict precautionary measures after periods of closure, as French President Emmanuel Macron – the first on Thursday – revealed the outlines for ending the comprehensive quarantine, in 4 phases extending from May 3 to the end of Next June.

On the same day, Portugal announced the reopening of its borders with Spain on Saturday, the same day that the country enters the fourth and final stage of easing health measures that began in mid-March.

It is noteworthy that the pandemic has so far infected more than 150 million people in the world, while the total number of deaths resulting from the virus has reached more than 3 million and 306 thousand.