Corona … Warnings of a third wave in Tunisia and the President of Argentina announcing his injuries and a significant increase in deaths in Europe

Tunisian Health Minister Faouzi Mahdi warned of a third wave of the Corona virus, after 144 cases of the mutated British strain were recorded in the country, while the President of Argentina announced that he had been infected with the virus.

In a press conference in the capital Tunis, Mahdi said that in recent weeks it had been observed that the positive rate of corona tests had risen to more than 19%.

The Tunisian minister called in a press conference yesterday, Friday, for the implementation of preventive measures, in light of the escalation in the number of infections and deaths from the Corona virus, and the increase in the number of residents in intensive care departments.

On March 13, Tunisia launched a vaccination campaign against Corona, using the Russian “Sputnik V” vaccine, as it contracted 500,000 doses of it.

Earlier Friday, 84,000 doses of the German-American “Pfizer-BioNTech” vaccine arrived in Tunisia, out of two million doses, which will reach the country later.

According to the latest official toll, Corona injuries in Tunisia amounted to 255,308; Among them were 8 thousand and 843 deaths, and 217 thousand and 928 cases recovered.

“Covid-19” has killed more than 2.8 million people in the world, and the highest deaths were recorded in the United States and Brazil, which counted a record number of deaths last month.

A difficult Easter holiday in Europe

In Europe, which is facing an increase in injuries in conjunction with the Easter holiday, the number of deaths exceeded 24,000 last week, and the total deaths “quickly” approached the one million mark.

On Thursday, the World Health Organization criticized the slow pace of the vaccination campaign in Europe, describing it as “unacceptable.”
“Currently, the regional situation is the most worrying of what we have witnessed in several months,” said the Director of the World Health Organization in Europe, Hans Kluge. Advertising

In France, it is feared that there will be great chaos in the stations while many seek to leave to celebrate Easter, before the movement ban for a month, and it is still not certain that the country will be able to achieve the goal of gradually reopening certain facilities as of mid-May.

In the face of the third wave of the epidemic, Europe is stepping up measures to try to limit the spread of the virus, especially restrictions on movement and travel.

Germany decided, where President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recently received his first dose of the “AstraZeneca-Oxford” vaccine, to strengthen surveillance on its land borders “for the next 8 to 14 days.”

In Italy, the Ministry of Health announced, on Friday, about 22,000 new infections with the Coronavirus, as well as 481 deaths in the past 24 hours.

Italy is the seventh country in the world in terms of the outcome of infections with the Coronavirus, and the sixth in terms of the number of deaths due to the pandemic.

The Argentine president was injured

In South America, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced today, Saturday, that he has tested positive for the new Corona virus, and that he is awaiting confirmation of the result and that his spirits are good despite his slight rise in temperature.

“I am in good physical condition. I wish I could pass on my birthday without this news, but I am in good spirits,” said Fernandez – who completed 62 years on Friday.

The Argentine president had received two doses of the Russian “Sputnik V” vaccine, the first on January 21 and the second on February 11, according to presidential sources told AFP.

Argentina is currently facing a second wave of the Corona epidemic.

According to official figures, Argentina, with a population of 44 million, recorded more than 2.3 million injuries and more than 56,000 deaths linked to Corona.

America .. vaccinated more than 100 million

More than 100 million people received at least one dose of an anti-corona virus vaccine in the United States, while everyone who received the vaccine could travel without fear, according to the American health authorities.

According to figures from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control Friday, more than 101.8 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine, and 58 million of them have been fully vaccinated.

And for travel within the United States, a quarantine or corona test is no longer necessary for those who have received the full vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention. As for international travel, they will have to take a negative test before boarding their plane to return to the United States.

Thanks to an active vaccination campaign and easing of restrictions in many states, the recovery has gradually begun to be felt, as 916,000 jobs were created in March, especially in the entertainment, hotels, hospitality and restaurant sectors, which have been hit hard by the epidemic.

US President Joe Biden praised what he described as a “whiff of hope”, while stressing that caution should not be abandoned. The United States is in a race against time to immunize its population as quickly as possible, while the number of daily infections in it began to rise (62,000 new infections on average every day).

Casualties soar in India

In India, the daily number of Coronavirus infections rose to a new record today, Saturday, recording the highest since last September, while the daily number of deaths reached its highest level in 5 months.

And the Ministry of Health said, “India recorded 89 thousand and 129 new infections and 714 deaths.”

The number of infections in India has increased since the beginning of March, and the most affected state was Maharashtra, which is the richest Indian state and where the economic capital Mumbai is located.

Late Friday, the state’s prime minister warned of imposing a complete lockdown to limit infections if people did not reduce their movements.