Coronavirus: Twice as many cases in the Czech Republic as last Wednesday (minute by minute) – SME.sk

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10:00 SLOVAKIA On Wednesday, 3,091 people had a positive PCR test result, while the laboratories performed 14,273 examinations. The positivity reached 21.66 percent.

Another 11 patients succumbed to Covid.

The number of hospitalized has increased by 12, so there are 1,052 patients in hospitals with or suspected covid.

9:42 WORLD In India, the population has already given one billion coronavirus home-made vaccines. The country reached this milestone half a year after they saw a rapid increase in the number of cases, which almost led to the collapse of the health system.

Only China, with 2.3 billion, administered more doses of anti-cancer vaccines than India to its population.

According to the Indian government, almost three quarters of the Indian adult population has already received at least the first dose vaccines and are fully vaccinated, 30 percent of the country’s population is home to about 1.3 billion people.

The Indian media reported last week that the Indian regulatory authority had recommended the use of the home vaccine Covaxin, one of the seven vaccines approved in India, to vaccinate people under the age of 18.

In India, they have already administered a billion doses of covid vaccines to the population. (source: TASR / AP)

9:20 WORLD The European Medicines Agency is unlikely to decide on the Russian Sputnik V vaccine until the first quarter of next year.

Referring to a source familiar with the situation, Reuters reported today. The regulator still did not receive some important data.

“It is absolutely impossible for the EMA to decide by the end of this year,” an unnamed source told the agency.

8:51 WORLD – Poles over the age of 18 who are vaccinated against coronavirus will be able to receive the recommended third dose of the vaccine in a few weeks.

“Together with the Ministry of Health, we have decided that vaccination will be available in a few weeks. The third dose of the vaccine will be available to all people over 18 years of age who have passed at least six months after the original vaccination plan,” wrote Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. social network contribution.

So far, only people over the age of 50 and healthcare professionals have been entitled to the third benefit in Poland, PAP recalled.

8:28 WORLD – New Zealand today for the first time since the start of the pandemic recorded a three-digit number of new cases in one day.

In the last 24 hours, 102 new infections have been reported to the office, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson confirmed.

The country, with a population of five million, has so far registered about 5,000 infections. 28 people died there in connection with the covid.

8:14 WORLD – There were 3,276 new cases of coronavirus infection in the Czech Republic in the past day.

Compared to last Wednesday’s data, the daily increase in those infected has more than doubled. 726 people are hospitalized, which is the most since the end of May.

6:10 WORLD – US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a “mix and match” strategy on Wednesday for designated groups of people who need a booster dose of the vaccine after completing the basic series of vaccinations.

The agency explained that vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are approved in the USA. One dose from any of them can now be given after completion of the primary vaccination with another covid vaccine.

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People who initially received two doses from Moderna and are 65 years of age or older or older than 18, but at high risk of covid infection, can now receive a booster dose.

All adults who received a single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson more than two months ago are also entitled to revaccination.

00:00 SLOVAKIA – From Monday, there will be ten districts on a covid vending machine in black. In the second degree of threat (burgundy) there will be thirty.

23:30 WORLD – The largest Lithuanian news portals have announced that in an effort to limit the spread of conspiracy theories removes the possibility of adding contributions to discussions under articles on coronavirus pandemics.

“We show solidarity with the state and citizens by working together to prevent the spread of unsubstantiated disinformation spread by anti-vaxes,” Arnas Marcinkus, head of the Lithuanian Online Media Association, told AFP.