The Indonesian government on January 11 decided to implement stricter restrictions on community activities within two weeks, while extending the entry ban for foreigners by two weeks, for to January 28. Previously, after noting the emergence of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Indonesia banned foreigners from entering the country from January 1 to 14, except for diplomatic officials in a country. number of levels.
Cambodia has reopened public schools across the country. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen urged all schools to strictly adhere to the safety measures of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, both teachers and students should wear masks, check their temperature, wash their hands regularly and keep a minimum distance of 1.5 meters. So far, this Southeast Asian country has reported a total of 392 cases, of which 374 cases recovered and there were no cases of vong caused by COVID-19.
The capital Beijing (China) also imposed a blockade on nearly 520,000 people in the suburban Thuan Nghia district to control the number of new COVID-19 cases that are showing signs of increase. Blockade measures are applied in all villages in the district until the next large-scale test in the area is completed. Residents of this district will not be allowed to move out of their home town until after the test is done. On January 11, Beijing recorded 1 new case, bringing the total number of cases in the community in this city since December 19 to 32, mostly in Thuan Nghia district.
Medical staff Shijiazhuang bring patient COVID-19 to the test site - Screenshot
Number of new COVID-19 cases by day in South Korea has dropped markedly after the government introduced increased social distancing measures and the number of people tested decreased on weekends. According to the Korea Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) on January 11, Korea has recorded an additional 451 new cases of COVID-19, including 419 cases of infection in the community, bringing the total number of cases. in this country to 69,114 cases. This is the lowest number of new infections per day in 41 days, and for the first time since December 1, the number of new infections is below 500 per day.
In Europe, Russia reported that the first case of infection with a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus discovered in the UK was a Russian citizen returning from the UK. Russia is currently one of the countries with the highest rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the world. Up to the present time, nearly 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the country, of which 60,500 cases of cancer.
The UK government announced that it will open seven large-scale vaccination centers from January 11 to speed up the vaccination program in the country, including the goal to reach all people in the easy group by mid-February. Immunization is given to all injuries. To date, the UK has recorded 81,431 cases of heart disease caused by COVID-19 out of a total of 3,072,449 cases.
People wear masks to prevent COVID-19 infection in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: THX / TTXVN
In the Americas, Mexican health officials said that a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the UK had appeared in the country. The information of the first case of infection with a new variant of the virus in Mexico has raised concerns about an outbreak of COVID-19, which is occurring very complicatedly in the North Central American country. The total number of cases in Mexico is more than 1.53 million cases, of which 133,700 cases of cancer.
Cuba recorded 388 new cases of COVID-19 on January 10, the highest level since the outbreak. Thus, so far Cuba has detected more than 14,500 cases of COVID-19, including 151 cases of vong.
In the US, the New York City government has deployed two large-scale vaccination sites in Brooklyn and the Bathgate Contract Post Office in the Bronx to speed up the vaccination program in this city. The two vaccination sites above opened by the hour on January 10, then will go into operation 24 hours a day for the whole week, starting January 11. This is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to establish 250 citywide vaccination sites, aiming to vaccinate 1 million New Yorkers by the end of this month.
