Coronavirus updates on Thursday 4 November
Aifa, the Italian drug agency, yesterday gave the green light to the booster dose (booster) with vaccine to Mrna for those who have been vaccinated with J&J for at least six months. In general, Magrini, director of AIFA, considers a scenario of global revaccination to be probable on the third dose issue, evaluating the trend of the epidemic while the plan to expand the audience to over 50 and teachers is already underway. In Germany you are infected with over 20 thousand (and 194 deaths) while in the US the vaccination campaign on 5-11 year olds has started.
Registered yesterday Wednesday 3 November, in Italy 5,188 new so of Covid and 63 victims. Here is the map of the contagion in the world.
10 am – Gimbe Report, cases increase, intensive + 12.9% in 7 days
The upward trend in infections is confirmed, but the national hospital employment rate remains low according to independent monitoring by the Gimbe Foundation. In the week 27 October-2 November, compared to the previous one, there was a further increase in new weekly cases: from 25,585 to 29,841 (+ 16.6%). The increase is also reflected in hospitals: admissions in the medical area also increased by 14.9% (+388) and those in intensive care by 12.9% (+44). Deaths are stable (257 vs 249). At the national level, the employment rate remains very low (5% in the medical area and 4% in intensive care).
9.50 am – Sileri, no idea of obligation for adults and young people
There is no idea of introducing the mandatory vaccine neither in the adult nor in the younger group, said Pierpaolo Sileri, Undersecretary of Health to the microphones of Radio Cusano Campus. For the undersecretary, the approval of vaccines for the pediatric age is a fundamental aid, a step forward to achieve community protection. The fact that some regulatory bodies are approving them will allow a significant reduction in the spread of the virus in these age groups.
9.26 am – Germany: over 33 thousand new cases: the highest growth since the beginning of the pandemic
Germany reported 33,949 new infections and this is the highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic last year. Although the daily case figure probably inflated since last Monday’s vacation in parts of Germany that caused a delay in data collection. The previous record was December 18, 2020, with 33,777 cases. However, already yesterday, the German health minister, Jens Spahn spoke of the fourth wave and called on landers to step up vaccinations.
8.30 – THE POINT on the vaccination campaign in Italy
The vaccine doses administered in Italy are 90,245,815, 90.4% of the total delivered, amounting to 99,795,935 so far, according to the report of the extraordinary commissioner for the health emergency updated to 6.12 today. The people they received the third additional dose 290,585, 32.89% of the population potentially subject to this additional dose (frail and immunosuppressed), while 1,501,721 had the booster dose (booster), 29.27% of the population subjected to the booster dose , or those who have completed the vaccination cycle for at least six months (campaign which, for now, concerns the over 60s). People who have had at least one dose are 46.670.177, 86.41% of the population over 12 while those who have completed the vaccination cycle are 44.924.109, 83.18% of the population over 12
November 4, 2021 (change November 4, 2021 | 10:10)
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