Coronavirus updates on Friday 3 December
While the number of people infected with the Omicron variant of covid increases in all countries, the WHO has sent a team to South Africa, in the province of Gauteng, the epicenter of the new variant to strengthen surveillance and contact tracing in order to follow the expansion of Omicron.
In Italy the contagion curve rises and the number of hospitalized also rises: we are at over 200 thousand (never so many since June). The introduction of the super green pass has given a boost to the vaccination campaign: things at the hubs are mainly for the third dose (87%) but the average of first doses has also doubled. Vaccinations for children (age range 5-11) will start at the end of December. . The latest bulletin, relative to Thursday 2 December, of 16,806 new cases and 72 deaths.
8.12 – South Africa, hospitalization for children under 4 years of age is increasing
South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla has officially confirmed that the country is entering its fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, due to the Omicron variant, but also added that hospitals are not yet under too much pressure. Phaahla has again urged the population to get vaccinated. Infections with the new variant, he added, are now present in seven of the country’s nine provinces. At the same time Michelle Groome, of South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases, added that there is an increase in hospitalizations in children, especially under the age of 4.
8.10 am – Nas discover 281 unvaccinated doctors and health workers irregularly at work
The Nas carabinieri discovered 281 unvaccinated doctors and health workers irregularly at work as part of a verification campaign, in agreement with the Ministry of Health, on compliance with the vaccination obligation for the figures “exercising the health professions” and ” health care workers “. To date, in the course of checks at 1,609 public and private health facilities and centers, approx. 4,900 positions relating to doctors, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, nurses, physiotherapists and other figures, ascertaining 281 irregular situations due to the exercise of the profession in the absence of vaccination.
7.30 am – WHO team in Gauteng, South Africa province, Omicron epicenter
WHO has sent a team to South Africa, in the province of Gauteng, which is the epicenter of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The goal is to strengthen surveillance and contact tracing to follow the expansion of the variant.
December 3, 2021 (change December 3, 2021 | 08:34)
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