Coronavirus: Delta variant imposes new restrictions even in countries with mass vaccination

Faced with the expansion of the variant Delta coronavirus, several countries around the world are forced to strengthen or restore measures to stop its spreadeven dispersed within the European Union (EU).

Despite the fact that many countries are making progress on immunization plans, the Delta variant, first detected in India and over 100% more contagious than the original strain, He is virulently threatening to reimpose restrictions in an attempt to end them.

Malta it has broken away from community measures and its authorities have announced – in the hope of stopping an increase in new cases – that only those who are vaccinated will be able to enter its small territory, since a negative PCR test is not enough.

Spain and the Netherlands are tightening restrictions to fight Covid-19 and France is preparing to take new measures, in the middle of the summer season and in the face of alarming figures.

More, The progression of the Delta variant raises concerns that the disease will spread further during the euro final.

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Today Italy and England face off in London in front of 65,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium. It is not so much the stadium that worries the specialists, but the meetings, especially in the closed spaces generated by the final, and especially in the United Kingdom, where almost all the restrictions have been lifted and where 30,000 new cases have been recorded. daily for the past week. .

“I urge people not to gather in large numbers,” Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Laurence Taylor said in a statement.

IsraelFor his part, he analyzes the postponement of the entry of individual tourists into the country until September and not in August, as was initially planned. The Department of Health has announced that all groups of travelers, including those vaccinated and those who have recovered from Covid-19, They must self-isolate for up to 24 hours when they arrive in the country from next weekend.

Meanwhile, those returning from 16 countries known to have high infection rates will need to be fully isolated for 14 days, or 10 days with two negative tests, according to updated guidelines from the health portfolio. Countries beyond the reach of Israelis are Uzbekistan, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico and Russia.

The highly contagious Delta variant causes epidemics in Asia and Africa, and the number of cases is increasing in Europe and the United States. While 70% of the population is vaccinated in some developed countries, the figure is less than 1% for low-income countries, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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The EU announced yesterday that it had reached its goal of having enough doses to immunize 70% of its adult population by July. In Bangladesh, by contrast, only 5.8 million out of 169 million people have been vaccinated.

The pandemic has already killed at least four million people worldwide since its creation at the end of December 2019, according to official sources.

The United States is the worst affected country, with more than 607,000 deaths and more than 33.8 million recorded cases. They are followed by Brazil (nearly 533,000 dead), India (407,000), Mexico (234,000) and Peru (194,000).

These numbers, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are two to three times higher globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).