India, with a population of 1.3 billion, is the second most affected country by the pandemic, with more than 10.3 million people who have been infected.
Le Monde
While vaccination campaigns are experiencing delays in many countries, especially in Europe, the British variant of SARS-CoV-2 ( called VoC 202012/01), considered to be more contagious, continues to spread around the planet and restrictions are tightening.
The pandemic has claimed at least 1.8 million deaths worldwide for almost 84 million people infected, according to a report drawn up by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday.
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India authorizes two vaccines
India has authorized the use, “for emergency situations”, of two Covid-19 vaccines, one developed by Astra zeneca and the University of Oxford and the other by Indian pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the local drug regulatory authority announced on Sunday (January 3). p >
These two vaccines “are approved for restricted use in emergency situations,” the country’s controller general of drugs told a press conference. Prime Minister Narendra Modi estimated that this approval, according to an accelerated procedure, constituted “a decisive turning point to strengthen the spirit of combat” and to “accelerate the march towards a nation more healthy and free of the Covid”.
India, with a population of 1.3 billion, is the second country most affected by the pandemic, with more than 10.3 million people who have been infected. Nearly 150,000 people have died from Covid-19. Its rate of new infections has declined remarkably compared to the situation in September, when more than 90,000 cases were recorded every day.
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Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the reopening of its borders and the resumption of international flights after a two-week suspension due to the appearance of a variant of the novel coronavirus in UK and other countries.
Riyadh suspended international flights and access through land crossings and ports to its territory on September 20. Other Gulf countries, Oman and Kuwait, had taken similar measures and also lifted them in recent days.