Corona Virus. Cases recorded in Italy, Turkey and Portugal

Another wave of the pandemic is sweeping the world. In recent weeks, many countries have recorded infection records.

Today, Turkey reported it. There were 66,567 cases of infection. 143 people died.

In the past week, the number of infections doubled and Alternative Omikron has become dominant in the country. Minister Zdrovia Fahrettin Koca He said the government is not currently considering new restrictions, and urged citizens to get vaccinated and increase personal security measures. Schools will not be closed either.

“Despite the increase in infections due to the Omicron variable, there is no worrying increase in hospitalization rates,” Koca wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

I almost mentioned Turkey 130 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by China’s Sinovac and Pfizer. She also started giving boosters and introduced a homemade vaccine last week Turkovac.

More than 189,000 new infections with the Corona virus were discovered in the past 24 hours in Italy. It is also a record number since the beginning of the epidemic. 231 people have died from COVID-19. According to unofficial information, the government intends to adopt a decree making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for people over 50 years old.

Tuesday’s balance was 170 thousand. new infections.

The Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that Over a million tests were performed in one day. 17 percent of them came back positive. According to official data, more than 1.2 million people are currently infected in Italy. In the metropolitan region of Lazio, the number of infections nearly doubled in one day.

A record number of new coronavirus infections exceeds 39,000 casesIt was recorded last day in Portugal. This coincided with the introduction of a shorter quarantine for COVID-19 patients.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, 39.5 thousand new arrivals were added between Tuesday and Wednesday. With infection, the total number of infections in the country is approaching 1.5 million. During the past 24 hours, the health service confirmed 14 deaths among Covid-19 patients. In total, more than 19,000 people have already died. People suffering from this disease.

The number of people hospitalized after infection with SARS-CoV-2 has also increased significantly. In total, nearly 1,251 COVID-19 patients are already hospitalized, the most since March 2021. The number of infected patients treated in intensive care units also increased slightly. And on Wednesday evening, there were 143 of them.

It came into force in Portugal on Wednesday morning New quarantine regulations for people with COVID-19. On this basis, asymptomatic patients should be kept in isolation for seven days, three days less than before.

The worst case scenario is unfortunately More than 100 thousand diseases Or more – Tomas Latos, chair of the Parliamentary Health Committee, said on the “Gość Wydarzeń” programme. on Polsat News.

– Hospitals aren’t ready for what’s going to happen. Immediately say. It is impossible to be ready without at least starting the preparations today. We must take the matter very seriously, and start such predictable actions, for example, in high-risk conditions. We have such plans for civil defense – said Wojciech Konecny, a senator at PPS, who is also the director of the hospital.