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from Mexico The Department of Health on Friday reported 3,837 new cases of coronavirus and 216 additional deaths.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 3,858,831 and the number of deaths from the pandemic to 292,145, Reuters reports. Officials said the ministry figures likely represented a significant undercoverage of Covid cases and deaths.

Here are more details on the unrest during protests against Covid measures in Rotterdam:

Brazil has recorded 13,355 new cases of coronavirus and 226 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said on Friday.

Crowds of rioters set cars on fire and threw stones at police who responded with warning shots and a water cannon as protests against Covid-19 measures turned violent in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

“We fired warning shots and there were also direct shots because the situation was life threatening,” police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels told Reuters.
“We know that at least two people have been injured, possibly from the warning shots, but we need to investigate the exact causes further.”

Several hundred people gathered on Friday to express their opposition to the government’s plans to restrict access to indoor sites to people with a “corona pass”, showing that they have been vaccinated or have already recovered from one. infection.

The authorities have imposed a curfew on the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe after five days of civil unrest over Covid-19 protocols in which barricades were set on the streets and firefighters and medics went on strike.

Guadeloupe prefect Alexandre Rochatte, who represents the government of the Caribbean archipelago, said the nighttime curfew would be from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., Reuters reports. The sale of gasoline in jerry cans would also be banned, he added.

“In view of the social unrest and acts of vandalism, the prefect of Guadeloupe has decided to impose a curfew,” Rochatte’s office said on Twitter.

Unions launched an indefinite strike on Monday to protest the compulsory vaccination of health workers against Covid-19 and health passport requirements.

Over 14 million people in the UK have now received their Covid booster shot, according to government figures.

A total of 387,057 recalls and third doses were recorded on Friday, bringing the total to 14,266,368, with more than one million refill jabs recorded since Tuesday.

The South East, North East and Yorkshire have now recorded over 1.9 million additional jabs, meaning they will soon join the Midlands, which this week hit the two million jabs delivered milestone.

Newcastle United’s new head coach Eddie Howe will be sidelined in his debut Premier League game against Brentford on Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19 in a routine test on Friday, the club said.

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Advisors of the we The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend extending the eligibility of booster doses of Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to all adults, Reuters reports.

The panel also voted to recommend that all people aged 50 and over receive a booster dose.

Stellantis NV will require all we unrepresented salaried employees will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Jan.5, the automaker said, as it prepares for a gradual reopening of its offices in the United States next year.
Almost 80% of its salaried workforce in the United States reported being fully vaccinated, the company said. Chrysler’s parent said all workers should submit proof of their vaccination status by Dec. 4 and receive their final dose by Jan. 5, Reuters reports.

The people of Victoria, Australia, who tests positive for Covid-19, will be responsible for notifying close contacts themselves, to an extent that some epidemiologists say could help increase testing rates.

Under the new rules, announced by Prime Minister Daniel Andrews this week, people who test positive for Covid-19 will be required to notify their workplace, school or daycare, which in turn will need to notify employees or any person who spent time in the workplace during the risk period.

Those who test positive will also be “strongly recommended” to inform their social contacts and encourage them to get tested, the Andrews government said in a statement on Thursday. But, except in the event of an outbreak of an epidemic, the Victorian health service “will not find or manage these contacts”.

Following the announcement that Austria going into a nationwide lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases on Monday, here are some reactions from locals.

“I was hoping there would be no general containment,” Markus Horvath told AFP as he prepared to close his stall selling wooden jewelry at a Christmas market in Vienna.

Christian Edlmayr, selling glass ornaments at another Vienna Christmas market, said he would lose half of his annual income.

“It will be very, very bad for me,” he said.

As part of the partial lockdown, only outlets deemed essential will remain open such as supermarkets, banks, pharmacies and post offices.

Andreas Schneider, a 31-year-old Belgian who works as an economist in the Austrian capital, also called the lockdown a “tragedy”, saying confining only the unvaccinated had been “reasonable” given they had a choice.

Covid infections have fallen across much of the UK, according to official figures, but remain high enough to put the health service under “significant pressure” in the coming months, warn scientists.

The Office for National Statistics estimates that one in 65 people in England had Covid in the week ending November 13, down slightly from one in 60 the week before. A slight decline was also observed in Wales, with rates in Scotland and Northern Ireland broadly at the same level.

The new figures, which relate to community infections and exclude people in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities, come as an increase in the number of cases on the continent has sent Austria back to lockdown and led Germany’s health minister to warn that another lockdown could not be ruled out there.

British Pop singer Faye Tozer has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss the Steps Arena tour in order to self-isolate.

Writing on Twitter, the singer-songwriter said, “I’m baffled and drained that we’ve been so strict on our preventative measures.

“Thanking that our daily tests were able to recognize it and that the show could continue.”

“Please give the guys the utmost love as they continue to break up shows and hope to be back soon.”

And here is my colleague Kate connollythe story of on the radical new measures put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus in Bavaria, Germany.

As we reported earlier, Covid infections have fallen across much of the UK, according to official figures. But, scientists warn levels remain high enough to put health services under “significant pressure” in the months to come, Ian Sample and heating Stewart report.

Cases have increased sharply since the summer in many European countries in a wave of infections that started in eastern countries and gradually moved west. But as the worst-affected countries impose major restrictions to contain the tide, British ministers are sticking to Plan B measures that would bring in vaccine passports, expand the wearing of masks and encourage more people to work from home.

Ministers hope that immunity is higher in England than in some other countries due to the decision to open earlier. “Covid has had more time to wash in the UK,” a government source said.

It is understood that Downing Street has been made aware of two potential scenarios. Either the colder weather could lead to a surge in cases and hospital admissions, as on the mainland – and “we suddenly have a big problem” as a government source put it – or levels of Higher immunity could allow Covid to continue circulating among unvaccinated populations including children, but without leading to increased hospitalizations and deaths. The UK’s trajectory will not be clear for a few weeks.

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