Medical workers of the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the Santo Stefano hospital in Prato, near Florence, Tuscany, are pictured while tending to a patient December 17, 2020. — AFP pic
A fast-spreading US surge is pushing hospitals to the brink, weeks after millions took to the air and roads for the Thanksgiving holiday, with admissions rising to record heights for a 19th straight day. “It doesn’t look like the tier system is holding the epidemic wave back, unfortunately” John Edmunds, a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, told Sky News.South Korea, praised worldwide for its handling of the pandemic in its early stages, reported 1,062 new cases today, its second-highest ever daily tally, as the government agonised over tighter restrictions.
But with an average notification rate of 244 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 14 days, the region is back to levels seen before the second wave started.“There is no safe place in Lithuania,” Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told reporters last week. EU states will start vaccinations against Covid-19 on December 27 as Europe tries to catch up with Britain and the United States after what some have criticised as a slow EU approval process for the shots.
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