UK
Cases, + 2,445 (+15,811 past 7 days) = 4,414,242
Down 8.6% on the week
Lowest weekly figure since 2nd September
Covid symptom study
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time
Lowers rate of symptomatic infection since May 2020
Moving from pandemic to endemic
Lower levels with occasional outbreaks
Deaths down
Strain on NHS down
Despite relaxations
Road map should continue
Chances of getting infection in next 24 hours
Not vaccinated, 1 in 45,000
One vaccine, 12 days later, 1 in 100,000
Two vaccines, 1 in 150,000
After a million reports
31 people had a positive test after 2nd vaccine
87 after first dose
Symptoms are milder
Still at risk of mild disease
Test if in doubt
Deaths, + 22 (+157 past 7 days) = 127,502
Up 0.6% on the week
Deaths, = 151,243 certificated
Vaccines
Primer dose, 34,094,048
Booster dose, 14,043,961
Total doses, 48,138,009
India
Cases, + 379,257
Turkey
UK variant in Turkey
Population, 82 million
22 million vaccinated
Sinovac vaccine and some Pfizer-BioNtech
Sputnik V soon
March easing
AK Party congresses in March, packed
Early April, some restriction
19:00 today until 17 May
Ramadan and the Eid
US
Cases, + 50,061 = 31,976,888
Deaths, + 556 = 570,421
Vaccination
At least 1 dose, 142,692,987 (43%)
Fully vaccinated, 98,044,421 (29.5%)
US, Guidance for Fully Vaccinated People
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html
Can
Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing
Visit with unvaccinated people (including children) from a single household who are at low risk for severe COVID-19 disease
Participate in outdoor activities and recreation without a mask
Resume domestic travel and refrain from testing before or after travel or self-quarantine after travel
Resume international travel, no self-quarantine after arriving back in the United States
Refrain from testing following a known exposure, if asymptomatic, with some exceptions for specific settings
Refrain from quarantine following a known exposure if asymptomatic
Continue to wear a mask
Visiting indoors with unvaccinated people who are at increased risk
Visiting indoors with unvaccinated people from multiple households
Avoid indoor large-sized in-person gatherings
Get tested if symptomatic
US to EU travel
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-eu-set-to-allow-vaccinated-us-tourists-this-summer-report/a-57331605
Ursula von der Leyen, vaccinated US tourists should be able to travel the EU summer
The Americans, as far as I see, use European Medicines Agency-approved vaccines
This will enable free movement and travel to the European Union
Restrictions to be lifted depending on the epidemiological situation in the US
European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breto
EU has procured enough doses of vaccine to achieve herd immunity by mid-July
New deal with Pfizer for 1.8 billion doses (now to 2023)
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-puts-faith-in-pfizer-jab-with-plan-for-18-billion-doses/a-57201551
50 million extra Pfizer doses for the second quarter of this year
April, May and June to 250 million Pfizer doses being delivered
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