translated from Spanish: Coronavirus in the world: UK analyzes restrictions and Tokyo called for state of emergency

Although several countries began vaccination against coronaviurs (COVID-19), the world continues to experience the advancement of a non-truce pandemic. According to the latest data reported by Johns Hopkins University, there are nearly 84.7 million people infected, while 1.83 million died from the disease. The United States remains the country hardest hit by the pandemic, although it already has two approved vaccines that are being applied throughout the territory. Just two days after reaching 20 million contagions, the nation surpassed 350,000 dead since the outbreak began.

Another country that is going through a strong second wave of contagion is the UK, which is considering new restriction measures, such as the possibility of re-closing schools, Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged.” We are fighting a new strain that is being particularly noticeable in London and the south-east of the country, which is why we have to take exceptional action in some areas,” the premier said, after the country reached a record of nearly 58,000 new cases. For its part, France, which in recent days recorded almost 20,000 cases per day, extended to more departments the curfew that runs from mid-December, which will advance at 18 (beginning at 20) to 6 hours.

“We added two hours of curfew, we’ll probably have an impact in the right direction in 15 days-three weeks, but probably very modest,” said Frédéric Adnet, head of emergency department at Avicennes hospital in Bobigny, on the outskirts of Paris.Meanwhile, Tokyo asked to declare a state of emergency due to an uptick in contagion, but the Japanese government denied the request and arranged to postpone the decision pending further information on the evolution of the pandemic.” What we do agree on is that the (Tokyo) metropolitan area is facing a situation severe enough not to lose sight of the state of emergency,” said Yasutoshi Nishimura, the government’s top man in the fight against the virus.
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