▪️The WHO European Office calls for caution due to the sharp increase in the number of coronavirus strains, a blocking plan is being discussed.
▪️75 people became victims of the Typhoon in the Philippines.
▪️The 6th U.S. Court of Appeals reinstated Biden’s nationwide mandate to vaccinate or test for Covid-19 for large businesses.
▪️Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich became a Portuguese citizen.
▪️In the UK, they are discussing the possibility of a national lockdown after Christmas.
▪️The Governor of Texas, Abbott, announced that he had raised $ 54 million to continue the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico. The money was received from private sponsors.
▪️French Prime Minister Jean Castex announces the adoption of a law to transform the “sanitary pass” (vaccinated, recovered, tested) into a “pass only for vaccinated” in order to “increase the burden on the unvaccinated.”
▪️In Ireland, by order of the government, a curfew is imposed at 8 pm for the reception of guests and a 50% capacity limit at events.
▪️New York City has the highest number of daily cases of covid since the beginning of the pandemic (more than 21,000)
▪️The Netherlands introduces lockdown on Christmas and New Year holidays due to the spread of the Omicron strain.
▪️The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is four times more likely to cause inflammation of the heart muscle than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a Danish study published in the British Medical Journal.
▪️Pfizer is testing three doses of its vaccine on children under the age of five after a study showed that two doses were not effective enough for some children.
▪️Belarus is considering the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons on its territory if threatened by NATO.
▪️Scientists warn that the Antarctic glacier may collapse and raise the sea level by at least 1 foot (0.3048 meters)
▪️The US NFL is reviewing Covid-19 protocols, ending mandatory testing for asymptomatic fully vaccinated players.
▪️The US Congress of Democrats has published a document claiming that President Trump “deliberately undermined the response to the coronavirus.”
▪️Producer price inflation in Germany increased by 19.2% year-on-year in November. This is the highest growth since 1951.
▪️The hospitalization rate in South Africa dropped to just 1.7% in the Omicron wave, compared with 19% in the previous wave “under the control of Delta” – the Minister of Health.
▪️Member of the US House of Representatives Louis Gohmert: “Fauci should be held responsible for the deaths caused by what he imposes on Americans.”
▪️ Public schools in some states of America are returning to online learning.