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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/nov/24/covid-news-live-south-korea-reports-record-daily-cases-us-to-require-vaccination-proof-at-all-border-crossings

 

Here's a summary of the latest developments

 

• Italy has unveiled new Covid measures banning the unvaccinated from numerous venues, extending compulsory vaccination and expanding booster shots to all adults. “We are seeing the situation in bordering countries is very serious and we also see that the situation in Italy is gradually but constantly getting worse,” the prime minister, Mario Draghi, said.
• Portugal’s health secretary today pledged to give Covid booster shots to a quarter of the population by the end of January to tackle the “pandemic storm that has not yet passed”. More than 850,000 people in Portugal have already received a booster shot. Antonio Sales said 2.5 million would get the additional dose by the end of January.
• Nearly three-quarters of local authorities in the UK experienced a week-on-week rise in Covid rates in the seven days to 20 November. According to an analysis by PA Media, 74% of Britain’s 377 local authority areas saw a rise, 25% a fall and the remainder were unchanged.
• The number of people testing positive for coronavirus is on the rise in the UK, with 43,676 new cases according to the latest figures. 149 more people have died. 303,071 people have tested positive for the virus in the past seven days - a rise of 11.1%.
• Dr Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies programme, said the UK had “led the world” on how to approach measurement of pandemics.
• The World Health Organization director-general has declared that Europe is once again at the epicentre of the pandemic and warned that “no country or region is out of the woods”.
• The Netherlands reported more than 23,700 new Covid cases – the highest since the start of the pandemic.
• The head of the EU’s disease control agency has warned that mandatory Covid vaccination is “not a magic wand” as she warned that European governments needed to take urgent action faced with a rising wave of infections.
• The Netherlands health minister has said the government will announce new Covid measures on Friday as hospitals struggle to cope with a surge in cases. “The infection rate is higher than ever before,” Hugo de Jonge said in a letter to parliament. “Hospital admissions keep exceeding expectations and we have not seen the worst yet.”
• France is to announce new Covid measures tomorrow as infections surge across the country. Spokesman Gabriel Attal said today that the government wants to strengthen social distancing and speed up vaccinations and said they are doing all they can to save the Christmas holiday season.
• Countries should consider implementing mandatory Covid vaccination, the director of World Health Organization (WHO) Europe said today. Robb Butler said that although “mandatory vaccine can, but does not always, increase uptake”, he suggested countries should start thinking about the issue.
• One in four adults in England who test positive for Covid are ignoring self-isolation rules, according to a survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The research found just 75% of respondents fully followed isolation requirements for 10 days after testing positive.
• Politicians in Italy are considering new Covid measures that could see restrictions on unvaccinated people. Prime minister Mario Draghi’s government is today discussing the details of a “super green pass” for the vaccinated.