Coronavirus causes ‘big problems’ in British schools where thousands of students stay at home

The British health authorities announced on Tuesday that 31,564 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 203 patients with COVID-19 had died.

The new coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom has reached this stage with 135,455 deaths out of a total of 7,496,543 infections, according to official data. The death toll includes only those who died within 28 days of being diagnosed with the virus.

Last week, some 122,300 children dropped out of school for reasons related to COVID-19. However, about nine out of ten students come to schools after they opened earlier this month. In percentage terms, the percentage of students who are absent due to the disease caused by the new coronavirus reaches 1.5%. Among them, 59,300 are confirmed cases, 44,600 suspected cases and 15,900 in isolation.

Teachers’ unions point out that the pandemic is causing “great” difficulties in schools and that some are finding it difficult to stay open.

The immunization program continues with booster doses for Britain’s most vulnerable, and teens ages 12-15 are starting to receive the first doses of their own vaccines.

More than 89% of Britons over the age of 16 have received one dose of the vaccine, 81% and a second, according to the latest official figures. Life has practically returned to normal.

Mexico: 815 deaths and over 12,500 cases in 24 hours

The Mexican Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that another 815 COVID-19 patients had died in the past 24 hours and 12,521 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been diagnosed.

With 272,580 deaths since it broke out in its territory until yesterday, the country of 126 million inhabitants records the 4th heaviest death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the world in absolute terms. The recorded cases are now 3,585,565, according to the data of the ministry, but its executives acknowledge that they are very underestimated in relation to reality.

Turkey: Over 29,000 cases and 260 deaths in 24 hours

The Turkish Ministry of Health announced yesterday Tuesday that 29,338 infections from SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours after 354,854 tests, with the registered cases reaching 6,904,285.

The deaths of another 260 patients with COVID-19 increased the death toll to 62,065 dead until yesterday, March 11, 2020, when the new coronavirus pandemic broke out in Turkey.

Since the immunization campaign was launched in Turkey on January 14th, 52.95 million people have received a vaccine dose, a second 42.53 million, and a total of more than 106 million doses have been administered, including third-party boosters, always according to the ministry. .

Israel: Nearly 8,700 cases and 26 deaths in 24 hours

The Israeli Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 8,691 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been diagnosed in the past 24 hours and 26 patients with COVID-19 had died.

The toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country has reached 7,567 deaths out of a total of 1,242,262 infections as of this stage, according to official data.

The number of so-called active cases decreased to 74,957.

Patients in critical condition were reduced to 710 (–4 in 24 hours).

Since the start of the immunization campaign in Israel in December 2020, more than 6.07 million people in the country – 64.6% of the population – have received at least one dose of the approved COVID-19 vaccine, over 5, 59 million second installment and over 3.1 million third, supportive, always according to the figures of the Ministry of Health.

Iran: 379 deaths and more than 17,500 cases in 24 hours

Iran’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 17,564 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been diagnosed in the past 24 hours and 379 patients had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

The pandemic of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic has reached 117,905 dead since its outbreak in February 2020, out of a total of 5,459,796 infections, according to official data.

6,661 patients with COVID-19 are being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) of Iranian hospitals.

As of yesterday, in the country of approximately 83 million inhabitants, more than 31.3 million citizens had received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, of which 14.4 million and the second.

Iran has been facing a new, deadly pandemic wave – attributed to the most contagious Delta variant – in the last quarter.

Germany: Over 10,400 and 71 deaths in 24 hours

Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany have risen by 10,454 in the past 24 hours to 4,160,970, according to data released Wednesday by the Robert Koch Institute, the country’s epidemiological watchdog.

The deaths of 71 patients with COVID-19 have increased the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the country to 93,123 to date, according to the same source.

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