Latest updates: only 2. 6 million Americans have been vaccinated from the target of 20 million to the end of 2020; Portugal has recorded more than 7,600 cases
More than 940,000 people in the UK had won a Covid-19 vaccine until 27 December, the Ministry of Health said.
A total of nine 44. 53 nine people won a first dose between nine and 27 December, totaling 786,000 in England, nine2,188 in Scotland, 35,335 in Wales and 31,016 in Northern Ireland.
More effects have been published in the clinical trials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine, and the US company “has a favorable tolerance and protection profile”.
The effects of the phase three trial showed that the vaccine was 94. 1% effective in preventing Covid-19 disease, adding serious diseases, as reported in the past.
The results, in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that no serious protection considerations were identified.
The UK government has signed an agreement for seven million doses of the vaccine, less than the figures for Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech injections.
The Modern Agreement is enough for about 3. 5 million people, who would get two doses.
More than 30,000 volunteers were randomly assigned to get the vaccine, such as mRN-1273, or a placebo.
The journal reported that covid-19 symptomatic disease was shown in 185 participants in the placebo organization and 11 in the vaccinated organization.
A severe Covid-19 occurred in 30 participants, with one death, all belonging to the placebo group, to the newspaper.
Moderna stated that the “systemic adverse events requested” occurred more in the vaccinated organization than in the placebo organization and were maximum headaches, fatigue and muscle pain.
The company stated that most adverse situations occurred within the first or second day after the injection and persisted for one or two days.
They stated that defense information would continue to be collected and that all participants would be monitored for two years after their time dose to assess coverage and long-term defense.
Children in Wales must return to school in a staggered manner from next week, as planned, the Welsh government said.
The new mandate is expected to begin on Monday, January 4.
Many schools in Wales will only be open to vulnerable students and key staff young people during the first week of the quarter.
Schools are expected to offer face-to-face learning to most of their students until January 11, with a full setback in the days leading up to January 18, authorities said.
A Welsh government spokesman said students receive “distance learning” when they are not physically in school.
Any adjustment to in-person training plans will be made “according to the latest clinical advice,” the spokesman added.
The number of coronavirus deaths in Turkey has increased to 239 in more than 24 hours, the knowledge of the ministry of fitness showed Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths to 20881.
The number of new cases increased to 14,380 during the same period, bringing the total number of cases from the start of the pandemic to 2,208,652.
Ankara has imposed full blockades on weekends and curfews on weekdays to control infections.
Turkey will also be closed from nine o’clock at night. December 31 at 5 a. m. on January 4 from the measures.
The UK government said another 964 people were killed within 28 days of the Covid-19 positive test on Thursday, bringing the UK total to 73,512.
Separate figures published through UK statistics agencies for deaths in which Covid-19 was discussed on the death certificate, as well as additional knowledge of deaths in recent days, show that there have now been 89,000 Covid-19-related deaths in the UK.
The government said that by nine o’clock on Thursday morning, there had been 55. 8 and nine laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK.
This brings the total number of in the UK to 2,488,780.
The UK has recorded 964 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, increasing since yesterday.
The new instances also continue to increase, with another 55,892 people testing positive since yesterday.
This year will be one of the deadliest on record, with more than 610,000 deaths in England and Wales.
It will be a few months before the final figures become available, however, existing knowledge from the Office of National Statistics means that about 80,000 more people died in 2020 than in 2019.
There had been more than 592,000 deaths as of December 18, however, there have been 4,000 Covid-19-related deaths since then and a total of two weeks of knowledge is still needed.
The gross mortality rate is expected to exceed 10 deaths, compared to another 1,000 people by 2020, up from 8. 9 last year.
The death toll is on track to be that of the 1918 influenza pandemic, when another 611,861 people died, the highest annual number recorded in England and Wales.
However, the nearest gross mortality rate of 16 deaths is consistent with another 1,000 people in 1918, while about 38. 4 million others lived in England and Wales, compared to 59. 4 million today.
France has detected its first case of a South African variant of coronavirus, the ministry said.
Variant 501. V2 detected through the South African government in mid-December.
Since then, cases have been discovered in Japan and Britain, among others.
The variant, which is believed to be transmitted more fluently, like some other edition discovered in Britain, was discovered in France in a guy who had returned from South Africa to his home in the Upper Rhine region, which borders Switzerland.
Italy reported 555 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, the ministry of fitness said, while the count of new infections increased from 16202 to 23477.
According to the ministry, on the last day 186,004 swabs were made, at 169,045.
Italy has recorded a total of 74,159 deaths from Covid-19 since its outbreak was discovered on February 21, giving it the highest death toll in Europe and the fifth highest in the world.
Italy has reported 2,107 million cases so far, the ministry of fitness said.
The number of patients hospitalized with Covid 23,151 on Thursday, 415 less than the previous day. There were 202 new revenues in extended care units, up from 175 Wednesday.
The existing number of intensive care patients increased from 27, the first in at least one month, to 2,555, reflecting those who died or disappeared after recovery.
Ambulance service is in a position to suffer delays and hospitals are at full capacity in Northern Ireland.
The total occupancy of beds is 100%, with six beds still empty, according to the latest official figures.
Paramedics warned that Covid-19 sick leave can delay responses to 999 calls at one of the busy times of the year.
Approximately 160 painters stopped painting for pandemic reasons.
Response times for less urgent cases needed for construction and others can wait longer to respond to their emergency calls.
Meanwhile, schools will offer distance education in the first week of the new quarter after the delay in returning to elegance due to the dizzying increase in infection rates.
One of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said: “Unfortunately, the NIAS Emergency Ambulance Control Room is currently experiencing absences due to Covid-19, and emergency plans are being made to mitigate the potential threat of service disruption.
This has put our service under even more pressure and we anticipate that people who call 999 will likely revel in a delay in answering their calls.
Eleven other people died from Covid-19, Stormont’s ministry of fitness said, and another 1,929 people tested positive.