Here are the latest developments related to the spread of the Corona virus in the world in light of the latest numbers, new measures and facts, Friday:
The European Union has achieved its goal of securing enough doses to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population against the Corona virus, according to what the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced Saturday, considering that the bloc, with a population of about 366 million, has enough doses.
South Korea, which has long been considered a role model in terms of containing the pandemic, announced 1,378 additional infections on Saturday, in a record number for the third consecutive day in a country whose capital, Seoul, is preparing for the most stringent restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic.
From Monday, strict restrictions will be imposed in the South Korean capital, under which gatherings of more than two people will be prohibited after 18:00, and schools, bars and nightclubs will be closed.
Russia, which is witnessing a widespread outbreak of the mutant delta, announced that it recorded a record daily death toll from Covid-19, which amounted to 752 cases.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Russia has counted more than 5.7 million cases of coronavirus and 142,253 deaths, according to official figures.
On Saturday morning, the Netherlands extended the restrictions imposed to contain the Corona virus, after the number of daily infections increased sevenfold within a week and reached seven thousand cases on Friday.
The Dutch government decided, in particular, to close all night boxes and close restaurants from midnight.
The northern Japanese regions of Hokkaido and Fukushima have decided to hold the soccer, baseball and softball matches that they are scheduled to host within the framework of the Olympic Games (between July 23 and August 8) without spectators.
The decision of the governor of the Hokkaido region is different from what the Japanese authorities announced on Friday regarding the holding of competitions without an audience in the capital and neighboring regions, and the availability of mass attendance in other regions.
The Commissioner-General of the Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux, announced on the fifth day of the events organized despite the pandemic that “there is no focus in Cannes” for the Corona virus.
"Yesterday, we conducted more than three thousand examinations, and no infection was recorded," he said, stressing that "what is rumored about the existence of an epidemiological focus in was baseless."
He continued, "We all take great precautions, we all have a desire to set an example, for the festival to continue until the end, and for the pandemic to stop."
