the covid it’s still a reality. More urgent in some parts of the world, but constant enough not to allow us to let go of vigilance entirely, even when infections appear to be receding. China is currently the country hardest hit by the increase in cases.
The city of Shanghai will impose a sectoral lockdown starting tomorrow in light of the increase in infections of the Covid19 epidemic related to the Omicron variant. The local government made the announcement today. The eastern part of the city will go into lockdown for five days to allow for population screening, followed by the western part for the same duration from April 1st.
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Covid Bulletin today, March 27: 59,555 cases and 82 deaths, positivity rate rises to 15.5%
“Leaders are ready for the return of restrictions
World leaders must be “flexible enough to resort to coronavirus restrictions,” US chief medical officer Anthony Fauci warned in an interview with the BBC. “We need to be prepared for the possibility of tighter restrictions” should another potentially harmful new variant emerge, the expert adds.
Regarding the increase in cases, he explained that in connection with the easing, “no aggravation in the form of increased hospital admissions seems to be associated with it. “I don’t want to talk about lockdown because it’s an alarming term, but we need to keep an eye on the increases over this period and on the possible reversal, at least temporarily, have flexibility in terms of easing restrictions. ‘ he commented.