One more year, Sidney It has been one of the first cities to welcome 2022. Its iconic pyrotechnics show is the image that kicks off the celebrations that we will see throughout the rest of the globe in the next few hours.
The wish in many of those parties will be common: that the coronavirus pandemic ends as soon as possible. The omicron variant in the protagonist today in the fight against him COVID-19, being predominant in the majority of cases reported in Europe and in the rest of the world.
Despite the advances in vaccination, since the World Health Organization They carry three wishes for this new year. In the words of its president, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ask that 70% of the world’s population be vaccinated in July 2022 to “end the pandemic.”
In addition, they request to strengthen health security through a pandemic agreement, as well as “to help all countries to strengthen your primary health care“.
In Spain, the accumulated incidence registered 1,775.27 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 266 points more than this Thursday. Looking at the figures per minute, 112 infections are reported per minute, adding more than 161,000 new infections in just 24 hours.
The hope? The vaccine, always the vaccine, which maintains its solid figures waiting to reach all corners of the planet. The autonomous communities, for their part, have adopted restrictions to limit these infections, all with New Year’s Eve and other celebrations such as the Three Kings parade under magnifying glass.
2021 ends and gives way to a 2022 full of unknowns and hope in equal measure.
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