British tourists sneak out of Swiss ski resort December 27, 2020 at 08:12PM

Hundreds of British tourists forced into quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier fled in the night rather than seeing their holidays go downhill, the local municipality said Sunday. Switzerland's ski resorts were set to boom with snow-seeking British tourists -- but a flight ban due to the new Covid-19 variant raging in England put those plans on ice.

ट्रम्प ने 66 लाख करोड़ रु. की कोविड राहत पर दस्तखत किए, UK में वैज्ञानिकों की लॉकडाउन की अपील December 27, 2020 at 06:12PM

अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प ने 900 बिलियन डॉलर (करीब 66 लाख करोड़ रुपए) की कोरोना राहत राशि पर दस्तखत कर दिए हैं। बीते दिनों इस रकम को अमेरिकी संसद (कांग्रेस) से मंजूरी मिल गई थी। इस रकम को कोरोना से प्रभावित हुए उद्योगों को बढ़ावा देने और नौकरी गंवा चुके लोगों की मदद की जाएगी।

वहीं, यूनाइटेड किंगडम (UK) में वायरस का नया स्ट्रेन (नया स्वरूप) सामने आने के बाद स्थिति गंभीर है। यहां टियर-4 के प्रतिबंध हैं यानी गैर-जरूरी दुकानें, मनोरंजन के साधन पूरी तरह बंद हैं। कुछ देश ट्रैवल बैन को और सख्त किए जाने की मांग कर रहे हैं। UK के वैज्ञानिकों ने सरकार से अपील की है कि देश में लॉकडाउन लगा देना चाहिए।

दुनिया में कोरोना के अब तक 8 करोड़ 11 लाख 42 हजार 113 मामले सामने आ चुके हैं। इसमें से 5 करोड़ 72 लाख 91 हजार 218 लोग ठीक हो चुके हैं। महामारी के चलते 17 लाख 71 हजार 884 लोगों की जान जा चुकी है।

कोरोना प्रभावित टॉप-10 देशों में हालात

देश	संक्रमित	मौतें	ठीक हुए
अमेरिका	19,573,847	341,138	11,495,875
भारत	10,208,725	147,940	9,781,945
ब्राजील	7,484,285	191,146	6,515,370
रूस	3,050,248	54,778	2,450,829
फ्रांस	2,559,686	62,746	189,941
यूके	2,288,345	70,752	N/A
तुर्की	2,147,578	19,878	2,015,230
इटली	2,047,696	71,925	1,394,011
स्पेन	1,869,610	49,824	N/A
जर्मनी	1,655,322	30,502	1,236,700

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