More than 77.1 million people infected, nearly 1.7 million people died from Covid-19 worldwide, Italy recorded the first case of a new CoV infection.

The world records 77,135,139 cases and 1,698,863 deaths from Covid-19, an increase of 569,863 and 8,244 cases a day, respectively, while 54,030,737 people have recovered, according to the real-time update page.

The Italian Ministry of Health announced on December 20 that a male patient in this country was infected with the newly discovered corona virus in the UK.

Italy currently reports 1,953,185 cases and 68,779 deaths from Covid-19, an increase of 15,104 and 352. They are in at least six countries that have enacted or are considering issuing bans on the reception of trains or

He reported an additional 35,928 cases and 326 deaths, bringing the number of infections and deaths to 2,040,147 and 67,401 respectively.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on December 19 that millions of British people would have to cancel their Christmas plans and stay indoors as the new corona virus is spreading rapidly.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced earlier last week that it was holding information on a new strain of nCoV appearing per 1,000 people in the UK, but added that there is no evidence that it works differently from already established strains.

British scientists believe that the new variant does not cause a more serious condition than the original, but it is 70% more contagious.

France, the world's fifth-largest epidemic region, recorded an additional 12,799 infections and 131 deaths, bringing infections and deaths to 2,473,354 and 60,549 respectively.

Elysee Palace on December 17 announced that French President Emmanuel Macron, 42 years old, is positive for nCoV.

Macron on December 18 said in a video on Twitter that he had fatigue, headache and a dry cough, but "was fine".

Germany reported 20,822 new infections and 350 deaths, bringing the total to 1,514,783 and 26,764, respectively.

The European Pharmaceutical Authority (EMA) based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, earlier said it planned to hold a special meeting, no later than December 29, to discuss conditional licensing.

The German government imposed a partial blockade from December 16 to curb the spread of nCoV that seemed out of control.

The United States, the world's largest epidemic zone, recorded an additional 171,549 cases and 1,351 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 18,255,905, of which 32,806 people died.

American health experts warn of the danger of medical crisis in winter when intensive care rooms are overloaded and many places have to put hospital beds in the hallway.

On the evening of December 20, the US Congress announced that it had reached an agreement on a new $ 900 billion bailout package to promote the world's largest economy, being devastated by the Covid-19 epidemic.

With the two vaccines approved, US health officials say they plan to deliver the first full dose to 20 million people by the end of this year.

India, the second largest epidemic region in the world, reported an additional 24,589 cases and 330 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dead from Covid-19 to 10,056,248 and 145,843 respectively.

The Indian government said on December 18 that it could soon begin voluntary vaccination against Covid-19 while it is considering an emergency licensing of three vaccines, including vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Indian company Bharat.

Meanwhile, many hospitals in New Delhi fell into overcrowding.

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 408 deaths from nCoV, bringing the total number of deaths to 186,764.

The Brazilian government on 12/12 announced the Covid-19 vaccination plan with the initial goal of vaccinating 51 million people, or about a quarter of the population, in the first half of 2021. However, the regulator

Amid the country hit hard by the pandemic, CoronaVac became the subject of political controversy in Brazil.

On December 18, President Bolsonaro continued to criticize when he expressed doubts about the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Russia, the world's fourth-largest epidemic region, recorded an additional 28,948 nCoV infections and 511 deaths within 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,848,377 and 50,858, respectively.

Russia is fighting a second wave of infections when St Petersburg officials say they are running out of beds for Covid-19 patients.

According to Russia's fourth announcement on December 14, the results of the Sputnik V vaccine on a scale of more than 22,714 people showed 91.4% efficiency.

Iran, one of the Middle East's largest epidemic regions, reported 53,625 deaths, an increase of 177, out of 1,158,384 cases, an increase of 6,312.

President Hassan Rouhani said on December 9 that Iran has not yet been able to buy Covid-19 vaccine because banks are not ready to process the transaction, because of fears of violating US sanctions, despite vaccines and other aspects.

"We want to buy vaccines. The budget is ready, but no bank will handle the transaction," Rouhani told officials.

Korea is facing the third wave of Covid-19 as new infections are rapidly increasing daily.

The Seoul metropolitan area (Seoul, Incheon and satellite cities) is about to run out of active treatment beds.

The government this week instructed all schools in the Seoul Metropolitan Area to be closed for a month but did not issue a blockade order due to concerns about damage to Asia's fourth-largest economy.

The Korean drug watchdog is likely to approve emergency use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine as early as next year, and the mass vaccination campaign could begin in February or March, according to Prime Minister Chung Sye.

In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the region's largest outbreak with 664,930 infections, an increase of 6,982, of which 19,880 deaths, an increase of 221. President Joko Widodo announced he will be the first to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Indonesia and

Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world with about 270 million people, received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine containing 1.2 million doses from China's Sinovac biotechnology company on December 6.

Government data shows that Indonesia has ordered 155.5 million doses of the vaccine, and is looking to buy an additional 116 million doses from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and the COVAX program, a global Covid-19 vaccine initiative.

The Philippines reported 459,789 cases and 8,947 deaths, up 1,754 and 36 cases respectively, making it the second largest epidemic area in the region.

The Philippines is one of the longest Christmas celebrations in the world, starting in September. Masses of people flock to large shopping and malls despite Covid-19 complicated developments in the East.