Austria imposes a nationwide lockdown to stop the 4th wave of COVID

World: The outbreak of epidemic continues in many nations of the world. Deaths from COVID in Russia are making a new record day by day. The risk of the epidemic returning in other countries of Europe also remains. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of corona infections worldwide has crossed 25.59 crore while more than 51.3 lakh people have died due to the COVID. Not only this, but the number of COVID vaccinations has also crossed 7.59 billion. The US remains the worst-hit nation with the world's highest number of cases at 47,528,607 and 768,658 deaths. Austria imposed a nationwide lockdown A nationwide lockdown will be inflicted in Austria to restrict the fourth wave of COVID. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schalenberg stated on Friday that the lockdown would begin from Monday and would be in effect for fore ten days. In this, direct classes will not be taken in schools for the students. Not only this, restaurants and social programs will also be forbidden. Vaccination will also be made compulsory in the nation from February 1. Chancellor Alexander Schalenberg stated that we do not want a fifth wave in the country.

1,254 people died in Russia

Russian officials on Friday announced a record number of deaths from the COVID pandemic for the third day in a row. Russia's State COVID Task Force said that 1,254 people died of this epidemic in the last 24 hours, related to 1,251 on Thursday and 1,247 on Wednesday. In Russia, 37,156 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.

293 people died in Brazil, 201 in Germany

In Brazil, 293 people have died due to COVID infection in one day, taking the death toll from the epidemic to 612,144. In Brazil, 12,301 COVID cases of infection have been recorded in a day, due to which the number of infected has risen to 21,989,962. In Germany, too, the infection is increasing rapidly. In Germany, 52,970 cases of COVID have been recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the figure of infected people to 5,248,291, while 201 people have died due to COVID.