reply No Santa business? This "winter of the epidemic" will not be easy

What are the hottest jobs in Russia these days? It is cold old man, namely Russian version "Santa Claus". According to tradition, from December 15, the "cold Old Man" will come to perform for the family.But with the arrival of COVID-19. The number of applicants for the job has tripled since last year, but client demand has collapsed.And it's not just old Man Cold who has suffered this week from the global "cold winter".On December 9, a group of Japanese self-defense forces were ordered by the Defense Ministry to enter the downtown area of Asahikawa, Hokkaido.Their mission is not to fight on the defensive, but to enter medical facilities to help fight COVID-19.The presence of the team, which includes a "nurse officer" and four nurses with "quasi-nursing qualifications", is a sign of the strain on Xuchuan's health system.Asahikawa is Hokkaido's second largest city, with a population of about 330,000, second only to Sapporo, the capital.At least eight clusters of infections have recently occurred in medical institutions and other places in Xuchuan city, leading to a surge in the number of confirmed cases since December.The Asahikawa Hospital of Health and Welfare confirmed at least 258 cases, the most serious cluster of infections in Japan since the outbreak began.The number of confirmed cases at Keiyo Yoshida Hospital has also reached about 200, of which more than half are elderly patients with serious illness.The continuous infection of large-scale medical institutions has seriously consumed the medical resources of Asahikawa city and even Hokkaido.Currently, more than 70 percent of beds in Xuchuan are used to treat patients with the new coronaviruses. Mayor Xichuan Said Thursday that the city has a shortage of 24 nurses, which could lead to the collapse of the city's medical system and force the Self-Defense Forces to seek help.Xuchuan city health care to act as minister Shallow Li Hao: first of all, ask them to understand the specific situation of the medical front, hope that the support personnel of the Self-Defense Forces can work hard to play their role.According to the Law of Japan's Self-defense Forces, when the scale of the disaster exceeds the local rescue capacity, the SELF-DEFENSE Forces can dispatch troops to assist, which is called "disaster dispatch". During the 2011 earthquake in Eastern Japan, the SDF dispatched troops to help with disaster relief.Asahi Shimbun notes that as the COVID-19 situation intensifies, the number of areas requesting "disaster dispatch" is increasing. Juno Nakagawa, head of the Japanese Medical Association, said it was seen as a "last resort" for local doctors seeking help.The Olympic rings, which had been removed from Tokyo's Daiba Seaside Park, were put back in place after safety checks and repairs were completed on the morning of December 1.According to the third quarter economic data released by the Japanese government on August 8th, Japan's real GDP rose by 5.3% in the third quarter from the previous month, which is regarded as the recovery growth after the economic decline.That followed three straight quarters of decline, with the economy falling at an annualised rate of 28.1 per cent in the second quarter, the biggest drop since comparable data began.The Tokyo Olympics are seen as key to stimulating Japan's economy and are seen as a way to revive it.Yoshiki Suga, Japanese PRIME Minister: Boosting the damaged global economy and achieving economic growth is essential to creating a new COVID-19 era and post-covid-19 era society.However, the recent worsening of the epidemic in Tokyo, the host city of the Olympics, has everyone worried.On December 10, Japan recorded 2,972 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, a new high since the outbreak began.The number of new cases in Tokyo exceeded 600 for the first time, reaching 602 in a single day.At the end of December, Mr Suga's government will be 100 days old, a period described in the Japanese media as a "honeymoon period" of greater tolerance. But support for Mr Suga's cabinet has fallen to 50.3%, down more than 10 percentage points from last month, according to the latest poll. 55.5 percent of respondents said the government's anti-epidemic measures are insufficient, and 76.2 percent said the government should give priority to preventing and controlling the epidemic rather than stimulating the economy.On December 3, the Equivalent of the South Korean college entrance examination, "South Korean university study ability examination" officially opened.Everyone needs to have their temperature checked before entering the test room and wear a mask at all times.Candidates who have COVID-19 or are in self-isolation may also take the test at a "quarantine venue" set up by a medical institution.Moon JAe-in, PRESIDENT of THE REPUBLIC of Korea: I had a lot of concerns before, but I was relieved to see these preparations today, but the COVID-19 is still more serious than we expected.In places like the Seoul General Hospital, the branch hospital and the Northwest Hospital, many of the containers are lined up. Instead of being used to transport things, they will be converted into "container wards" for COVID-19 patients. Each "container ward" can accommodate two to three patients and is expected to provide a total of 150 beds.In the past week, South Korea has reported about 600 new cases a day, most of them concentrated in the capital, and the epidemic prevention ministry expects the number to rise to 900 by next week.Park leung-hoo, South Korea's minister of health and welfare :(government) concluded that the metropolitan area has entered the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and that we face an imminent threat of a national pandemic.Despite a 20 per cent drop in population mobility under controls over the past two weeks, the epidemic has not been effectively stopped, the ministry said. Cluster infections occur in nursing homes, religious facilities, cram schools, restaurants, military barracks and other places, and up to 16% of cases have unknown sources of infection.On December 8, South Korea raised its national response level again, with the capital Zone raised from level 2 to level 2.5, the second highest level after Level 3.At the same time, Capital Circle has stepped up the detection of novel Coronavirus.More than 150 temporary monitoring stations will be set up around universities and transport hubs where young people gather to carry out enhanced testing for three weeks. In the past, people with fever, cough or headache could only be tested after being diagnosed by a doctor. In the future, anyone can be tested anonymously, regardless of whether they have symptoms, as long as they provide their mobile phone number, the Joongang Daily reported.On 9 December, it was reported in the Italian media that researchers at the University of Milan had found a four-year-old child living near The city of Milan with no history of travel found in a pharyngeal secretion extracted in early December 2019. The researchers thus deduced that novel Coronavirus had been circulating in northern Italy by at least mid-November 2019, which explains the rapidness of the first outbreak in Lombardy earlier this year.University of milan global health professor ravi Leo: review found that (sample) virus RNA can be concluded that (boy) symptoms belongs to COVID - 19 at the time, so you can confirm the new crown cases a year ago, the children's symptoms began on November 21, in three to four days of incubation period, so he was in the middle of November about infection, we don't know as to who was infection.On December 8, the British government began to vaccinate people against the coronavirus, becoming the first western country to do so on a large scale.Margaret, 90, was the first person vaccinated.After the first dose, Margaret got a card reminding her to get her second dose on time in about a month.Margaret, British COVID-19 vaccinator: I can't even begin to describe it right now. It's strange, it's wonderful.Health care workers and the elderly are among the first to be vaccinated, according to a list of priority groups published by the Government.But according to Reuters, two NHS staff members had to be treated for vaccine-related allergic reactions shortly after the first day. A day later, Britain's health authorities issued an emergency warning that people who have had "significant" allergic reactions to drugs, food or vaccines should not get the vaccine.Nearly half of Britons are concerned about the safety of vaccines and a third are likely to refuse them, according to a new poll published by the Guardian newspaper.Who health emergency project director Ryan: the emergence of the vaccine does not equal to destroy COVID - 19, new vaccines will be a powerful tool, but only to rely on vaccines can't response to the outbreak, the vaccine should be included in the existing public health strategy, to continue to manage personal behavior and personal hygiene, realize that early next year at the same time there will not be enough vaccine for everyone.