Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez addresses a press conference on July 29, 2022 in La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, to present his government's results since the beginning of the year. JAVIER SORIANO AFP Sanchez said in a Twitter post that he had tested positive for COVID 19 and that he would continue working, taking maximum precautions, even though he wouldn't be able to assist a planned Socialist Party event close to Barcelona. The news came just 24 hours before Spain begins its campaign to give a fourth dose of vaccine to people aged over 60, health workers and people living in residential care homes.
This second booster dose will use vaccine modified to offer protection against the latest strain of COVID- 19, after the health ministry reported a slight rise in the 14 day incidence of the virus in the over 60's in over two months.
The prevalence rose from 129 cases per 100,000 inhabitants to 136 cases per 100,000 in the data provided by the ministry on Friday, although the number of intensive care beds occupied by COVID 19 patients has dropped to just 129, about 1.5 percent of the intensive care beds in Spain.
People wait for a free rapid antigen test for the coronaviruses disease at a testing center in the GUM, State Department store in Moscow on January 31, 2022. Russia has registered 46,758 new COVID 19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 20,792, 921, the official monitoring and response center said on Sunday.
The death toll in the United States increased by 95 to 386,757, while the number of recoveries increased by 45,908 to 19,756, 507, the center said.
Moscow reported 3,409 new cases, bringing its total to 3,180, 423.
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