2020-12-18 04:05:15 GMT2020-12-18 12:05:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ROME, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) Italy s COVID-19 infection rate continued its downward trend Thursday, though authorities warned that a new rise was inexorable with the holiday season about to start.
The country recorded 18,236 new infections over the previous 24 hours, the 12th consecutive day with fewer than 20,000 infections a level surpassed in 39 days since Oct. 25, including the all-time peak of 40,896 infections on Nov. 13.
On Thursday, the country also saw 27,913 recoveries over the past 24 hours, which outnumbered new infections by nearly 10,000, a near-record level. In mid-November, Italy was seeing more new coronavirus infections than recoveries in most days.
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Amsterdam, December 15: As Canadians, Britons and Americans begin getting immunised with a German-developed vaccine against coronavirus, pressure is building on the European Medicines Agency to approve the shot made by Pfizer Inc. and the German company BioNTech. German officials have been especially vocal that they want it approved before Christmas. Here s a look at the EMA approval process:
WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY?
The EMA is Europe s medicines regulatory agency and approves new treatments and vaccines for all 27 countries across the European Union. It is roughly comparable to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency is headquartered in Amsterdam and it has nearly 900 employees.