on transmission within days, not necessarily weeks, but in days. while they wait for that information governments around the world are ramping up their responses. the us has just the us hasjust announced the us has just announced their first case. the individual is a traveller who returned on november the 22nd. the paint has not been detected in 25 countries including saudi arabia, south korea and nigeria. the authorities in nigeria are now enforcing mandatory vaccinations for all civil servants. enforcing mandatory vaccinations for all civilservants. in enforcing mandatory vaccinations for all civil servants. in southern africa, zimbabwe has reimposed a curfew from 9pm to 6am. switzerland will require vaccine certificates for all gatherings of 10 or more people. and the eu has brought forward its rollout of vaccines for 5 to ii year olds. and we ve had this from the president of the european commission.
if it s j&j and it s two months ago or more, get a booster. i don t think we should get hung up on should/may. just go out and get boostered. and here is a stark reminder about exactly what s at stake. more americans have died so far in 2021 than in all of 2020, and that s despite the fact that vaccines have been widely available for most of the year. well, anger over new covid restrictions has led to protests across europe. some of them violent. and nationwide lockdown has gone into effect in austria with a vaccine mandate expected in february. in croatia, thousands rallied against vaccine certificates. police use water cannons to disperse protests to ban unvaccinated people from some venues. and in the netherlands, a partial lockdown is underway. many people already were frustrated by months of
in 2021, than in all of 2020. and that s despite the fact that vaccines have been widely available for most of the year. well, anger over new covid restrictions has led to protests across europe, some of them violent. a nationwide lockdown has just gone into effect in austria with a vaccine mandate expected in february. in croatia, thousands rallied against mandatory vaccine certificates and other health measures. police in brussels used water canon to disperse protests against a plan to ban unvaccinated people from some venues. and in the netherlands, a partial lockdown is underway. many people, already, were frustrated by months of restrictions and they are lashing out. well, for more on this, we want to bring in a professor in biomedical and life sciences at the university college roosevelt and he joins me now from tillburg in the netherlands.
and that is what a lot of people are protesting about, the possibility of having separate measures for the unvaccinated. thousands of croatians have also taken to the streets of the capital, zagreb, in the biggest gathering in the country against covid restrictions and mandatory vaccine certificates, since the beginning of the pandemic. from monday, only people with covid passports can enter government and public buildings in croatia. the world health organization has called for an urgent tightening of measures across europe, warning that half a million more deaths could be recorded by march, unless urgent action is taken. the un body says, at the moment, one person is dying from the virus in europe every 15 to 20 minutes. dr hans kluge the who s regional director for europe spoke to the bbc earlier. we are definitely worried. but the good news is