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Original title: (Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Many African countries begin a new coronavirus vaccination and three mutant viruses are simultaneously spreading in the United States.
China News Service, Beijing, March 6. Full news: The latest data from the official website of the World Health Organization shows that at 15:47 Central European fifth hour (22:47 Beijing fifth hour), the total The number of cases confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide reached 115,289,961. The total number of deaths was 2,564,560. According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at 11:24 a.m. on the 6th Beijing time, there were 1,160,422,835 confirmed cases worldwide and 2,579,776 deaths.
The World Health Organization said on the 5th that the “New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan (COVAX)” launched jointly by it and its partners has delivered more than 20 million doses of vaccine to 20 countries, and will deliver vaccinations to another 31 countries next week.
Americas: Three New Mutated Coronaviruses Are Spreading in the United States at the Same Time
According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University on the 6th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has approached 28.89 million, of which more than 520,000 have died. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 40 states in the United States have reported nearly 3,000 cases of the three new variants of coronavirus infections found in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil, and the actual number of infections may be higher.
The Director General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on the 5th that the situation in Brazil is very worrying. Since November last year, the number of new cases in Brazil has continued to increase. From November 2 to 8 of last year, there were more than 110,000 new cases in Brazil, and from February 22 to 28 of this year, there were more than 370,000 new cases in Brazil. In the last six weeks, the number of new cases in many countries has shown a downward trend, while the number of new deaths in Brazil has continued to rise.
Tan Desai pointed out that Brazil must face the epidemic very seriously and, when launching the vaccine, must take active public health measures. As Brazil borders many countries in South America, if Brazil does not treat it seriously, it will affect all neighboring countries, including all of South America and the region in general.
On March 3 local time, German Chancellor Merkel announced late at night that the German federal government and the states reached a resolution to extend the current national “city blockade” measures until March 28.
Europe: the new mutated coronavirus spreads rapidly in many European countries
According to official data published by the United Kingdom, on the 5th, 5,947 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in the United Kingdom, with a total of 4,207,305 confirmed cases and a total of 124,261 deaths. The British health department said it is investigating the 16 recently confirmed cases of the new variant of coronavirus B.1.1.7 infection in the country.
Willer, director of the Robert Koch Institute, the German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a press conference on the 5th that the rapid spread of the new mutant coronavirus B.1.1.7 discovered in the UK in Germany is worrying. and this spread is stronger. The most damaging mutant virus will soon “dominate” in Germany, causing Germany’s epidemic prevention situation to “be used at a tipping point” again.
According to the latest data published by the Robert Koch Institute, 46% of the current confirmed cases of the new corona in Germany are infected with the virus of the new mutant corona found in the United Kingdom, and about a month ago, this proportion was less than 6.%.
According to data published by the French Ministry of Health on the 5th, there were 23,507 new confirmed cases of new corona in France, a total of 3,859,102 confirmed cases and a total of 88,274 deaths. Almost 3.4 million people in France have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the new corona vaccine. France’s latest vaccination goal is to vaccinate 10 million people by mid-April.
Due to the accelerated spread of the new mutated coronavirus in France, the provinces of France with high risk of spreading the epidemic have increased from 20 to 23. Paris and other places plan to adopt a series of new measures such as the “weekend ban “on the 6th to halt the deterioration of the epidemic.
The weekly epidemic surveillance report issued jointly by the Italian Ministry of Health and the Institute for Advanced Health on the 5th showed that Italy’s overall epidemic risk has increased for 5 consecutive weeks. Currently, the new mutant coronavirus discovered in the UK has become the main new coronavirus spreading in Italy. The Italian disease control department called for “timely and comprehensive” measures to be taken against the rapid spread of the new mutated coronavirus, and strict measures must be taken against the new mutated coronavirus discovered in Brazil.
Asia: Foreign media say 7 people in South Korea died after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca
According to “Lianhe Zaobao” and other foreign media reports, since South Korea started vaccination work of the new crown on February 26, more than 220,000 people have completed the first dose of vaccination, but 7 of them died and all the deceased were vaccinated with AstraZeneca. The Korean Agency for Disease Control and local governments have previously admitted that South Korea had died after being vaccinated with the new crown vaccine.
To allay public concerns, the Blue House of the South Korean Presidential Palace stated that South Korean President Moon Jae-in is also willing to get vaccinated with AstraZeneca. South Korean media said that because all the dead were patients suffering from basic diseases such as high blood pressure or diabetes, the epidemic prevention department is investigating whether this is causally related to vaccination.
On the 5th, Japan reported 1,149 new confirmed cases of new corona, a total of 438,574 confirmed cases, and a total of 8,211 deaths. Currently, the areas where Japan has detected a highly infectious variant of the new coronavirus have expanded to 19 prefectures. Japanese experts noted that the mutant new corona virus is likely to “spread more dramatically than at this stage” in the future. Japan will usher in the fourth wave of the new corona epidemic, which may have a negative impact on lifting the situation and the Tokyo Olympics.
Africa and Oceania: many African countries start a new corona vaccination job
According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 5th, a total of 3,939,794 confirmed cases of new corona in Africa and a total of 105,020 deaths.
Many African countries started vaccination work on the 5th. On the 5th, Guinea launched China’s assistance for the inoculation of the new corona vaccine. The first group of people to be vaccinated was medical personnel. Keita, director of Guinea’s National Health and Safety Administration, said on the same day that he has full confidence in the efficacy of China’s vaccine. Kenya and Nigeria began vaccination work for the new crown on the 5th, and the first batch of vaccinations was all front-line medical personnel.
Uganda received the first batch of 864,000 doses of vaccine through the “New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine (COVAX) Implementation Plan” led by the World Health Organization on the 5th. The Uzbekistan Ministry of Health announced that it will start the vaccination work of the new crown on the 8th and will give priority to the vaccination of health workers and high-risk groups. Mali also received the first batch of 396,000 doses of the new COVAX corona vaccine on day 5, becoming the first country in the Sahel region of Africa to receive the COVAX vaccine.
Cameroon’s Public Health Minister Manaouda said on social media on the night of the 5th that he would receive a batch of vaccines through COVAX in the next two weeks, and the medical staff will prioritize vaccination. Ghana received 50,000 doses of the new corona vaccine from India on the 5th. The government of Ghana stated that it will continue to use bilateral and multilateral agreements to obtain the new corona vaccine and plans to vaccinate 20 million people. (Finalize)
