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BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BAGHDAD – The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported 3,857 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as the total number of deaths exceeded 10,000.
A ministry statement said the new cases brought the total number of infections nationwide to 413,215.
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BEIJING (AP) – Beijing requires foreign travelers to undergo three nucleic acid tests when heading to the capital, which recently resumed direct international flights, COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control authorities said Wednesday. from the city.
Foreign travelers arriving in Beijing must take a first test and present their certificate with a negative result within five days of boarding their flight; then they must make a health declaration and carry out a second test at customs; finally, they must conduct a third test after completing the quarantine in China, Tian Tao, a member of the city’s epidemic prevention and control task force, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
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BERLIN – New COVID-19 infections in Germany continued to rise, rising from 5,132 in one day to 334,585, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Wednesday.
Compared to the previous day, the numbers showed a jump of more than 1,000 new cases. The highest level of new infections in Germany to date was reached in late March, with more than 6,200 in one day, according to the RKI.
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ADDIS ABABA – The total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 1,592,549 as of Wednesday, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized health care agency of the African Union Commission, said in a statement that the death toll due to illness related to the pandemic reached 38,868 on Wednesday afternoon.
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WARSAW – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki tested negative after committing to quarantine, the Polish Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
The prime minister will remain in isolation for as long as his doctor deems appropriate.
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BUCHAREST – Romania reported another 4,016 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, making it the highest number of infections recorded in a 24-hour span since the outbreak, authorities announced.
Another worrisome fact officially announced was that the number of critically ill patients exceeded 600 for nine consecutive days, reaching a record 686 on Wednesday.
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MOSCOW – Russia recorded 14,231 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its total to 1,340,409, according to a statement released Wednesday by the country’s COVID-19 response center.
Moscow reported the most new cases with 4,573 infections, reaching a cumulative count of 344,004, the center said.
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NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 count reached 7,239,389 and death toll 110,586 on Wednesday, as 63,509 new cases and 730 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours across the country, according to the latest released data. by the federal Ministry of Health.
There are still 826,876 active cases in the country, while 6,301,927 people have been successfully cured and discharged.
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TOKYO – Japan confirmed 266 new daily infections on Wednesday, bringing the nation’s cumulative total to 90,533, not including those related to a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo earlier in the year.
This compares with 496 new daily infections confirmed a day earlier across the country.
Of the 266 new cases on Wednesday, the Tokyo metropolitan government said that according to its preliminary figures, 177 of the new infections were detected in the capital.
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QINGDAO – More than 7.5 million people had been sampled for nucleic acid tests as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in eastern China’s Qingdao city after a city-wide testing campaign began. Monday.
So far, more than 4.06 million of the samples collected have been analyzed and, with the exception of the cases already reported, no new positive samples have been detected, the municipal health commission said. Final product
