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While experts disagree with the controversial strategy of easing measures in many countries because of the risk of a second major wave of the pandemic, health officials are also concerned that not many cases are reported in some countries, although the number of deaths is gradually increasing. slowing down
The total number of confirmed cases of new coronary heart disease worldwide currently exceeds 3.52 million and the number of deaths is 245,000, or a quarter of a million, according to a Reuters report.
The majority of Covid-19 patients have been reported in the United States and Europe in recent days, although the transmission rate in these areas appears to be limited. However, the spread is accelerating in Latin America, Africa and Russia, and experts fear that data from these countries is inaccurate and that many cases are not recorded.
It should be noted that two days after the easing of the measures and five weeks after the imposition of the “lock” in South Africa, there was a rapid increase in the number of cases yesterday. The 447 cases (out of a total of 6,783 confirmed) are the highest since March 5, when the first case of infection was recorded in the country.
“We still have to be careful with the numbers,” said Peter Collington, an infectious disease doctor and microbiologist at Campera Hospital, referring to a “big problem.” “Furthermore, the death rate is ten times higher than that of influenza in all age groups,” he added.
“Far from the collective immunity”
“We could easily have a second or third wave because many places do not have immunity,” Collington said, noting that we are far from a herd immune system that requires 60% of the population to recover from the disease.
Although the number of new cases has decreased from its peak last week, when 104,495 new infections were reported worldwide in one day, there are still around 75,000 to 90,000 per day worldwide. But even in countries where the disease has been deemed successful, such as Australia and New Zealand, which have been reporting single-digit numbers of new cases every day for weeks, experts are skeptical.
The daily rate of new cases worldwide was 2-3% last week, up from 13% at the peak of the pandemic in mid-March, prompting many countries to begin easing restrictive measures that have tax. paralyze the world economy.
In the United States, for example, about half of the states partially reopened their economies over the weekend, while others, including New York State, decided it was too early.
In Britain, on the other hand, Boris Johnson, who also appeared in the mockery, said yesterday that the country has passed the peak of the epidemic, but that it is too early to relax.
With information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
