WHO warns that two countries announce record cases of coronavirus infection: difficult road ahead

In the United States, more than 52,000 were diagnosed in the last day. New cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University.

This is a new registry of new cases of the disease detected per day in the country.

According to the University of Baltimore, published at 8 p.m. 30 minutes. 52898 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered in the country during local time (Wednesday 3 hours 30 min. Lithuania), and the total number of infections increased to 2,682,270.

On the last day, another 706 people died in the country from COVID-19, bringing the total number of victims to 128,028.

In the past few days, about 40,000 cases have been reported per day in the United States. New cases of COVID-19. The previous day, 42,528 new cases of the disease had been registered in the country.

The number of new infections hit a daily record in Israel as well.

The health ministry said Wednesday night that 868 new cases were registered in 24 hours. This is the highest one-day rate in Israel since the start of the pandemic. To date, the highest number of infections, 819, was recorded on April 3.

As a result, new restrictions were announced Thursday night. Several neighborhoods in the city of Lod and the port city of Ashdod will be isolated for at least a week. Starting Friday, the five-day quarantine will also take effect in the Palestinian territories.

In Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the pandemic was not severe at first. However, with the lifting of restrictions, the number of infected people began to increase considerably.

According to the Ministry of Health, 26,257 people have been infected with the virus in Israel so far, 322 people have died. To date, 2,758 cases have been registered in the Palestinian territories, eight people have died.

Increasing numbers of coronavirus infections are reported in Ukraine, Japan.

New cases of coronavirus infection have increased again in Ukraine, with 889 registered in the last day and 12 previously infected people dying, according to data from the National Security and Defense Council (NSGT), which coordinated the response to the epidemic on Thursday.

664 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection were confirmed in Ukraine on Wednesday, the highest number recorded last Friday was 1,109.

According to the NSGT, by Thursday morning, a total of 45,887 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in Ukraine, 1,185 patients died and another 20,053 recovered, 505 of them in the last day.

There are currently 24,649 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, 372 more patients than the previous day.

Coronavirus deterioration rates are reported in Ukraine, Japan.

New cases of coronavirus infection have increased again in Ukraine, with 889 registered in the last day and 12 previously infected people dying, according to data from the National Security and Defense Council (NSGT), which coordinated the response to the epidemic on Thursday.

664 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection were confirmed in Ukraine on Wednesday, the highest number recorded last Friday was 1,109.

According to the NSGT, by Thursday morning, a total of 45,887 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in Ukraine, 1,185 patients died and another 20,053 recovered, 505 of them in the last day.

There are currently 24,649 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, 372 more patients than the previous day.

On Thursday, July 2, Tokyo reported 107 new cases of coronavirus, the biggest jump since early May. The number of infections began to grow as Japan opened its economy, writes Bloomberg.

State broadcaster NHK announced the highest number of new cases since May 2, when Tokyo was still in a state of emergency, citing the local government in the Japanese capital. About 50 new cases were reported daily in Tokyo last week.

With the lifting of the state of emergency in late May and the lifting of all business and travel restrictions in early June, the number of infected people in the city has risen again. Such sad changes are believed to have been caused by the Japanese who returned to work and active social life.

New outbreaks are feared in the UK. The media fear that dozens of areas in England are threatened with the fate of the city of Leicester, which could soon be quarantined again.

Sky News has received reports from the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Public Health that the country’s government is particularly concerned about the areas in England where coronavirus infections continue to rise relentlessly.

If the local coronavirus epidemics do not subside, the city of Leicester, forced to return to quarantine and close most businesses, will face the fate of dozens of areas in England, including Barnsley, Bradford and Rochdale, with a population of 45,000. and more per 100,000 people per week.

Quarantine could also be introduced soon in Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen, Tameside, Oldham, Kirklees and Rotherham, where the weekly number of people infected with coronavirus has increased from 30 to 45 people per 100,000 inhabitants.

At that time, more than 100 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Austria on Wednesday for the first time since May.

The number of infected people increased by 107 in 24 hours, the country’s interior ministry said on Wednesday. To date, 17,873 cases of infection have been reported in Austria, and 705 people have died. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said at a press conference on Wednesday that the increase in new infections was “worrying”.

“We take the situation very seriously,” he stressed.

Since May, the number of new cases of coronavirus infection detected in the country per day has been less than 100 and amounted to 30-40. Austria is the first EU country to date on April 14. began to mitigate measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

With the increase in coronavirus cases, Austria issued a warning to travel to the six countries of the Western Balkans. From now on, the strongest warning is not to go to these states, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said in Vienna on Wednesday.

It is necessary to refuse to travel to Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, northern Macedonia and Montenegro, stressed the integration minister, Susanna Raab, referring to the 530,000 people living in Austria with roots in the former Yugoslavia.

Import cases from the Western Balkans have already been registered in Austria. The Interior Ministry has announced intensive border controls. Entry will only be possible with a negative coronavirus test or 14 days of isolation.

Austria’s neighbor Hungary is taking a hard line. The country declares that it does not intend to follow the recommendations of the European Union to gradually open its borders to travelers from outside the trade bloc, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, arguing for public health problems and a new wave of coronavirus.

According to Bloomberg, the European Union this week issued a recommendation to its member states to begin removing restrictions on arrivals from 14 countries, including China.

On Thursday Orban said that as for the list of countries, Hungary would only allow people from neighboring Serbia.

“So far, with the exception of Serbia, we cannot respond to the European Union’s request to admit newcomers from outside the bloc, as this would be contrary to the health interests of the Hungarian people,” said the head of government. Hungarian in a Facebook post.

Orban also added that Hungary would provide a special corridor for those who wish to cross the country.

Until now, Hungary has managed to avoid a new wave of coronavirus. Almost 10 million. In a country with a population of COVID-19, 4,157 people became ill and 586 died.

The WHO warned that the global coronavirus pandemic is gaining momentum, noting that more than half of all cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection confirmed since the start of the pandemic were reported in June.

“Last week, the number of new cases exceeded 160,000 each day,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a virtual press conference.

“Last month alone, about 60 percent reported in all cases,” he said.

So far, more than 10.5 million have been approved worldwide. COVID-19 infections and more than 511 thousand deaths. Earlier this week, the WHO warned that the coronavirus pandemic “was not ending.”

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated on Wednesday that a “comprehensive approach” is the best way to stop the virus.

The parties that have implemented a full range of measures, including contact tracking, isolation, physical distance, and wearing masks, have pressed suppressed [ligos] and saved lives, “he said.

Therefore, according to him, the United Nations Health Agency is very concerned that some countries “did not use all the tools and adopted a fragmented approach.”

“These countries have a long and difficult road ahead,” said the WHO chief.