WHO warns that this is not even the second wave



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In the United States, 57,683 new cases of coronavirus infection were identified in COVID-19 on the last day, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University.

This is a new registry of new cases of the disease detected in this country daily.

According to the University of Baltimore, published at 8 p.m. 30 minutes. local time (Saturday, 3 hours and 30 minutes, Lithuania), the total number of infected people reached 2,793,022.

The university also recorded a further 728 deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 victims in the United States to 129,405.

The number of new infections has increased particularly rapidly in recent days in the southern and western states.

As the country was hit hardest by the pandemic as it prepared to celebrate Independence Day, a new daily registry of infection cases was established for the third day in a row.

WHO: This is not the second wave of the pandemic.

The recent resurgence of coronavirus infections in many countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is not a sign of a second wave.

Rather, it is the second peak of the first wave, WHO emergency coordinator Michael Ryan told the media on Friday night in Geneva.

“What we are seeing now in many parts of the world is the second peak of the first wave where the virus has not been controlled enough to prevent transmission of the disease,” said Ryan. Therefore, it is even more necessary to continue applying measures such as hand hygiene, distance and isolation of the infected in a consistent manner. “Otherwise, we may find ourselves in a situation where the level of infection will be higher than we really want for a long time,” said the WHO official.

There is a possibility of a second wave, Ryan continued, for example, in the winter, when again more people will break into the interior and the virus will be able to spread more easily between people than it is now. The virus may also respond to temperature.

Latin America has overtaken Europe in terms of the number of coronavirus infections

For the first time since the coronavir pandemic began, Latin America has overtaken Europe in terms of the number of coronavirus infections. AFP estimates on Friday show that a total of 2.73 million was approved in South America. almost 2.7 million cases in Europe.

The region most affected by the pandemic remains North America. More than 2.8 million are registered here. infections, more than 2.7 million. of which the United States. The number of infected people in the world has reached almost 10.9 million, with at least 521,000 deaths.

The number of coronavirus victims in the world exceeded 524 thousand, and the number of infected people exceeded 11 million.

The number of people who died from coronavirus infection in COVID-19 worldwide in the 24 hours at 8 a.m. of Saturday. In Lithuanian times, it increased to 3,379 to 524,677, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University.

The total number of infected people in the world, according to the university, increased by 206,890 per day to 11,049,505, and the increase was much greater than the previous day (148,055).

After more than 1 million. infected, according to university data found in the United States and Brazil.

In the United States, the total number of people infected on Saturday at 8 p.m. In Lithuanian times, it increased to 2,793,435, and the number of victims of COVID-19 increased to 129,432.

In Brazil, coronavirus infection has been diagnosed in 1,539,081 people since the pandemic began, and 63,174 people have died.

According to the Worldometer portal, the average death rate from coronavirus is 67.9 deaths per million inhabitants. It represents 399 cases in the United States and 298 in Brazil.

The Brazilian president has vetoed a law on the mandatory use of masks.

Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has vetoed a law passed by parliament to make the use of masks mandatory to control the coronavirus pandemic. He used his veto to remove two articles of the law that stipulate the obligation to wear masks in shops and churches. Congress will now review Bolsonar’s veto and decide whether to enforce it.

Several Brazilian states have a pandemic obligation to wear a mask. The law passed by Parliament on the use of masks is the first of its kind in the entire country.

An article of the law states that the masks must be used “in commercial and industrial facilities, religious places, educational institutions and closed spaces where people gather.” Bolsonaro argued that the article violated the constitution because it was an interference with the private space. Business meetings, for example, can also take place in private locations.

The Brazilian constitution protects the private space from state interference. However, the parliamentarians stressed that the adopted article clearly speaks of closed premises “accessible to the public” and not of residential premises.

Bolsonaro also vetoed an article requiring stores and businesses to provide masks to their employees and agencies to distribute to “financially weak” residents.

Brazil is the second worst pandemic country in the world after the United States. There are over 63,000 deaths here.

In Ukraine, a daily detection of 914 new cases of COVID-19, 15 people died

In Ukraine, 914 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection were registered in the last day and 15 previously infected people died, according to data published by the National Security and Defense Council (NSGT), which coordinates the response to the epidemic, published Saturday.

According to the NSGT, a total of 47,677 cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic, 1,227 patients have died and another 21,155 have recovered.

There are currently 25,295 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, 302 more patients than the previous day.

The number of people who recovered from COVID-19 in Latvia reached 1,000.

In Latvia, a new case of COVID-19 coronavirus infection was detected on the last day, and the number of recoveries reached 1,000, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Saturday.

1,185 tests were performed for COVID-19 per day, and the total number of samples analyzed increased to 156,784. The disease was confirmed in a total of 1,123 people.

As of Friday, July 3, three more COVID-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,000 (89.04 percent of those infected).

The coronavirus outbreak in Latvia claimed 30 lives, or 2.7 percent. all identified cases of infection.

According to the National Health Service, a new COVID-19 patient was hospitalized on the last day. Five patients infected with coronavirus are currently being treated in hospitals in the country; one is in severe condition and the other is in moderate condition.

In Russia, the number of coronavirus victims exceeded 10,000.

In Russia, 6.63 thousand were confirmed during the last day. In new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection, 168 people died and the total number of COVID-19 victims in the country exceeded 10,000, according to data published on Saturday by the country’s operational headquarters that coordinates the fight against the epidemic. .

“6,632 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 84 regions of Russia on the last day, including 1,960 actively identified cases (29.6%) without clinical manifestations,” the staff report said.

A total of 674,515 cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Russia since the beginning of the epidemic.

The total number of deaths in the country increased to 10,027.

According to Johns Hopkins University, Russia has overtaken Germany (9,000) and Belgium (9.7,000) in terms of total deaths and is closing in on Peru (10,2,000).

Meanwhile, the number of reclaimers increased to 446,879.

In Moscow alone, 680 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the last day, 25 people died from the disease and another 1,620 recovered.

A difficult epidemiological situation is re-emerging in fifteen US states.

The epidemiological situation of COVID-19 has deteriorated significantly this week in at least 15 US states, said Sanjay Gupta, chief medical expert for US television CNN.

According to him, in the country almost every day around 50 thousand. New cases of coronavirus infection.

During the last 24 hours, 57.6 thousand were detected. New coronavirus cases, a new record of new cases detected per day.

“The United States is only 5 percent. The population of the earth, but we are responsible for a quarter of all infections and deaths. In some states, like Texas and Arizona, hospitals will soon run out of vacancies,” said Gupta. .

According to the latest Worldometer portal, the total number of people living with coronaviruses in the United States has exceeded 2.8 million since the pandemic began, and more than 132,000 have died. patients

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