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After Wuhan pneumonia spread from China to the world in December last year, to this day (the 25th), more than 79.46 million people have been infected, of which more than 1,744 million have died. .

British Variant Virus Invades Japan! The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) cited sources saying that the first case of the mutant virus was seen today. The report said that airport quarantine officers found 5 men and women who were diagnosed with the mutant virus in the UK. All 5 people have returned to Japan from the UK. isolation.

Noor Hisham Abdullah, director of the Malaysian Ministry of Health, said today that the variant strain of the new coronavirus, A701V, recently discovered in Malaysia, has been found to belong to this virus in 85% of cases in the country. Nohissan said the A701 strain was first discovered in a massive infection in Sabah prison and then spread to many places in Malaysia during the third wave of the epidemic. In addition to the A701 strain, the researchers found another variant strain D614G in 100% of the cases in Malaysia. The combination of the two strains has led to a rapid increase in the number of cases in Malaysia. As for the newly discovered UK variant of the virus, it has not yet entered Malaysia and health authorities are paying close attention. Nosy Hill noted that the A701 virus strain was found in South Africa, Australia, the Netherlands, England, and elsewhere around the same time as Malaysia, but the effect of this mutation has yet to be determined.

South Korea added 1,241 confirmed cases, a single-day record. Currently, the total number of confirmed cases in South Korea stands at 54,770, of which 773 have died.

The Health Department of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, stated on the 24th that there was a case of a new variant virus strain originating in the UK in the state. The patient flew from the UK to Frankfurt to visit relatives on the 20th of this month and was diagnosed after undergoing a screening test upon admission. The patient’s family drove him back from the airport and isolated him at his family’s residence. Furthermore, following the UK and South Africa, Nigeria has also encountered a variant of the new coronavirus. The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the Nigerian virus variant is not related to the virus found in the UK and South Africa. More samples are being analyzed. It is only at a very preliminary stage. You need more time to research.

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【Taiwan epidemic】

Taiwan today (12/25) added 4 confirmed cases of immigration abroad, for a total of 780 cases. Chen Shizhong, Commander of the Central Epidemic Center, stated that a New Zealand EVA Air pilot caused an aircraft cluster incident and a total of 3 pilots (case 760), 765, 766) were diagnosed and caused 1 local case (case 771 ). Contacts for cases 760, 765 and 766 were analyzed. Chen Shizhong said there were 149 contacts. Nucleic acid tests should be performed on 106 people, and 2 have not been tested abroad, and one of them will be tested after returning to Taiwan tonight. In this group, the positive cases were 765, 766 and 771, and the remaining 104 people were tested. The serum antibody test should be performed on 99 people. 765 cases were positive, 95 negative, and 2 were pending.

【China epidemic】

China’s National Health Commission announced on the 25th that 14 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, including 7 imported cases and 7 local cases (all in Liaoning), and there were no new deaths. According to Liaoning officials, the seven new local cases were all in Dalian. Dalian authorities stated that five streets in the main urban area of ​​Jinzhou are closed and controlled to prevent residents from leaving their homes.

The fourth wave of the epidemic continues in Hong Kong. Today (25) 57 new confirmed cases have been reported, 55 of which are local infections, 30 of which have no source of infection. The number of deaths rose to 136. A total of 95,440 people in China (including Hong Kong and Macao) were infected with the epidemic, of whom 4,770 died.

【International epidemic】

Noor Hisham Abdullah, director of Malaysia’s Ministry of Health, said today that the variant strain A701V of the new coronavirus discovered in Malaysia a few days ago has been found to belong to this virus in 85% of cases in the country. Nohissan said the A701 strain was first discovered in a massive infection in Sabah prison and then spread to many places in Malaysia during the third wave of the epidemic. In addition to the A701 strain, researchers have found another variant strain D614G in 100% of cases in Malaysia. The combination of the two strains has led to a rapid increase in cases in this wave of outbreaks in Malaysia. As for the newly discovered UK variant of the virus, it has not yet entered Malaysia and health authorities are paying close attention. Nosy Hill noted that the A701 virus strain was found in South Africa, Australia, the Netherlands, England, and elsewhere around the same time as Malaysia, and the impact of this mutation is temporarily unclear.

South Korean Prime Minister Ding Shijun announced today that the country has added 1,241 confirmed cases in the last day, a record in a single day. Ding Shijun said that a large number of confirmed cases had been found in the East Seoul Detention Center the day before. Currently, the total number of confirmed cases in South Korea stands at 54,770, of which 773 have died.

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in California surpassed 2 million on the morning of 24 local time, making it the first state in the United States to have more than 2 million people infected. . California currently has more than 2.01 million confirmed cases. More than 23,000 people died of disease. Health officials said the Thanksgiving holiday late last month caused the epidemic to escalate. Currently, more than 18,000 people diagnosed with Wufei are hospitalized in California and the intensive care units of many hospitals in the state. they are full of beds.

The Italian Health Ministry announced on the 24th that there were 18,040 new confirmed cases and 505 deaths, a total of 2,93,317 confirmed cases and 70,900 deaths, after the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and Turkey. The eighth country where the cumulative number of infected people exceeded 2 million.

The British Ministry of Health said on the 24th that more than 600,000 people had received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The Health Ministry said in a statement, “The government announced today that the number of people who received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine between December 8 and 20 was 618,933.”

Following the UK and South Africa, Nigeria has also found a variant of the new coronavirus. The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the Nigerian virus variant is not related to viruses found in the UK and South Africa. . More time to study.

(International Center / Full Report of Foreign Telegraphs)

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