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Global recorded more than 108.6 million cases of nCoV, the new case last month falling 44.5%, the largest and longest drop since the pandemic began.
The world recorded 108,686,599 cases and 2,391,787 deaths, while 80,652,696 people have recovered, according to the real-time update page. Worldometers.
New cases continued to decline over the past week, with an average of 412,700 reported per day, in contrast to a record 743,000 new cases per day recorded during the week of January 5-11. New infections are currently at their lowest level since October, according to statistics AFP.
Medical personnel treating patients in Portugal on February 9. Picture: AFP.
Epidemiologist Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute for Global Health at the University of Geneva, said that “new cases fell almost everywhere in the world.” But he says there is a risk of an outbreak resurfacing if governments repeat “past mistakes”, pointing to the consequences of lifting the blockades too early last summer in Europe.
Over the past week, new cases were down 24% in the US and Canada, 20% in Africa, 18% in Asia, 15% in Europe, 10% in Latin America and the Caribbean and a 2% in the Middle East. Oceania only records an average of 12 cases per day.
This week, the countries with the largest new shift reductions are imposing a lockdown. In Portugal, new cases are down 54%, while Israel is down 39%. Israel began to loosen the blockade on February 7. It is the country with the fastest immunization program in the world: 44% of the population has received one dose and 28% two doses.
Spain was the country that registered the third largest decrease, with 39%, followed by South Africa (37% less), Colombia (35%) and Japan (35%).
Meanwhile, new cases increased the most by 81% in Iraq, followed by Jordan (34% more), Greece (29%), Ecuador (21%) and Hungary (16%).
America it continues to be the country that reports the highest number of new cases, with an average of 101,800 cases per day. However, this number has dropped by almost a quarter over the past week.
President Joe Biden said on February 11 that the United States had signed an agreement to order an additional 200 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and is on track to provide enough vaccines to 300 million Americans by the end of July 2021, vaccinating well to work. for the majority of the population.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on average, 1.49 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were injected each day last week, compared with an average of 900,000 when President Joe Biden took office on January 20. Currently, the United States has vaccinated 44.7 million people.
The US CDC issued a new recommendation on February 12, asking schools to reopen safely and as soon as possible, and laying out a detailed plan to limit the spread of Covid-19. This strategy emphasizes wearing masks, hand washing and disinfecting, as well as tracing contacts, but not much on classroom ventilation.
Although the CDC recommends vaccinating teachers and school staff as soon as supplies are available, they don’t say this is a prerequisite for reopening schools. This is a controversial issue in the teachers union.
The CDC recommends that in areas where the last 7 days have recorded 50-99 new cases per 100,000 people, middle and high schools should switch to live and online blended learning.
In places with high prevalence (more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people), middle and high schools should switch to online learning, unless schools have reopened, registering few schools, new and ongoing mitigation strategies. pandemic.
Brazil is the second most popular country to register new cocoa, around 50,000 boxes per day, followed by France (18,900) and Spain (18,300) and the United Kingdom (15,200). All three European countries recorded a sharp decline.
Brazil On Monday, June 2, it received the first shipment of 88 liters of active ingredient for the production of the Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, which allowed the Fiocruz biomedical center to send 2.8 million doses of vaccine. The center is expected to receive more shipments this month to generate a total of about 15 million doses of the vaccine.
Currently, only injections developed by AstraZeneca and the Chinese company Sinovac are approved for emergency use in Brazil. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on June 2 that Pfizer had requested approval of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country. Brazil currently vaccinates 4.2 million people. However, Rio de Janeiro, the state of Sao Paulo, the city of Salvador and many other parts of the country are reporting vaccine shortages.
UK Vaccine Implementation Officer Nadhim Zahawi said on February 7 that the country could increase its vaccination with the Covid-19 vaccine in the fall and then roll out annual vaccines to tackle the nCoV strains.
Brother set a first-line injection target for all people over 70, vulnerable people, and front-line healthcare workers in mid-February. The vaccination rate is 400,000 injections per day, making the UK second only to Israel and the United Arab Emirates in the number of doses per 100 people.
Legislators France On February 9, he approved a law to extend a national health emergency until June 1, when the number of deaths from Covid-19 exceeded 80,000. The law allows the government to enact many restrictions, including lockdowns, to prevent the spread of viruses. The current emergency will expire on February 16.
Montenegro recorded the highest number of infections per capita this week with 606 cases per 100,000 people.
The United States continues to be the country that reports the highest number of new deaths in the last week, with an average of 2,784 people per day, followed by Mexico (1,187), Brazil (1,058), the United Kingdom (754) and Germany (555) .
Phuong Vu (Follow, continue AFP)
