China News Service, Beijing, January 18th. Comprehensive news: WHO released the latest data showing that as of 23:35 on the 17th, Beijing time, there were 93194922 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide, with a total of 2014729 deaths.
According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 13:39 on the 18th, Beijing time, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 95 million, reaching 95,042,229, and a total of 2,030,668 deaths.
On January 13, local time, residents outside the Javits Vaccination Center in New York, USA.
The Javits Convention and Exhibition Center, which was once converted into a shelter hospital, was transformed into a new crown vaccination center under the leadership of the New York State Government and officially opened to the public on the 13th.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
Americas: Brazil approves emergency use of two new coronavirus vaccines in China and the United Kingdom
The latest data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the United States is still the most severely affected country in the world, with more than 23.93 million confirmed cases of new crown and more than 397,000 deaths.
The latest forecast by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States shows that by February 6, the cumulative number of deaths from the new crown in the United States may reach 440,000 to 477,000.
This means that as many as 80,000 people may die from the new crown in the United States in the next three weeks.
According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 17th, the country had 33,040 new confirmed cases that day, and a total of 84,880,099 confirmed cases; 551 new deaths and a total of 209,847 deaths; and a total of 7411654 cured cases.
The Brazilian National Health Supervision Agency announced on the same day that it approved two new crown vaccines in China and the United Kingdom for emergency use in Brazil.
On December 4, 2020, local time, in Vienna, Austria, people were tested for the new crown virus in the stadium.
Europe: Austria will extend the third comprehensive "blockade" measures
According to data published on the 17th on the website of the Austrian Ministry of Health, there were 1267 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country in the past 24 hours, and a total of 393,778 confirmed cases; 29 new deaths and a total of 7,082 deaths.
The Austrian government announced on the same day that the country will extend the third comprehensive "blockade" measure to February 7, and at the same time tighten some epidemic prevention regulations to prevent and control the new crown epidemic and stop the spread of the mutant new crown virus.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health on the evening of the 17th showed that there were 16,642 new confirmed cases in France that day, with a total of more than 2.91 million confirmed cases, reaching 2910989 cases, and a total of 70,283 deaths.
In response to the epidemic, several French overseas territories, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Reunion, respectively announced in the last two days that from the 18th, entry personnel must present a certificate of negative virus test within 72 hours.
At the same time, immigrants need to self-isolate for 7 days.
As of 21:42 on the 17th local time, Germany has confirmed a total of 2,048,405 new crown cases, cured 1,671,785 people, and died 47,392 people.
According to data released by the German disease control agency that day, since the launch of new crown vaccination on December 27 last year, Germany has vaccinated more than 1 million people.
The Paul Ehrlich Institute, a German vaccine approval agency, recently released a report saying that the agency has counted 325 cases of adverse reactions suspected to be related to the new crown vaccine, of which 51 were serious adverse reactions and 7 died.
However, experts from the agency said that although these adverse reaction reports are time-related to vaccination, they may not be causal.
On the evening of the 17th local time, the National Public Health Organization of Greece announced that in the past 24 hours, Greece had newly confirmed 237 new cases of new crown, with a total of 148,607 confirmed cases and a total of 5469 deaths.
Data map: Filipino citizens wearing various masks and face shields, passing through the Makati Green Belt business district in the CBD of Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Guan Xiangdong
Asia: The Philippines has over 500,000 new crown cases
According to the Philippine Ministry of Health, as of 16:00 local time on the 17th, 1895 new cases were confirmed in the country within 24 hours. The cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown has exceeded 500,000, reaching 500577; 11 new deaths and a total of 9,895 deaths.
Philippine experts believe that the rebounding trend of the new crown epidemic in the Philippines is related to the increase of people gathering during the previous Christmas and New Year holidays.
Due to the recent worsening of the epidemic situation in Japan, voices in Japan and abroad that suspect that the Tokyo Olympics cannot be held as scheduled in July have begun to increase.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary and government spokesman Masanobu Kato said on the 17th that all parties in Japan are working on preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.
The South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 18th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 389 new cases of new crowns compared with 0:00 the previous day, and a total of 72,729 confirmed cases.
The Korean epidemic prevention department extended the current epidemic prevention response and the ban on gatherings of more than 5 people for another two weeks from the same day, and designated the 1st to 14th of next month as the "special epidemic prevention period for the Spring Festival" to increase epidemic prevention and control efforts.
According to data published on the website of the Palestinian Ministry of Health on the 17th, in the past 24 hours, there were 578 new confirmed cases nationwide and a total of 171,215 confirmed cases; 20 new deaths and a total of 1881 deaths; 12,205 existing confirmed cases.
According to data released by the Israeli Ministry of Health on the 17th, the country had 5,825 new confirmed cases that day, and a total of 547,689 confirmed cases; 46 new deaths and a total of 3989 deaths.
From that day on, the Ministry of Health has further expanded the number of people vaccinated against the new crown, starting to vaccinate people aged 45 to 50.
The Turkish Ministry of Health announced on the evening of the 17th that in the past 24 hours, there were 803 new confirmed cases and a total of 2,387,101 confirmed cases; 165 new deaths and a total of 23,997 deaths.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health of Turkey, as of 19:00 on the 17th, more than 700,000 people in Turkey have been vaccinated with the Chinese new crown vaccine.
Africa: The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeds 3.23 million
According to the latest data on the official website of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the cumulative number of confirmed diagnoses in Africa exceeds 3.23 million, reaching 3,238,577, of which more than 78,000 deaths, reaching 78,351, and 2,652,326 cured.
Algeria announced on the 17th that there were 222 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country in a single day, with a total of 103,833 confirmed cases; 5 new deaths, with a total of 2,836 deaths; and a total of 70614 cases were cured.
Vorard, a member of Algeria’s Scientific Committee for the Prevention and Treatment of New Crowns, said on the same day that the country will start training medical personnel for new crowns vaccination on the 18th.
The country will receive 500,000 doses of the Russian new crown vaccine within this month.
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