(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Many countries in Africa launch new coronavirus vaccination and three mutant viruses are spreading in the United States at the same time

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 6th. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the official website of the World Health Organization shows that as of 15:47 on the 5th Central European Time (22:47 on the 5th Beijing Time), the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide reached 115,289,961 , The total number of deaths was 2,564,560.

According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 11:24 on the 6th, Beijing time, there were a total of 1,160,422,835 confirmed cases and 2,579,776 deaths worldwide.

　　The World Health Organization said on the 5th that the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan (COVAX)" jointly launched by it and its partners has delivered more than 20 million doses of vaccine to 20 countries, and will deliver vaccines to another 31 countries next week.

On March 5, 2021 local time, in New York, USA, some theaters in the United States reopened, and relevant anti-epidemic safety measures were taken.

Since the outbreak of the new crown in March last year, theaters in New York have opened for the first time.

The picture shows a customer wearing a mask sitting on a bench in the IFC center cinema and waiting.

Americas: Three mutated new coronaviruses are simultaneously spreading in the United States

　　According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University on the 6th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown in the United States has approached 28.89 million, of which more than 520,000 have died.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 40 states in the United States have reported nearly 3,000 cases of the three variant new coronavirus infections found in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, and the actual number of infections may be higher.

　　WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the 5th that the situation in Brazil is very worrying.

Since November last year, the number of new cases in Brazil has continued to increase.

From November 2 to 8 last year, there were more than 110,000 new cases in Brazil, and from February 22 to 28 this year, there were more than 370,000 new cases in Brazil.

In the past six weeks, the number of new cases in many countries has shown a downward trend, while the number of new deaths in Brazil has continued to increase.

　　Tan Desai pointed out that Brazil must deal with the epidemic very seriously, and while launching a vaccine, it needs to take active public health measures.

As Brazil borders many South American countries, if Brazil fails to deal with it seriously, it will affect all neighboring countries, even the entire South America and the wider region.

On March 3, local time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced late at night that the German Federal Government and the states reached a resolution to extend the current national "cities lockdown" measures to March 28.

Europe: The mutated new coronavirus spreads rapidly in many European countries

　　According to official data released by the United Kingdom, 5,947 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly confirmed in the United Kingdom on the 5th, with a total of 4,207,305 confirmed cases and a total of 124,261 deaths.

The British health department said that it is investigating the recently confirmed 16 cases of the new B.1.1.7 variant new coronavirus infection in the country.

　　Willer, director of the Robert Koch Institute, the German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a press conference on the 5th that the rapid spread of the B.1.1.7 mutant new crown virus discovered in the UK in Germany is worrying, and this spread is more powerful. , The more harmful mutant virus will soon "dominate" in Germany, making Germany's epidemic prevention situation "used in a turning point" again.

　　According to the latest data released by the Robert Koch Institute, 46% of the current confirmed cases of the new crown in Germany are infected with the mutant new crown virus found in the UK, and about a month ago, this proportion was less than 6%.

　　According to data released by the French Ministry of Health on the 5th, there were 23,507 new confirmed cases of new crown in France, a total of 3,859,102 confirmed cases, and a total of 88,274 deaths.

Nearly 3.4 million people in France have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the new crown vaccine. France’s latest vaccination goal is to vaccinate 10 million people by mid-April.

　　Due to the accelerated spread of the mutated new coronavirus in France, the provinces in France with a high risk of spreading the epidemic have increased from 20 to 23.

Paris and other places plan to adopt a series of new measures such as "weekend ban" on the 6th to curb the deterioration of the epidemic.

　　The Weekly Epidemic Surveillance Report jointly issued by the Italian Ministry of Health and the Institute of Advanced Health on the 5th showed that Italy's overall epidemic risk has risen for 5 consecutive weeks.

At present, the mutant new coronavirus discovered in the UK has become the main new coronavirus spreading in Italy.

The Italian disease control department called for "timely and thorough" actions to be taken against the rapid spread of the mutated new coronavirus, and strict measures must be taken against the mutated new coronavirus discovered in Brazil.

On March 4th, local time, a reminder to maintain social distancing was set up at Incheon Airport in South Korea.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai

Asia: Foreign media say 7 people in South Korea died after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca

　　According to "Lianhe Zaobao" and other foreign media reports, since South Korea started the new crown vaccination work on February 26, more than 220,000 people have completed the first dose of vaccination, but 7 of them died, and the deceased were all vaccinated with AstraZeneca. .

The Korean Agency for Disease Control and local governments have previously admitted that South Korea had died after being vaccinated with the new crown vaccine.

　　In order to dispel public worries, the South Korean Presidential Palace Blue House stated that South Korean President Moon Jae-in is also willing to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca.

South Korean media said that because the dead were all patients suffering from basic diseases such as high blood pressure or diabetes, the epidemic prevention department is investigating whether this is causally related to vaccination.

　　On the 5th, Japan reported 1,149 new confirmed cases of new crown, a total of 438574 confirmed cases, and a total of 8211 deaths.

At present, the area where Japan has detected a highly infectious variant of the new crown virus has expanded to 19 prefectures.

Japanese experts pointed out that the mutant new crown virus is likely to "spread more drastically than it is at this stage" in the future. Japan will usher in the fourth wave of the new crown epidemic, which may have a bad impact on the lifting of the situation and the Tokyo Olympics.

Africa and Oceania: Many African countries start new crown vaccination work

　　According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 5th, a total of 3,939,794 confirmed cases of new crown in Africa, and a total of 105,020 deaths.

　　Many African countries started vaccination work on the 5th.

On the 5th, Guinea launched China's assistance in inoculation of the new crown vaccine. The first group of people to be vaccinated was medical staff.

Keita, director of the National Health and Security Administration of Guinea, said on the same day that he has full confidence in the effectiveness of China's vaccines.

Kenya and Nigeria both started the new crown vaccination work on the 5th, and the first batch of vaccinations were all front-line medical workers.

　　Uganda received the first batch of 864,000 doses of vaccine through the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan (COVAX)" led by the World Health Organization on the 5th.

The Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan announced that it will start the new crown vaccination work on the 8th, and will give priority to vaccinating health workers and high-risk groups.

Mali also received the first batch of 396,000 doses of the new crown vaccine from COVAX on the 5th, becoming the first country in the Sahel region of Africa to receive the vaccine from COVAX.

　　The Minister of Public Health of Cameroon, Manaouda, said through social media on the evening of the 5th that he would receive a batch of vaccines through COVAX in the next two weeks, and medical staff will give priority to vaccination.

Ghana received 50,000 doses of new crown vaccine from India on the 5th.

The Ghanaian government stated that it will continue to use bilateral and multilateral agreements to obtain the new crown vaccine, and plans to vaccinate 20 million people.

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