The WHO (World Health Organization) has released a report that the infection of three mutant viruses confirmed in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil is spreading worldwide.
The report points out that social infection control continues to be extremely important along with individual efforts to curb the spread of new coronaviruses, including mutant viruses.
According to the report, as of the 9th, the number of countries and regions where the first confirmed mutant virus was reported in the United Kingdom increased by five from the previous week to 111.
The number of countries / regions where another mutant virus was first confirmed in South Africa increased by 3 compared to the previous week to 58, and the number of other mutant viruses confirmed in Brazil increased by 3 to 32. I will.
In addition, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus worldwide in the week up to March 7 was 2,734,381, which is 2% higher than the previous week, which is the second consecutive week of the previous week. It exceeded.
By country, India, which has the second highest cumulative number of infected people in the world, increased by 9%, Brazil, which is the third largest, increased by 11%, and Italy, which increased by 24%.
Of these, Brazil has the highest number of new infections per week and high mortality, but the report reports that this was due to a mutant virus, so-called medical collapse, or both. It is difficult to judge whether it is due to.
Meanwhile, the number of people who died in the past week was 60,323 worldwide, down 6% from the previous week and falling below the previous week for the fifth straight week.
The report points out that social infection control as well as individual efforts will continue to be extremely important in order to curb the spread of new coronaviruses, including mutant viruses.