(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Global deaths from new crowns exceed 2.6 million German disease control agencies warn Europe to prevent third wave of epidemic

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 11th. Comprehensive news: The latest data released by the World Health Organization on the 10th showed that as of 14:44 on the 10th Central European Time (21:44 Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases of the new crown worldwide was compared with the previous day. An increase of 433,992 cases, a total of 117,332,262 cases; an increase of 7413 deaths, a total of 2,605,356 cases.

　　The latest data show that Brazil, the United States, and France are the three countries with the largest number of new confirmed cases, and Brazil, the United States, and Mexico are the three countries with the largest number of new deaths.

United States: Biden announced the purchase of another 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's new crown vaccine

　　According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 10:25 on March 11, Beijing time, a total of 29150068 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States and a total of 529,102 deaths.

According to the latest news from the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on the 10th, US President Biden announced on the same day that he plans to purchase another 100 million doses of the single-dose new crown vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson, so that the US vaccine supply is sufficient for the entire American population.

It is reported that Johnson & Johnson has reached an agreement with the US government to provide 100 million doses of vaccine by the end of June.

　　According to the data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:10 on the 10th local time, there were 79,876 new confirmed cases in Brazil that day, and a total of 11,202,305 confirmed cases; 2,286 new deaths, a single-day high since the outbreak, with a total of 270,656 deaths .

In Brazil's 27 state capitals, 25 intensive care units are full or overstaffed.

In addition, the preliminary results of a study jointly conducted by the Butantan Institute, an authoritative medical research institution in Brazil, and the University of São Paulo show that the new coronavirus inactivated by the Institute and China’s Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Sinovac) The CoronaVac vaccine can effectively fight the mutated new coronaviruses found in Brazil, the United Kingdom and South Africa.

　Europe: German disease control agency warns Europe to prevent third wave of epidemic

　　German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on the 10th that the new crown epidemic in Germany is expected to have a difficult period of three to four months, and the epidemic situation is likely to continue until the summer.

She also said that after this difficult period, as the effects of vaccination continue to show, the situation will improve.

Many German states began to "unblock" public life and commercial activities in a small amount from March 8.

The German disease control agency announced on the 10th that the number of new confirmed cases and the number of new deaths were 9,146 and 300, respectively.

　　In addition, Professor Willer, director of the Robert Koch Institute of the German disease control agency, warned on the 10th that if Europe does not vaccinate enough people with the new crown in the shortest time, the third wave of new crown epidemic will soon sweep across Europe.

　　On the 10th local time, the total number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 3.96 million, and the total number of deaths was 89,565.

Due to the saturation of the medical system, the French health department began to transfer patients with the new crown to neighboring Belgium.

French government spokesman Attar said on the 10th that French officials plan to evacuate hospitalized patients in the Paris region in the next few days.

At present, the intensive care beds in the Paris region are very tight, and the new coronary intensive care patients have occupied 90% of the intensive care beds.

　　According to news from TASS News Agency on the 10th, the Russian new crown epidemic has slowed down recently.

According to the news from the Russian Epidemic Prevention Headquarters that day, there were 9,079 newly confirmed cases in the country, the lowest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day since October 1 last year, with a total of 4,351,553 confirmed cases; a total of 90,275 deaths;

　Asia: Mongolia sets a record for new diagnoses in a single day

　　According to Mongolian media reports on the 10th, Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Emergency Committee, Amal Sai Khan, received the Chinese New Crown Vaccine at the Second National Hospital on the same day.

Mongolia plans to complete the new crown vaccination work for about 2 million people by July 1.

According to data released by the Ministry of Health of Mongolia on the 10th, 109 newly confirmed cases in the country in the past 24 hours, all of which were local cases, set a record for the highest number of new cases in a single day, with a total of 3481 confirmed cases.

　　The Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan reported 693 new confirmed cases on the 10th, with a total of 220,018 confirmed cases.

According to the epidemiological assessment report of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, the risk of spread of the epidemic in Nur-Sultan and Almaty has increased.

The city of Almaty announced on the same day that it would strengthen quarantine restrictions and prohibit gathering activities.

　　South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 11th that South Korea had newly confirmed 465 cases compared with the previous day, with a total of 94,198 confirmed cases.

The South Korean government’s current anti-epidemic response measures will end on the 14th, but the epidemic has not yet seen a clear turning point. Instead, there are signs of rebound. The government is likely to extend the current anti-epidemic response level again.

　　In addition, according to news from the South Korean New Crown Vaccination Promotion Group on the 11th, on the 10th, South Korea added 1,073 cases of suspected abnormal reactions after vaccination with the new crown vaccine, and the total number has reached 6,859.

The promotion team stated that it decided to vaccinate AstraZeneca's new crown vaccine for people over 65.

　Africa: South African Minister of Health says the new crown vaccination plan remains unchanged

　　According to data from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 5 o'clock on the 10th Eastern African Time, a total of 3,982,840 confirmed cases and 106,402 deaths have been reported in the region.

　　South Africa’s Health Minister Mukez stated at a regular press conference on the 10th that the South African new crown pneumonia vaccination plan will not be affected and that the target of vaccinating more than 40 million people during the year will be completed as planned.

Mukez said that due to the impact of production and transportation, the number of vaccines available to South Africa is indeed limited.

However, the South African government has signed relevant procurement agreements with vaccine manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer, and the vaccination work will also be "accelerated" from April.

　　Mukez reiterated that South Africa is indeed facing the risk of the third wave of the peak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the South African people must continue to strictly abide by the various epidemic prevention regulations and not be paralyzed.

As of the 10th local time, the total number of confirmed cases in South Africa reached 1,524,174, and the total number of deaths was 51,015, making it the country with the worst epidemic situation on the African continent.

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