The World Health Organization announced that the largest number of new cases of the emerging coronavirus "Covid-19" has been reported worldwide within one week since the start of the pandemic, and while the United States intends to issue a travel warning to 80% of the countries of the world due to The virus, India continued to record record numbers of infected people.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said in a press conference yesterday, Monday, that 5.2 million new cases were recorded, which is the eighth consecutive weekly increase, and the number of deaths increased for the fifth week in a row.

"It took 9 months to reach a million deaths, 4 months to reach 2 million deaths, and 3 months to reach 3 million deaths," he added.

He expressed concern about the "terrifyingly" high number of cases and hospitalizations among people between the ages of 25 and 59, noting that the increase may be caused by the more contagious mutated strains and the fact that there is more social mixing between this age group.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization said, "We have the necessary capabilities to control this pandemic within months if we use it consistently and fairly."

Greta Thunberg, a climate change activist, was a hypothetical guest at the press conference from Sweden, harshly criticizing "vaccine nationalism" and arguing that it is unethical for rich countries to offer their younger citizens vaccinations to vulnerable groups in developing countries.

Thunberg said that while one in 4 residents of high-income countries was vaccinated against "Covid-19", only one out of more than 500 in the poorest countries received a dose of the vaccine.

Travel warning

And at a time when the United States has allowed all its residents, starting Monday, to receive the anti-corona vaccine after completing the vaccination of half of the adults, Washington intends to warn against travel to 80% of the countries of the world due to the virus.

On Monday, the US State Department strongly recommended that US citizens reconsider all travel abroad, because the Corona pandemic continues to pose unprecedented risks to travelers.

The ministry said that this week it will issue "level four" warnings not to travel to 80% of countries.

The ministry said that this does not mean "a reassessment of the current health situation in a particular country, but rather reflects a change in the travel advice system."

As of Monday, the United States made the Corona vaccine available to all residents (French)

The State Department warning comes at a time when US President Joe Biden announced that every person in the United States is eligible to receive the Corona virus vaccine after providing sufficient quantities of vaccines.

Biden urged, in a speech on Twitter, American citizens to receive the vaccine and protect themselves and their families.

In turn, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the health authorities had granted about 211.6 million doses of a vaccine against the Coronavirus until Monday morning.

No new deaths

Today, Tuesday, the National Health Committee in China announced that no deaths related to the Corona virus were recorded during the past 24 hours, while it received reports of 10 cases of corona, one of which was with a local infection that was recorded in Yunnan Province, southwest of the country, bringing the total number of infected people to 90,520 The number of deaths remained at 4,636.

The commission stated - in its daily report - that the 9 imported cases came from 3 in Shanghai, two in Fujian, and one in Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi, bringing the total number of imported cases to 5,524 cases, of which 5,283 cases left hospital after recovery.

Record numbers

In India, new cases of Coronavirus today, Tuesday, decreased from the record levels reached the previous day, but remained above the level of 200 thousand for the sixth consecutive day, as the cases reached 259 thousand and 170 cases during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry of Health data showed a record increase in the number of deaths, as 1,761 people died of the disease, bringing the total to 180,530.

Yesterday, Monday, the office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the cancellation of a planned visit to India next week due to concerns related to the Corona virus.

According to combined data, the United States leads the world in terms of the number of injuries, followed by India, Brazil, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and Turkey, Italy, Spain, Germany and Argentina, followed by Poland, Colombia, Mexico and Iran.

The United States also leads the world in terms of the number of deaths, followed by Brazil, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, then Italy, Russia, France and Germany.