(Fighting new crown pneumonia) The number of deaths from the new crown in the United States exceeds 570,000. A fire in a designated hospital for the new crown in India causes multiple deaths

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 23. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the World Health Organization website shows that as of 18:02 on the 22nd Central European Time, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide increased by 874,381 compared with the previous day, reaching a total of 143,445,675 deaths; The number of cases increased by 14033, bringing the total to 3051736 cases.

　Americas: The death toll from the new crown in the US exceeds 570,000

　　Statistics updated on the evening of the 22nd by Johns Hopkins University in the United States showed that the cumulative number of confirmed new crowns in the United States exceeded 31.92 million and the death toll exceeded 570,000.

　　The Canadian Federal Government announced on the 22nd that from the evening of that day, all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan will be suspended for 30 days.

Canadian officials said that entry inspection data showed that the number of new coronavirus infections among passengers arriving on flights from India and Pakistan recently was too high.

Freight, medical transfers or flights for military missions are not covered by the ban.

　　According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 22nd, the country has a total of 14,167,973 confirmed cases, 45,178 more than the previous day; a total of 383,502 deaths, 2027 more than the previous day.

　　The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on the 22nd that there were 6,832 new confirmed cases in the country, with a total of 1,148,320; and 179 new deaths, with a total of 25,532.

In addition, starting from the 23rd of this month, people can go out for physical exercise from 5 am to 9 am from Monday to Friday, and from 5 am to 10 am on weekends and holidays.

　Europe: Accumulatively diagnosed over 5.4 million cases in France

　　The French Ministry of Health reported on the 22nd that 34,318 new cases were confirmed in the country, with a total of more than 5.4 million, reaching 5,408,606.

　　French Prime Minister Castel held a press conference on the same day and announced the preliminary plan for "unblocking".

Starting on the 26th of this month, French elementary schools and kindergartens will resume classes; starting on May 3, the government will lift people’s daily travel restrictions outside the curfew period, and curfew measures will remain until a new order is issued.

In order to limit the spread of the mutated new coronavirus in France, Castel announced that from the 24th of this month, travelers from Chile, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina and India will be quarantined for 10 days after entering France.

　　Germany’s Federal Minister of Health, Spahn, stated on the 22nd that by June this year, it is expected that the vaccinated population will no longer be divided into different priority queues according to the degree of urgency.

This means that all people in the country who are eligible for vaccination can apply for vaccination by then.

The German disease control agency announced 29,518 newly diagnosed people on the same day, a new high this year.

　　According to information from the Italian Ministry of Health on the 22nd, there were 16,232 newly confirmed cases in the country, with a total of over 3.92 million; 360 new deaths, with a total of nearly 120,000.

　　Asia: Fire in a new crown hospital in India kills 13 patients

　　A fire broke out in a designated hospital for COVID-19 in the Indian state of Maharashtra on the morning of the 23rd, causing the death of at least 13 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

According to local media reports, most of the dead were COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Short-circuited wires may be the cause of the fire.

　　Recently, the new crown epidemic in India has developed rapidly, hospital treatment pressure has continued to increase, and related public safety incidents have occurred from time to time.

On April 21, a leak occurred in the oxygen supply equipment of a hospital in Maharashtra, resulting in the death of at least 29 COVID-19 patients.

　　South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 23rd that as of midnight on the same day, South Korea had newly confirmed 797 cases compared with the previous day, with a total of 117,458 confirmed cases.

Yonhap News Agency reported that there were more than 700 newly diagnosed cases in a single day for three consecutive days.

At present, gatherings of relatives and friends, schools, cram schools, work units, restaurants and other daily life spaces across the country continue to experience group infections. The number of infected persons hidden in the community is accumulating, and the scale of confirmed diagnoses is likely to continue to increase.

　　According to Japanese media reports on the 22nd, in response to the epidemic, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will decide on the 23rd to issue an emergency declaration to the four prefectures of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hyogo, which is expected to last from April 25 to May. 11th.

This will be the third release since January this year.

　　According to Kyodo News on the 22nd, during the Olympic torch relay held in Kagawa Prefecture a few days ago, a 30-year-old male police officer in charge of traffic control tested positive for the new crown virus. This is the first time someone was found to be infected during the torch relay-related activities. .

　　Africa: President of Zimbabwe vaccinates second dose of Chinese vaccine

　　According to data released by the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the 22nd, as of 8:00 local time, the total number of confirmed cases in Africa reached 4,467,666, the cumulative number of deaths was 118,937, and the cumulative number of recovered cases was 4,008,317.

　　The South African Ministry of Health reported on the 22nd that there were 1,413 new confirmed cases in the country that day, a total of 1,571,348; 55 new deaths, a total of 53,995 cases.

South Africa is still the country with the largest cumulative number of confirmed diagnoses on the African continent.

　　President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe received a second dose of the new crown vaccine produced by China's Kexing Company on the 22nd. After the vaccination, he posted photos of the vaccination on social media, and said that the new crown vaccine is scientific and effective, and vaccination is painless. Vaccination is a weapon against the new crown epidemic. (Finish)