China News Service, May 5, reported that although the total number of confirmed cases of the new crown in India has exceeded 20 million, the virus has not stopped and is running wild in this country.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health of India on the 5th, in the past 24 hours, India has added 382,315 new confirmed cases of new crowns, and the cumulative number of confirmed new crowns has exceeded 20.66 million; in addition, the country has 3780 new deaths, a record high, and the cumulative number of deaths has reached 226188 cases.
The G7 foreign ministers meeting held in the UK this week was also affected.
Not only that, but other developing countries such as Southeast Asia are also facing a new wave of epidemics.
On May 4, local time, in New Delhi, India, people wearing protective masks were waiting at the vaccination center to be vaccinated with the COVISHIELD new crown vaccine produced in India.
G7
Foreign Ministers' Meeting India delegation now has 2 new cases of new crown
Indian
Foreign Minister will participate online
According to British media reports on the 5th, in the Indian delegation attending the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in the UK, two cases of the new coronavirus were found to be positive and are currently in isolation.
According to reports, although India is not a member of the G7, the country was invited to attend the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London this week.
When asked if he knows how many people are in self-isolation, Nadhim Zahawi, the British minister responsible for the deployment of the new crown vaccine, said: "I don't know, but it is clear that the British Ministry of Public Health and the G7 organization team Take this very seriously." "This is news to me and I cannot comment on it."
Indian Foreign Minister Su Jaishan said on the 5th that he may have been in contact with a positive case of the new crown virus the day before, and out of cautious consideration, he will attend the meeting online.
On May 2, 2021 local time, in New Delhi, India, the Indian Commonwealth Games Athlete Village became a temporary new crown ward.
Uncontrollable epidemic
India
revises testing regulations
It took more than 10 months for India to find the first confirmed case to reach 10 million cases; and it took only more than 4 months for the number of confirmed cases to go from 10 million to 20 million.
Recently, India has fallen into the third wave of the peak of the new crown epidemic. Experts believe that the number of confirmed cases in the country may be 5 to 10 times higher than official statistics.
At present, many hospitals are running out of oxygen, and the morgues and incinerators are overwhelmed.
Due to the pressure of testing due to the surge in cases, the Indian federal government has amended a series of regulations for new coronavirus testing, which stipulates that three types of people do not need to be tested: healthy people who travel or travel in various Indian states; those who have recovered. COVID-19 patients; people who have had positive results in rapid tests and nucleic acid tests.
In addition, the government is trying its best to allocate resources to deal with the crisis of shortages of beds, oxygen and medicines.
However, due to concerns about economic impact, Indian Prime Minister Modi is reluctant to implement a nationwide blockade again.
Rahul Gandhi, leader of the Indian National Congress Party, stated that the only way to control the epidemic at this stage is to implement a complete blockade, otherwise it will only cost more people.
On May 4, local time, in New Delhi, India, people wearing protective masks were waiting at the vaccination center to be vaccinated with the COVISHIELD new crown vaccine produced in India.
The infection rate has risen sharply
Many countries around India are
threatened by the epidemic
In addition to India, other developing countries such as Southeast Asia are also facing a new wave of epidemics, overwhelming the medical system.
In the past few weeks, infection rates in countries ranging from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand to Bhutan and Nepal, which border India, have risen sharply.
Thailand and Nepal have reported mutated viruses in the UK and India respectively.
At present, about 98% of new cases in Thailand are from more infectious variant viruses; from May 2 to 4, Nepal’s daily number of new cases exceeded 7,000 for three consecutive days. Nepal expects that the hospital’s oxygen supply will soon Finish.
Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao” stated that the main reason for the intensification of the epidemic was the raging mutated virus, but the carelessness and lack of resources to control the infection were also the reasons.
The World Health Organization warned that an epidemic similar to India could happen anywhere.
The report pointed out that although the population and the severity of the epidemic in these countries are far less than India, the sharp increase in new cases in these countries indicates that the epidemic may spread uncontrollably.