China News Service, May 6 reported that the new crown epidemic in India is still raging, while the epidemic situation in many countries, including Nepal, has deteriorated.
According to the climbers and local government of the Everest Base Camp in Nepal, more and more climbers are showing symptoms of the new crown, and the number of people who have tested positive for the virus is also increasing.
On the other hand, the Indian epidemic has attracted global attention and extended a helping hand, but foreign media said that the materials have not been delivered to the patients for a long time.
Data map: 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 Covid-19 vaccine produced in India.
Is the third wave of epidemic in India inevitable?
Nearly half of the global new cases last week came from India
At present, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown in India exceeds 20.66 million.
On May 5, local time, the WHO released a weekly epidemiological report of new coronary pneumonia, stating that the newly confirmed cases and deaths in Southeast Asia have increased significantly, with more than 90% coming from India; last week 46% of the new confirmed cases and deaths worldwide 25% of new deaths came from India.
Recently, the Center for Cell and Molecular Biology of India discovered that a variant virus N440K appeared in the country with a lethality rate or at least 15 times that of the original virus.
According to the analysis, although N440K is not a new mainstream strain of the epidemic, it is likely to cause a surge in confirmed cases in Andhra Pradesh in the past few weeks.
The study pointed out that N440K appeared during the first wave of epidemics in India. Compared with the double variant virus B.1.167 discovered in India recently, it is more infectious and 10 times more infectious than the previous A2a virus.
The chief scientific adviser of the Indian government, Vijay Rakovan, said on the 5th that given the current high level of transmission of the new coronavirus in India, the third wave of outbreaks is inevitable, but as of now it is not clear when the third wave of outbreaks will arrive. .
Lakovan emphasized that the government should prepare for a new round of outbreaks.
Data map: May 2, 2021 local time, New Delhi, India. The Indian Commonwealth Games Athlete Village became a temporary new crown ward.
The foreign aid has not been distributed yet?
The Indian media analyzes like this...
The Indian epidemic has attracted global attention and has extended a helping hand, and aid materials from various countries have been delivered to the local area one after another.
However, according to local media reports, India's medical resources are still tight.
The Indian media pointed out that the reason is believed to be that India has not planned how to distribute the materials in advance, and the entire logistics process is complicated, so that the materials cannot be delivered to the patients for a long time.
Earlier, the Indian government had issued a statement, emphasizing that there was no delay, and pointed out that nearly 4 million supplies have been distributed to 38 medical institutions across the country.
However, local governments such as Rajasthan are still complaining about when or how they will receive the materials without receiving notification from the central government.
Indian media pointed out that the central government did not finalize detailed logistics guidelines before receiving assistance, and could only integrate various guidelines in real time. According to the Ministry of Health, the authorities took 7 days from April 26 to formulate the distribution of materials. Standard operating procedures, the specific delivery date has not been explained; within the 7 days, 23,000 people in India died of the disease.
Data map: April 28, 2021, local time, New Delhi, India. Due to the surge in new coronary pneumonia cases, the New Delhi government decided to build an emergency care center in the historic Ramlila Square (Ramlila Maidan) to treat patients with new coronary pneumonia.
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Variant virus discovered in India spreads in the UK
Nepal has become a "mini India"?
On the 5th local time, the G7 foreign ministers' meeting ended in London, England.
During the summit, at least two people in the Indian delegation were diagnosed, which aroused many concerns.
Indian Foreign Minister Su Jaishan later confirmed that because he may have been in contact with the confirmed case, he changed the video to participate in the meeting for the sake of caution.
At the same time, the variant virus B.1.617 found in India continued to spread in the UK and other countries.
Of the newly confirmed cases in London, England in recent weeks, as many as 10% were infected. A variant virus was found in India.
Analysis pointed out that the variant virus may become the most important virus strain circulating in the UK.
While the world is focusing on the epidemic in India, the epidemic in Nepal, which is adjacent to India, is also rapidly deteriorating.
According to data from Nepal on the 4th, there were 7,660 new confirmed cases and 55 new deaths, both of which set the highest record since the outbreak in the country.
A Nepalese doctor said that Nepal is becoming a "mini India".
In addition, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) quoted from Nepal’s Mount Everest base camp climbers and the local government as saying that more and more climbers are showing symptoms of the new crown, and the number of people testing positive for the new crown is also increasing.
Officials at the base camp said that they received reports of 17 confirmed cases from the hospital in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, and some climbers have been sent there for treatment from the base camp and higher camps.
A staff member of a private clinic called "CIWEC" in Kathmandu said that after the patient arrived at the clinic from Mount Everest base camp, he tested positive for the new crown virus.