(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) India's increasing number of confirmed cases exceeds 400,000 for 4 consecutive days, and Turkey has confirmed more than 5 million cases

　　China News Service, Beijing, May 9th. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the World Health Organization website shows that as of 16:00 on the 8th Central European Time, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide increased by 817,345 compared with the previous day, reaching 156,649,592; the number of deaths increased by 13,426 Cases, reaching 3264143 cases.

　　According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 12:20 on the 9th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide was 157,284,719, and the cumulative number of deaths was 3,278,954.

Data map: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilians commemorate the country's 400,000 lives due to the new crown pneumonia at the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio.

Image source: Visual China

Americas: Nearly 32.7 million confirmed cases of new crown in the United States

　　The latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University show that there are nearly 32.7 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States, reaching 32,686,256, of which more than 580,000 deaths, 581,516.

　　According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 8th, in the past 24 hours, the country has newly confirmed 63430 cases and a total of 15,145,879 confirmed cases; 2202 new deaths and a total of 421,316 deaths.

　　The government of Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, announced on the 7th that it will lower the risk of spreading the new crown epidemic in the city to intermediate on the 10th of this month and increase efforts to resume work and production.

　　The Cuban Ministry of Public Health announced on the 7th that Cuba will vaccinate high-risk infections with two locally-developed new crown vaccine candidates, "Sovereign 02" and "Avdala" from next week.

According to Cuban media reports, Cuba is simultaneously developing 5 candidate new crown vaccines, among which "Sovereign 02" and "Avdala" are expected to be the first independently developed new crown vaccines to be put into use in Latin America.

Data map: May 6, 2021, local time, New Delhi, India. Medical staff take care of patients with new coronary pneumonia in the ICU ward of the Holy Family Hospital.

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Asia: India’s growing number of confirmed cases exceeds 400,000 for 4 consecutive days

　　According to data released by the Indian health department on the 9th, in the past 24 hours, there were 403,738 newly confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 22,296,414; and 4092 new deaths, with a total of 24,362.

This is the fourth consecutive day that India has more than 400,000 newly confirmed cases in a single day.

　　According to the British "Lancet" magazine on the 8th, citing the results of the epidemic model forecast issued by the Institute of Health Statistics and Evaluation of the University of Washington, the United States reported that by August 1, the number of deaths from the new crown in India may reach an "astounding" million cases. .

　　According to a report from the Nepalese media on the evening of the 8th, three staff members of Nepalese Prime Minister Olli’s secretariat were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, and Olli’s own nucleic acid test result was negative.

　　Thailand's Bangkok Public Transport Agency reported on the 8th that on the same day, two bus conductors were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.

Since the third wave of new crown pneumonia in Thailand in early April, 45 bus system employees have been diagnosed, most of whom are bus drivers and conductors.

　　According to data released by the Turkish Ministry of Health on the 8th, there were 18,052 new confirmed cases in the country that day, with a total of more than 5 million confirmed cases, reaching 5,016,141; 281 new deaths and a total of 42,746 deaths.

According to the new crown vaccine information platform of the Ministry of Health of Turkey, as of the 8th, the cumulative number of vaccinated people in Turkey has exceeded 14.56 million, of which more than 10.31 million have completed two doses of vaccination.

　　Turkey began to implement a "total blockade" policy across the country on April 29, and this policy will continue until May 17.

Turkish President Erdogan said on the 8th that he will announce a timetable for the restoration of normal life in the next few days.

Data map: The picture shows a medical staff in Italy working on the new crown vaccination.

Europe: More than 25% of the EU population has received the first dose of the new crown vaccine

　　European Commission President Von der Lein announced on social media on the 8th that the European Commission has reached a new contract with Pfizer and the German biotech company to order up to 1.8 billion doses of the new crown vaccine by 2023.

　　In a video released at the same time, Von Delane said that the European Union has provided more than 200 million doses of the new crown vaccine to European people.

Nearly 160 million Europeans have been vaccinated for the first time, more than 25% of the EU's total population.

　　German Chancellor Merkel once again expressed his opposition to the cancellation of patent protection for the new crown vaccine on the 8th.

She said that she did not think that the cancellation of patent protection could solve the problem of vaccine supply. Patent protection just guaranteed the creativity and innovation capabilities of enterprises.

She also emphasized that the risks brought by the cancellation of the new crown vaccine patents outweigh the opportunities.

　　The Italian Ministry of Health announced on the 8th that there were 10,176 newly diagnosed cases in the country in a single day, with a total of more than 4.1 million; and 224 new deaths, with a total of more than 120,000.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations (excluding patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit) reached 15,799 on the 8th, a slight decrease from 16,331 the day before.

Africa: South Africa reports 4 cases of mutated new coronavirus found in India

　　According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 8th, as of 8 o'clock local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Africa reached 4620 004, the cumulative number of deaths was 123,961, and the cumulative number of recovered cases was 4,166,858.

　　The South African Ministry of Health confirmed through social media on the evening of the 8th that South Africa has recently discovered 4 confirmed cases of the "B.1.617" variant new coronavirus that was first discovered in India.

All four patients have previously travelled to India and are currently in quarantine.

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