(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of new confirmed cases in the U.S. has dropped, Indian experts call for mass vaccination

　　China News Service, Beijing, May 16th. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the WHO website shows that as of 15:02 on the 15th Central European Time (21:02 Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide has increased by 677,387 compared with the previous day. There were 16,513,458 cases; the number of deaths increased by 12,936 to 3,352,109.

　　In addition, according to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 12:27 on the 16th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide was 162,203,982, and the cumulative number of deaths was 33,650,81.

Data map: On May 12, local time, the New York Mets baseball team's home stadium at Citi Field's new crown vaccination site, people lined up for vaccination.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

Americas: The number of newly confirmed cases in the United States has declined

　　As of May 15, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 32.91 million, and the number of deaths has exceeded 585,000.

According to relevant statistics, the number of new confirmed cases in the United States has dropped by 27% in two weeks; since May 1, the number of new deaths has also dropped by 10%, with an average daily increase of 613 in seven days.

Some experts said that this change can basically be explained by the spread of vaccination in a large area.

　　According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of May 15, 47.1% of the U.S. population (approximately 156 million people) had received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, and 36.7% of the population (approximately 122 million people) had completed two doses. New crown vaccine vaccination.

　　As of May 15, local time, Brazil had a total of 15,586,534 confirmed cases, an increase of 67,009 compared with the previous day; the cumulative number of deaths was 434,715, an increase of 2087 compared with the previous day.

Recently, the growth rate of the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in Brazil has declined: the average daily number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the past 7 days was 1914, a decrease from the 2126 cases in the previous week.

　Europe: Over 20 million people in France have received at least one dose of vaccine, Belgium’s new crown epidemic indicators continue to decline

　　Data on the 15th local time showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 5.86 million.

The French epidemic data showed a easing trend. The number of newly confirmed cases in the last 7 days was 100,000, a decrease of 23% compared with the previous week.

The number of newly hospitalized patients and the number of critically ill patients in the last 7 days are also decreasing.

The situation in the Paris Region has also improved. The main epidemic data indicators are declining, and the pressure on the medical system has decreased.

　　French President Macron announced through social media on the 15th that more than 20 million people have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, thus reaching the official vaccination target in mid-May.

The next step set by the French government is to vaccinate 30 million people by June 15.

　　On the 15th local time, the British Minister of Health and Social Welfare Edward Agar stated to the outside that the number of people visiting local hospitals in Bolton and Blackburn for being infected with the mutated new crown virus found in India "slightly increased", mainly at the age of 35- 65-year-old people who have not been vaccinated.

Edward Agar called on people who are eligible for vaccination in areas where the mutated new coronavirus is spreading rapidly to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

　　According to data released by the British government that day, 36,320,867 people in the UK have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for 69% of the adult population; a total of 19,98121 people have received the second dose of the vaccine, accounting for 37.4% of the adult population.

　　On May 15, local time, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi completed the treatment of secondary diseases of the new crown in a Milan hospital and returned home.

　　According to data released by the Belgian Public Health Department on the 15th, a number of epidemic indicators in the country have continued to decline.

During the week from May 5 to 11 this year, Belgium added an average of 2,751 new cases of new coronary pneumonia every day, a decrease of 7% from the previous week.

In the past two weeks, a total of 347.8 people per 100,000 inhabitants of Belgium were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, a 16% decrease compared with the previous two weeks.

　　At the same time, the number of new crown patients admitted to hospitals in the country has also decreased.

During the week from May 8 to May 14, 2021, an average of 145.3 patients were admitted to the hospital every day, a decrease of 13% from the previous week.

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.

Image source: Visual China

Asia: Indian experts call for mass vaccination, Thailand’s cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 100,000

　　The Indian health department released data on the 16th that in the past 24 hours, there were 311,170 new confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 24,684,077; and 4,077 new deaths, with a total of 270,248.

　　The government of Uttar Pradesh in India decided on the 15th to extend the current restrictive measures in the state to May 24 in order to fight the epidemic.

The Himachal Pradesh government has also decided to extend the current curfew policy to May 26.

　　Devi Shetty, the chairman of Narayana Health Hospital in India, said in an interview with Indian media recently that large-scale vaccination in the country within the next 2 to 3 months is the only effective way for us to prevent the third wave of the epidemic. And economical approach.

"Facts have proved that the vaccine is effective. It is necessary for us to vaccinate all people over the age of 18 with the new crown vaccine."

　　The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal released data on the afternoon of the 15th, saying that in the past 24 hours, there were 8,046 confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 447,704; and 187 new deaths, with a total of 4,856.

This is also the 11th consecutive day that the number of new cases in a single day exceeds 8,000 in Nepal.

　　On May 16, local time, Thailand's New Crown Epidemic Management Center revealed that the country has 2302 new confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in a single day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 100,000, reaching 101,447; there are 24 new deaths and a total of 589 deaths. example.

　　Recently, 105 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia have appeared at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand. They are all employees of Thai Airways International, Thai Post, logistics companies and other institutions in the airport.

Recently, there have been frequent outbreaks of clustered new crown pneumonia epidemics in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, including construction sites, financial district office buildings, factories, jewelry trading centers, residential communities, markets, prisons, etc.

　Africa: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Africa is close to 4.68 million

　　According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 15th local time, there were a total of 4,674,473 confirmed cases and 125,930 deaths in Africa.

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