(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa's positive rate of testing exceeds 30%, the government promises to strictly guard against new variant viruses
China News Agency, Johannesburg, July 7 (Reporter Wang Xi) The South African National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NICD) released data on the evening of the 7th, showing that the new crown pneumonia epidemic in South Africa has further deteriorated, and the positive rate of testing has reached a new record of 30.3%. Since the first confirmed case was discovered on March 5 last year, the positive rate has been the highest on record.
After the number of newly confirmed cases dropped in a single day for two consecutive days, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in South Africa rebounded again on the 7th, with 21,427 newly confirmed cases and 411 deaths in a single day.
As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 2,112,336, with 63,039 deaths, both ranking first in the African continent for confirmed and dead cases of new coronary pneumonia.
What is worrying is that the current positive rate of new coronary pneumonia tests in South Africa remains high.
On the same day, the positive rate of the new crown pneumonia test in South Africa exceeded 30%, which means that at least 3 of the 10 people who were tested were diagnosed.
South Africa’s Acting Minister of Planning, Supervision, and Evaluation of the Presidential Palace, Kumbuzo Entshaveni, stated at the Presidential Palace’s regular press conference on the 7th that in response to the threatening third wave of the epidemic, the South African government has done a good job. More age groups and people in high-risk industries are prepared for vaccination, and the speed of vaccination will be accelerated.
In addition, the South African government has also promised that the South African government will take precautions in advance to prevent the "lamda" mutant strain discovered in Peru a few days ago.
It is also learned that Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong also met with South Africa’s Acting Minister of Health Kubayi by video on the same day.
Chen Xiaodong said that China appreciates the South African Ministry of Health and the library himself for actively supporting the South African Health Products Regulatory Agency (SAHPRA) to approve the conditional emergency use of China's Kexing new crown vaccine in South Africa.
China is willing to continue to strengthen anti-epidemic cooperation with the South, and promote the Kexing vaccine to benefit the people of South Africa as soon as possible.
Kubayi thanked China for actively supporting South Africa and African countries in their anti-epidemic efforts. He said that the approval of Kexing vaccine is an important "milestone" in vaccine cooperation between South Africa and China, and he hopes that China will continue to help South Africa overcome the epidemic at an early date.
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