(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Epidemic rebounds in multiple countries, Vietnam has a total of 100,000 confirmed cases

　　China News Service, Beijing, July 27th. Comprehensive news: According to the latest data from the official website of the World Health Organization, as of 18:28 on the 26th Central European Time, there were a total of 19,408,019 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, and a total of 4,162,304 deaths.

In addition, according to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 9:21 on the 27th, Beijing time, there were a total of 194,637,187 confirmed cases worldwide and a total of 4,166,145 deaths.

　　Americas: Brazil's cumulative number of deaths rises to second in the world

　　According to the latest epidemic data released by Johns Hopkins University, the United States has a total of 34,531,055 confirmed cases and a total of 610,947 deaths.

　　On the 26th local time, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that its front-line medical staff must be vaccinated against the new crown, making it the first federal agency in the United States to compulsorily vaccinate.

According to reports, this measure applies to 115,000 employees who "face patients" most often, and employees who have not been vaccinated will have 8 weeks to get vaccinated.

　　The US White House spokesperson Psaki announced that day that considering the threat of the Delta variant strain, the US has decided to maintain the current travel ban.

She emphasized that the ban is not extended indefinitely, but there is no timetable for when it will be loosened.

　　To curb the spread of the virus, the United States currently imposes travel bans on many countries.

During the visit of German Chancellor Merkel to the United States on July 15 this year, he expressed to US President Biden that he hoped that the United States would lift the travel ban on Europe.

The European Union lifted its travel ban on the United States on June 18.

　　According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 26th, local time, 18,999 new cases were confirmed in the country in a single day, and a total of 19,707,662 confirmed cases; 578 new deaths, a total of 550,502 deaths.

As of now, Brazil ranks third in the world in the number of cumulative confirmed cases, after the United States and India; the cumulative number of deaths ranks second in the world after the United States.

　　Europe: About 60% of the French population has been vaccinated against the new crown

　　French President Macron announced on the 26th that in the past 15 days, 4 million people in France have completed the first dose of the new crown vaccine; the number of people in the country who have received at least one dose of the vaccine has exceeded 40 million, accounting for 60% of the total population of France.

　　According to French media reports, the country’s vaccination process slowed down in mid-July. However, since the French government announced on the 12th that the “health pass” policy was implemented in cultural, entertainment, and catering establishments, the number of registered vaccinations once again Start to increase.

　　The French parliament passed a bill on the 26th, requiring medical workers to be vaccinated, and people must show their health certificates when entering restaurants and taking flights or trains.

　　The French government hopes to use these two measures to curb the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the country.

In France, about 4,000 new cases were diagnosed in a single day in early July. In recent days, nearly 23,000 cases were newly diagnosed in a single day, and the total number of confirmed cases has approached 6 million.

　　Asia: Vietnam's cumulative confirmed cases exceed 100,000

　　The South Korean government announced that from the 27th, it will raise the new crown epidemic prevention response level outside the metropolitan area to the second highest level to curb the spread of the epidemic to the country during the peak summer travel period.

A few days ago, the South Korean government announced the extension of the highest level of anti-epidemic response in the metropolitan area to August 8. The areas involved include the capital Seoul, the neighboring Gyeonggi-do, and the western port city of Incheon.

　　With the arrival of the summer vacation and increased travel, the epidemic spread rapidly in areas outside the Korean capital.

At the beginning of this month, the number of newly diagnosed cases outside the capital area only accounted for about 10% of the number of newly diagnosed cases in the country. On the 26th, this proportion has increased to 40.7%.

The government warned that if the epidemic prevention measures are not tightened in time, South Korea may face the most ferocious epidemic this summer.

　　South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 26th that South Korea had newly confirmed 1,318 cases in a single day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 190,000.

　　According to the news released by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam on the 26th, the country’s cumulative confirmed cases exceeded 100,000, reaching 101,173, and a total of 524 deaths.

　　At the end of April this year, a new round of COVID-19 occurred in Vietnam.

Data released by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam showed that on the 24th, Vietnam had more than 9,000 new diagnoses in a single day, setting a new record for the country's daily increase in the number of diagnoses since the outbreak for the third consecutive day.

　　The epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is currently the most serious, with a total of more than 60,000 confirmed cases, most of which are new cases in this round of the epidemic.

Nguyen Chengfeng, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, announced on the evening of the 25th that the city will implement a curfew from the 26th and prohibit citizens from going out every day from 18:00 to 6:00 the next day.

During the curfew, all activities are suspended except for the anti-epidemic and emergency medical services.

　　According to the epidemic data released by the Iranian Ministry of Health on the 26th, the country has newly confirmed 31814 cases in a single day, the highest record since the outbreak, with a total of 3,723,246 confirmed cases; 322 new deaths and a total of 89,122 deaths; as of noon that day, more than 8.1 million people received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, and more than 2.4 million completed two doses of vaccination.

　　Africa and Oceania: Australia is now anti-blockade march

　　According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 26th local time, a total of 6,475,582 confirmed cases and 164,383 deaths were confirmed in the region.

　　The Australian epidemic has rebounded recently, and the Australian government has begun to implement more stringent lockdown measures to prevent and control the epidemic, but waves of anti-blockade protests and demonstrations followed.

　　On the 24th local time, thousands of people gathered on the streets of cities such as Melbourne and Sydney to stage protests against the blockade of the new crown epidemic.

The demonstrators were emotional. They took off their masks, stormed the roadblocks set up by the police, and threw plastic bottles, ink bottles and other objects at the police.

The police finally arrested many protesters.

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