Today, Wednesday, the World Health Organization called for freezing booster doses of anti-Coronavirus vaccines to put them at the disposal of poor countries, while Japan warned of an unprecedented increase in infections, and Iran recorded record numbers of infections.

“We need to quickly reverse the situation and move from directing the majority of vaccines to rich countries, to directing the majority of them to poor countries,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a press conference in Geneva, stressing that the freeze should continue “until the end of September on the the least".

He added that the goal of this step is to ensure that at least 10% of the population of each country is vaccinated.

"Instead, we want to focus on having the people most at risk of severe disease and death get the first and second doses," Catherine O'Brien, director of the WHO's Division of Immunization, Vaccines and Bioproducts, told reporters.

And in England, the results of the most recent large-scale study showed that fully vaccinated people were 3 times less likely to be infected than those who were not vaccinated.

The results of the study - conducted by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI on more than 98,000 volunteers - also showed that fully vaccinated people are less likely to transmit the virus.

A healthcare worker walks past banners put up by Japanese soccer fans before a match at the Saitama Olympic Stadium (Getty Images)

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On the other hand, Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said that the Delta strain had led to an "unprecedented" spread of infections, and advocated a new policy that obligates people with moderate symptoms to isolate themselves at home instead of going to the hospital.

"The pandemic has entered a new phase... If we don't have enough beds, we can't take people to hospitals. We are moving proactively in this regard," he told parliament.

The Radio and Television Corporation reported that Tokyo recorded 4,166 injuries today, and new infections across the country exceeded 14,200.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Olympic organizers say there is no link between the Tokyo Olympics and an increase in injuries.

Queues of the Chinese to get tested for infection in Wuhan after the infection rates increased (Reuters)

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In China, the authorities announced tightening restrictions on the travel of its citizens abroad for unnecessary reasons.

Since the discovery of new cases in Nanjing (east) last month, the infection has spread to 18 provinces.

Macau ordered all its residents to undergo the test after a family of four tested positive for the delta mutant, after 16 months without any infection recorded in this Chinese city.

The authorities are seeking to subject all 680,000 residents of the city to tests within 3 days.

The number of deaths in Indonesia has crossed the 100,000 mark, at a time when the authorities are making strenuous efforts to stop the spread of the delta mutant, as 35,867 injuries and 1,747 new deaths were recorded today.

In France, the “White Plan” was activated in hospitals in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region (southeast), as happened in Corsica, in order to allow health care institutions to deal with the significant increase in hospitalizations, as the hospital occupancy rate increased by 56 percent. this area within a week.

Queues in front of museums and boats heading to the Greek islands testify to the resumption of tourism, after the collapse of the tourism sector in the country that depends heavily on tourism, but the head of the Tour Operators Association, Yannis Ritsos, warned that “the positive momentum could be followed by insecurity at any time. ".

And the health authorities warned that the proliferation of cases, especially those with the delta mutant, which "will prevail in Greece as in the whole world", will negatively affect this optimism.

After a massive influx of tourists for two months, Crete saw a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in July, with the daily number of cases rising from a few hundred to more than 1,500 in recent weeks.

Middle east

On the other hand, Iraq announced today that it had recorded 73 deaths, and 12,713 cases of corona, in addition to the recovery of 6574 patients.

In Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 14 deaths, and 1,043 cases of corona, in addition to the recovery of 1,211 patients.

The ministry said in a statement, that the total number of HIV infections rose to 529,995, including 8,284 deaths, and 511,318 cases of recovery.

In turn, Libya announced the registration of 26 deaths and 2485 cases of corona, in addition to the recovery of 1422 patients.

In the Sultanate of Oman, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 12 deaths and 293 cases of corona, as well as the recovery of 797 patients.

A broad curfew came into effect on Tuesday in Morocco, in addition to restrictions on movement to and from 3 main cities, Casablanca, Marrakesh and Agadir, with the aim of stopping the sharp rise in the number of HIV infections.

Iran, the most affected country in the Middle East, crossed the threshold of 4 million injuries, with a record number of injuries recorded for the third consecutive day, as the authorities reported 39,357 new injuries, as well as 409 deaths.