(Fighting new crown pneumonia) U.S. disease control warns of rapid spread of new crown in the U.S., South Korea's increasing number of confirmed cases exceeds 2,000 for the first time
China News Agency, Beijing, August 11th. According to the latest data from the WHO website, as of 18:22 on the 10th Central European Time (0:22 on the 11th Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 560,850 compared with the previous day. 203,295,170 cases; the number of deaths increased by 8,426 to 4,303,515.
Americas: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of high-speed spread of new coronavirus in the U.S.
According to a CNN report on the 10th, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States show that almost all Americans live in areas where the transmission rate of the new coronavirus is "high" or "large".
Specifically, 98.2% of the U.S. population lives in counties with a "high" or "large" level of transmission of the new coronavirus.
Only about 600,000 Americans live in areas where the transmission rate of the new coronavirus is "low".
On August 9, local time, at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, an Air Canada passenger plane was about to land.
On the same day, Canada took an important step to reopen the entry of foreigners after it was "closed" due to the new crown epidemic.
U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the United States who have been fully vaccinated with the official new crown vaccine and have been 14 days old can enter Canada from the United States.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong
Canada took an important step in reopening the entry of foreigners after the “closed” due to the new crown epidemic on August 9: US citizens and permanent residents of the United States who have been fully vaccinated with the official new crown vaccine and have been 14 days old can enter the United States Canada.
This is a liberalization measure taken unilaterally by Canada nearly 17 months after the border between Canada and the United States was "closed" on a limited basis.
The U.S. government has extended customs clearance restrictions on the U.S.-Canada border until August 21.
The Canadian government plans to open entry to all international passengers who have been fully vaccinated with Canadian-approved vaccines for 14 days from September 7.
The new crown vaccines currently approved by the Canadian government include those developed by Pfizer, Modena, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
According to statistics released by the Brazilian state health departments, in the past 7 days, Brazil has an average of 35,245 new confirmed cases per day, which is 30% lower than the figure two weeks ago; the average number of new deaths per day is 899, which is low for 11 consecutive days. In 1,000 cases, this is a 17% drop from the data two weeks ago.
Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Ceroga said on the 10th that there are currently about 7 million people in Brazil who have not received the second dose of the new crown vaccine on time.
He said that there is no shortage of the second dose of the new crown vaccine in the country, and the government has been making great efforts to vaccinate the entire population. Therefore, he hopes that the public will not avoid vaccination for any reason.
Europe: France has launched the "white plan" for hospitals in 4 regions, Germany plans to cancel free new crown testing in October
According to the data updated by the French Public Health Agency on the 10th, there were 28,576 newly confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 6,339,509; 68 new deaths, with a total of 112,403.
The health department of the New Aquitaine region in southwestern France announced on the 10th that it would restart the "white plan" for hospitals to deal with the pressure on the medical system caused by the fourth wave of the epidemic.
Under the implementation of this plan, local hospitals can recall medical staff on leave, and can also make special arrangements for medical resources based on the epidemic situation.
Up to now, 4 of the 13 regions of the French mainland have launched the "white plan" for hospitals in an emergency.
Several sources in Germany revealed to the media on the 10th that the German government plans to stop providing free new crown virus testing to all people from October in order to further promote the new crown vaccination.
According to media reports, seven elderly people in a Belgian nursing home who had completed the full vaccination of the new crown vaccine died last week after being infected with the B.1.621 strain of the new crown mutant virus.
This strain has not yet received the Greek letter designation of the World Health Organization, and the European disease control department has listed it as a "noticeable" mutant new coronavirus strain.
Asia: Delta Strain Almost Spreads Throughout Thailand
Thai officials notified on the 10th that there were 19,843 new confirmed cases, a total of 795,951; and 235 new deaths, a record high in a single day, with a total of 6,588 cases.
On the same day, Supaji, director of the Department of Medical Sciences of the Ministry of Health of Thailand, said that the results of virus sampling of confirmed patients across the country from July 31 to August 6 showed that 91.9% of the cases were infected with the Delta strain, while the Bangkok area The ratio is even as high as 95.4%.
Supaji pointed out that the delta strain has now spread to 76 of the 77 provinces across the country.
The only Suphan Mansion that has not been "occupied" may be because it has not been detected for the time being, and it does not mean that there is no such mutant in the local area.
South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 11th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 2223 cases in the past 24 hours.
This is the first time that the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in South Korea has exceeded 2,000, a record high since the outbreak.
The South Korean government recently extended the fourth-level epidemic prevention response level in the metropolitan area by two weeks to August 22. Busan also adjusted the fourth-level epidemic prevention response level on the 8th.
The fourth-level epidemic prevention response level corresponds to the most stringent control measures.
It is worth noting that the South Korean disease control department pointed out that the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in a single day in the non-capital area is showing a clear upward trend, and a high degree of vigilance must be aroused.
According to Kyodo News, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government of Japan announced on the 10th that in view of the new crown epidemic, the Paralympic torch relay road run that was originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo from the 20th to the 24th was cancelled and the torchbearers gathered at the festival venue instead. Only relevant persons will attend the ignition ceremony and light the torch.
In order to prevent and control the epidemic, a joint meeting of leaders of the three cities in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal decided on the 10th to extend the current blockade measures in the valley to August 24; starting from August 12, public and private vehicles will not be allowed to board after 20 o'clock every day. Street driving (except for emergency vehicles).
Recently, the number of newly confirmed cases in Nepal has been on the rise.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal on the afternoon of the 10th, in the past 24 hours, there were 3,194 new confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 720,680; 35 new deaths, with a total of 10,150.
Africa: The total number of confirmed cases in Africa has reached nearly 7.08 million
According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 10th local time, there were a total of 7,079,508 confirmed cases and 178,375 deaths in the region.
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