(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) WHO urges all countries to cooperate in the fight against the epidemic, the cumulative number of deaths in the United States is nearly 650,000
China News Service, Beijing, September 7th. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the official website of the World Health Organization shows that as of 17:02 on the 6th Central European Time, there are a total of 220,563,227 confirmed cases of new crown worldwide, and a total of 4,565,483 deaths.
According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:21 on the 7th, Beijing time, there were a total of 221,046,961 confirmed cases worldwide and a total of 4,574,364 deaths.
On the 6th, the 74th meeting of the WHO Regional Committee for Southeast Asia opened online.
At the meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that although the number of confirmed cases and deaths of new crowns in Southeast Asia has decreased recently, the situation in different parts of the world is different. The new crown virus pandemic continues to cause heavy losses to lives, livelihoods, society and the economy. .
Therefore, he called on all countries in the world to work together to ensure that a pandemic of this scale does not recur.
Punam Ketrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia, said that the epidemic has caused huge losses to the health system, leading to interruption of medical services and exhaustion of medical staff.
She emphasized the importance of enhancing the capabilities of the medical industry.
Officials from the health departments of the participating countries said that they should make greater commitments to provide health care and establish a medical system on a global scale, and pay attention to the importance of providing new crown vaccines, medicines, equipment and technology to Southeast Asia.
Americas: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 40 million, and the cumulative number of deaths is nearly 650,000
The latest data from Johns Hopkins University shows that as of 8:21 on the 7th, Beijing time, the United States had a total of 400,016,654 confirmed cases and a total of 649,319 deaths, making it the country with the largest number of cumulative confirmed cases and cumulative deaths in the world.
At present, the state with the largest cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States is California with 4421247 cases; followed by Texas with 3706980 cases.
Data shows that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 10 million on November 9, 2020, over 20 million on January 1 this year, and over 30 million on March 24.
It took 53 days to increase from 10 million cases to 20 million cases, 82 days to increase from 20 million cases to 30 million cases, and 166 days to increase from 30 million cases to 40 million cases.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on the 5th that US regulatory agencies may approve Pfizer's new crown vaccine booster before September 20, and Modena's new crown vaccine booster may be delayed.
US President Biden announced on August 18 that he planned to provide the public with a booster shot of the new crown vaccine from September 20 in response to a national rebound in the United States.
When asked about the above goals on the 5th, Fauci replied that "in some respects" the plan remained unchanged.
Regarding the immunization effectiveness of the new crown vaccine booster and whether everyone should be vaccinated, Fauci said on the same day that Pfizer and Modena’s vaccine booster should be safe, but relevant regulatory agencies will review the relevant data. To ensure safety.
Europe: UK plans to vaccinate teenagers between 12 and 15 years old
According to the British "Guardian" report on the 5th, the British government plans to approve the new crown vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds in the next week.
The "Vaccine Minister" Nazem Zahavi, who is in charge of the large-scale vaccination of the new crown vaccine in the United Kingdom, said that vaccinating healthy teenagers of this age will ask their parents for their opinions, but if "the child has the ability to make a decision based on existing information "You can ignore the arrangements of your parents.
Zahawi said that the decision was to ensure that doctors communicate with the vaccinated teenagers and their parents.
It is reported that the United Kingdom’s “Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization” believes that young people in the above-mentioned age group are unlikely to be infected with the new crown and therefore do not support vaccination for them only from a health perspective.
But officials in charge of medical treatment may not agree. They think that vaccinations should be considered from a wider range of factors, such as the impact on education.
Asia: Indonesia's daily increase in the number of cases hits a new low in 4 months
According to a report from the Ministry of Health of Indonesia on the 6th, the country has newly confirmed 4,413 cases in a single day, the lowest number of confirmed cases in the past 4 months, with a total of 4,133,433 confirmed cases; 612 new deaths and a total of 136,473 deaths.
Indonesian officials announced on the evening of the 6th that the implementation period of the "social activity restriction" epidemic prevention and control measures that were originally scheduled to expire on that day have been extended again.
Among them, Java Island and Bali were extended to the 13th of this month, and regions outside the two islands were extended to the 20th of this month.
This is the eighth time since July this year that the country has extended the implementation period of "social activity restrictions".
In June of this year, Indonesia's second wave of COVID-19 rebounded. The number of daily confirmed cases reached its peak at nearly 60,000, and the number of daily deaths exceeded 1,000 for more than 40 consecutive days.
The government of this country began to implement the strictest "social activity restrictions" since the outbreak of the epidemic on July 3.
According to a report from the Ministry of Health of Cambodia on the 6th, the country has newly confirmed 528 cases in a single day, with a total of 95,000 confirmed cases; 13 new deaths and a total of 1970 deaths.
The country’s Delta mutant strains are spreading further. In the past two days, 251 new cases of Delta strain infections have been reported.
As of the 5th, a total of 2,647 cases of Delta virus infection have been detected in Cambodia, distributed in 23 provinces and cities.
Except for Baima and Kratie provinces, Phnom Penh City is the most serious, with a total of 914 cases reported.
Cambodian Minister of Health Man Bunhen pointed out that the delta strain is spreading rapidly in Phnom Penh and many provinces. People must not be paralyzed. They must strictly abide by epidemic prevention regulations and reduce unnecessary outings, especially avoiding inter-provincial travel.
Africa and Oceania: New Zealand downgrades COVID-19 response levels in many places
According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 6th local time, a total of 7,913,239 cases have been confirmed in the region, and a total of 19,580 deaths have been reported.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Ardern announced on the 6th that from 23:59 on the 7th, other regions of the country except the Auckland region will reduce the COVID-19 response level to level 2, but because the delta strain is more contagious, this The secondary level 2 response measures are more stringent than the previous level two.
Auckland is still under the highest level of Level 4 response, and other areas have reduced their response to Level 3.
New Zealand's epidemic prevention and control is divided into four levels. During the fourth level of response, everyone is isolated at home, cutting off all possible interpersonal contact.
According to the New Zealand Ministry of Health, there were 20 new community confirmed cases in New Zealand on the 6th. A total of 821 confirmed cases have been confirmed since August 17, of which 804 were in Auckland.
There are a total of 40 hospitalized patients nationwide, of which 6 are in the intensive care unit.
Auckland reported a case of community transmission of the delta strain on August 17, and New Zealand entered the four-level epidemic response mode at midnight that day.
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