(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of deaths in the world is nearly 4.95 million, the US media reveals that the White House has blocked the donation of vaccines abroad

　　China News Service, Beijing, October 24th. Comprehensive news: According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:21 on the 24th, Beijing time, there were a total of 243,317,197 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, and a total of 4,942,958 deaths. .

US President Biden.

Americas: U.S. media exposes that the White House prevents private groups from donating vaccines abroad

　　The latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University show that the United States has a total of 45,427,357 confirmed cases and a total of 735,800 deaths.

　　According to reports from the Washington Post and the Capitol Hill on the 22nd, a civil society in California found that a large number of COVID-19 vaccines in the state are close to the expiry date, so it plans to donate some of these vaccines to the infection rate. High Mexico, but the White House Vaccine Working Group banned its plan after discovering it and abandoned these vaccines at the same time.

　　According to reports, this is not the first time that the US government has prevented domestic donations of surplus vaccines to countries in need.

A White House official explained that vaccines are "federal property" in the United States, so state, local governments or other organizations cannot donate them and the donation must be done by the federal government.

　　Edwards, chief executive of California’s El Centro Regional Medical Center, said that Mexico asked us for help to get the vaccine. What makes people angry is that we could have helped them easily, but we couldn’t.

Some scholars believe that it is better to let the vaccine expire than put it into use. This idea is difficult to understand.

　　The Ontario Provincial Government of Canada announced on the 22nd that starting from the 25th of this month, it will remove restrictions on the flow of people in most places that require the presentation of the new crown vaccination certificate to enter, such as restaurants, bars, and barber shops, but the new measures are temporarily not applicable. Medical care places and supermarkets.

At present, Ontario plans to further cancel the number restrictions in some high-risk places such as public baths and dance halls in mid-November of this year; from mid-January next year, gradually cancel the requirement to present vaccination certificates; and cancel epidemic prevention in public places by the end of March next year Measures and abolish the requirement for vaccination certificates.

　　The cumulative number of reported new coronavirus infections in Ontario currently ranks first in the country, accounting for about 35.2% of the total in Canada.

However, the number of increasing cases in the province has gradually declined recently.

The governor of the province, Doug Ford, said that the provincial government has adopted a cautious attitude towards reopening, and believes that this plan will avoid another "closure of the city" and protect the hard-won gains in the fight against the epidemic.

Some other provinces in Canada have recently introduced measures to gradually cancel public epidemic prevention restrictions.

However, the anti-epidemic pressure in a few provinces has not yet eased.

The picture shows fans watching the European Cup in the open air in a bar in Berlin.

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Europe: Germany's morbidity rate per 100,000 people breaks once again in 7 days

　　According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, a German disease control agency, on the 23rd, there were 15,145 newly diagnosed cases in the country in a single day, compared with 10,949 at the same time last week; 86 new deaths, and 75 at the same time last week.

In addition, the incidence rate per 100,000 people in Germany in 7 days exceeded 100 for the first time in 6 months, and the incidence rate was 70.8 at the same time last week.

　　At present, whether the "national epidemic state" that began in March last year should be ended on November 25 has triggered widespread discussions in Germany.

In recent days, the federal states have called on the federal government to continue to formulate unified national epidemic prevention measures and establish a corresponding legal basis.

　　The French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) issued a vaccination follow-up report on the 22nd, stating that since June this year, myocarditis has been considered an extremely rare adverse reaction that may occur after vaccination with Pfizer and Modena's new crown vaccine.

From the still limited data, young men aged 18 to 29 have a higher proportion of reporting myocarditis after vaccination with Modena.

ANSM therefore recommends that if a person receiving the Modena vaccine develops symptoms of myocarditis such as shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations or irregular heartbeat, they should seek immediate medical attention.

　　In early October this year, many Nordic countries suspended vaccination of Modena for young people due to the risk of myocarditis.

Affected by this, the French High Health Administration (HAS) also expressed a cautious attitude on the vaccination of the Modena vaccine booster on the 15th of this month, and suggested to wait for the evaluation opinions of the European Medicines Agency.

On March 4, local time, reminders to maintain social distancing at Incheon Airport, South Korea.

Asia: 70% of South Korea's population has completed the full course of COVID-19 vaccination

　　According to the Yonhap News Agency, the latest data released by the Korean New Crown Vaccination Promotion Group shows that as of 14:00 on the 23rd, more than 35.94 million people in South Korea have completed the new crown vaccination process, accounting for about 70% of the total population.

According to reports, since the South Korean government started the vaccination work, it has reached 70% of the target after 240 days.

At the same time, 70% of the population has completed the full course of COVID-19 vaccination is also one of the prerequisites for the Korean government to promote a step-by-step restoration of daily life.

　　According to Japan’s "Mainichi Shimbun", data released at the Tokyo Metropolitan Epidemic Surveillance Conference held on the 21st showed that among the newly confirmed cases in Tokyo from the 13th to the 20th of this month, 61% of the infection routes were unknown.

Some experts pointed out that there are still many patients whose infection path is unknown, but if the confirmed cases can maintain the current trend of declining, the path of infection can be traced back, and now is the time to actively investigate.

Africa: A total of 8.45 million confirmed cases in Africa

　　According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 23rd local time, a total of 8,459,555 cases were confirmed in the region, a total of 216,682 deaths, and 7,842,357 cases were cured.

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