(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) More than half of the U.S. states have Ome Keron infections. The 2021 Nobel Prize award ceremony is still held online

　　China News Agency, Beijing, December 11th. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the WHO website shows that as of 16:48 on the 10th Central European Time (23:48 Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 617,469 compared with the previous day. It reached 267,865,289; the number of deaths increased by 7,940 to 5,285,888.

　　Americas: Omi Kiron strain infections in more than half of the states in the United States

　　The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Valensky stated at the White House epidemic briefing on the 10th that the average number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States in a week has increased by 37%, and the average daily number of new crown deaths has increased by 28%.

Local media reported that, so far, more than half of the states in the United States have found cases of Ome Keron strain infection.

Health officials expect that this number will continue to increase in the coming weeks.

　　Elizabeth Hertel, secretary of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said on the 10th that the state's rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, infection rates and hospitalization rates reached record highs, causing medical supplies, including ventilators, to face a shortage of medical supplies again.

According to related reports, last week, the positive rate of COVID-19 in Michigan soared to 19.6%; on the 9th, the state's first case infected with the Omi Keron strain was confirmed.

Health officials believe that the superposition of these conditions has brought the state's epidemic situation to a "critical" state, and the Christmas and New Year holidays are approaching, and they worry that this wave of epidemics will threaten the operation of the local medical system.

　　New York State Governor Cathy Hochull announced a new mask order on the 10th, requiring people over the age of 2 to wear masks in indoor facilities where New York State cannot verify the vaccinations of all people entering the room.

　　The new crown prediction model issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada on the 10th indicated that the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in Canada will increase sharply in the next few weeks under the influence of the two mutant strains of Delta and Ome Keron.

As of December 9, a total of 87 cases of Omi Kiron strain infection have been reported in 7 provincial administrative regions in Canada.

According to predictions, if the Omi Keron strain continues to maintain the current level of transmission, by January 2022, Canada may add 12,000 new confirmed cases every day.

At the worst time before the epidemic in the country, there were only 10,209 newly confirmed cases in a single day.

　　Since most children between 5 and 11 years old in Canada have not been vaccinated against the new crown, the current data on newly confirmed cases shows that the infection rate of children in this age group is four times that of other age groups.

　　Europe: The 2021 Nobel Prize award ceremony will be held online again due to the new crown epidemic

　　Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literary Prize, and Economics Prize award ceremony will be held online again on the 10th, and the Nobel Prize award dinner will be cancelled.

　　The British Health and Security Agency said on the 10th that the Omi Keron strain is more transmissible than the Delta strain.

If it continues to grow at the current rate, by mid-December, Omi Keron strain infections will account for more than 50% of the new cases in the UK, becoming the main strain spreading in the country.

　　The data released by the bureau on the 10th showed that there were 448 new cases of Omi Kiron strain infection in the UK in a single day, an increase of nearly 100% over the previous day, and a total of 1265 cases.

However, no hospitalization or death has been reported for all known cases of Ome Keron infection in the UK.

　　The German Bundestag and Bundestag passed a bill on the 10th, requiring that from March 15 next year, practitioners in the country's medical and nursing industries will be obliged to receive the new crown vaccine.

In addition, the bill also expands the powers of the federal states to ban events and close recreational and dining facilities to curb the spread of the virus when the epidemic is severe.

　　Austria has one of the lowest rates of new crown vaccination in Western Europe, with only about 68% of the population being vaccinated.

The Austrian government has recently decided that it will be mandatory for people aged 14 and over to be vaccinated from February next year.

People who do not get vaccinated face a fine of up to 3,600 euros (4,071 U.S. dollars) every three months.

　　Asia: Jordan has over 1 million confirmed cases of new crown

　　According to data released by the Ministry of Health of Jordan on the 10th, the country has 4,936 new confirmed cases of new crown in the past 24 hours, with a total of more than 1 million confirmed cases, reaching 1,003,428; 38 new deaths and a total of 11,917 deaths.

On the 9th, the Ministry of Health of Jordan reported for the first time two cases of Omi Kiron strain infection.

The Ministry of Health of Jordan previously stated that as the number of new confirmed cases in the country continues to increase in a single day, Jordan has entered the third wave of the new crown epidemic, and the people should be vaccinated against the new crown as soon as possible and comply with the epidemic prevention regulations.

　　Singapore added 454 confirmed cases on the 10th, with a total of 272,433; 4 new deaths, with a total of 783.

This is the lowest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in the country in the past three months or so.

　　According to data from the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, from 16:00 on December 9th to 16:00 on 10th, there were 14839 new confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 1382272; and 216 new deaths, with a total of 27,402.

Da Nang, an important tourist city in Vietnam, welcomed 500 business tourists on the 10th. This is the first group of tourists since the city gradually controlled the epidemic and reopened to welcome guests.

　　According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli Ministry of Health reported on the evening of the 10th that 14 new cases of Ome Keron strain infection were reported across the country.

So far, there have been 35 confirmed cases of Omi Keron strain in Israel.

　　Africa: South Africa’s Ministry of Health says the Omi Keron strain may increase the risk of secondary infections from the new crown

　　South African Health Minister Joe Fahra said on the 10th that preliminary evidence shows that the risk of secondary infection caused by the Omi Kiron strain may be higher than other variants of the new coronavirus that "need attention".

This means that for people who have been infected with the new crown virus, the Omi Keron strain may be more likely to reinfect them than other strains.

　　Fahra said that it is not clear whether the Omi Keron strain is more likely to cause severe illness or death. Although the number of hospitalizations has increased recently, this may be caused by the increase in the total number of infections.

Many people in the medical profession in South Africa said that they found that most people infected with the Omi Kiron strain had mild symptoms, and the symptoms would be relieved quickly if treated in time.

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