(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Ecuadorian children will be vaccinated from China
China News Agency, Beijing, February 14. Comprehensive news: According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 12:20 on the 14th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world has reached 411,679,785, and the cumulative number of deaths. 5,815,376 cases.
Data map: New York, the United States, people register for testing at a new coronavirus testing point in Times Square.
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Americas: Children aged 3 to 4 in Ecuador will be vaccinated with Sinovac vaccine
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Health issued a notice on the 13th local time that starting on the 14th, the booster vaccination of the new crown vaccine for residents over the age of 18 will be launched nationwide.
Starting on the 15th, the country will start the vaccination of children aged 3 to 4 years old with the new crown vaccine.
According to the recommendations of the Ecuadorian Immunization Practice Advisory Committee and the Pediatric Society, children aged 3 to 4 in the country will be vaccinated against Sinovac.
About 650 people in New Haven, Connecticut, have been vaccinated with improperly stored Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines, according to ABC News.
Improper storage could make the vaccine less effective, the report said.
Citizens who received this batch of vaccines are advised to re-vaccinate as soon as possible, city health officials said in a statement.
According to a report by the Brazilian Television System (SBT) on the 13th local time, Edmure Mezquita, a former state congressman from the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, died on the 12th due to complications from the new crown at the age of 67.
According to reports, Edmure Mesquita has received three doses of the new crown vaccine and was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia last month.
In his memory, the Brazilian city of Santos announced a three-day mourning.
Europe: German study shows new crown vaccine can fight common cold
Ulm University Hospital in Germany recently issued a press release saying that a new study found that vaccination against the new crown can not only effectively prevent the occurrence of severe new crowns, but may also play a role in inhibiting other coronaviruses and help people fight against diseases such as the common cold.
The researchers selected 24 volunteers and conducted a study on their serum before and after the whole course of vaccination with the new crown vaccine.
It was found that the serum of all volunteers had shown neutralizing activity against a variety of coronaviruses that cause the common cold before being vaccinated against the new crown vaccine.
This neutralization was enhanced by 1.5- to 4-fold after the Covid-19 vaccine.
The study also found that the antibodies produced after vaccination with the new crown vaccine can also inhibit the SARS coronavirus.
On the 13th local time, according to the statistics of the French Public Health Agency, in the past 24 hours, there were 86,562 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France in a single day, with a total of 21,708,797 confirmed cases; 107 new deaths and a total of 134,308 deaths.
According to the British "Guardian" report on the 14th, a study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a British think tank, showed that anti-vaccine advocates in France are buying fake vaccine passports online to bypass the country's epidemic prevention restrictions.
The researchers found that people can jump to encrypted instant messaging software through some social networking sites, and buy fake vaccine passes on it.
The fake vaccine passport could be used across the EU, the report said.
ISD researchers are calling for social media companies to take more responsibility and platforms to take more proactive steps to stop the spread of this type of content.
On January 26, local time, outside the testing point in front of the city hall in Seoul, South Korea, people line up for nucleic acid testing.
On the same day, the Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters of South Korea notified that as of 0:00 on the same day, there were 13,012 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Korea compared with 0:00 the previous day.
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Asia: South Korea's government predicts an increase in the number of severe cases and deaths from the new crown in the country
According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on the 14th, Sun Yinglai, head of the social strategy team of the Central Emergency Response Headquarters in South Korea, said at a press conference that day that it is expected that the number of severe cases and deaths in the country will increase from this week.
Sun Yinglai said that with the recent high number of new cases in China, the number of confirmed cases in the elderly group is also increasing.
Since the increase in severe cases usually occurs two to three weeks later than new diagnoses, it is expected that the number of severe cases will increase from this week.
South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 14th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had added 54,619 new confirmed cases of new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day. The number of new cases in a single day has exceeded 50,000 for five consecutive days, and is 1.55 times that of a week ago. 3.2 times two weeks ago.
The South Korean government said that the continued spread of the epidemic may lead to a significant increase in critically ill cases, which would lead to an overload of the medical system. Therefore, it plans to vaccinate the fourth dose of the vaccine for immunocompromised people, residents of nursing homes and nursing facilities and employees at the end of the month.
According to Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" report, as of 19:00 local time on the 13th, there were 77,450 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the country; 138 new deaths were reported, and the number of deaths in a single day has exceeded 100 for seven consecutive days.
Japan's Kyodo News reported on the 14th that regarding the relaxation of border crossing measures for the new crown epidemic prevention, Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji said on a Fuji TV program on the 13th that it is sufficient to increase the current daily limit of 3,500 people to 5,000 people. feasible.
Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" reported on the 14th that Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabiri said that this year will not block economic activities due to the epidemic, including Ramadan markets.
He said the government will develop a more complete set of standard operating procedures for epidemic prevention during Ramadan and will announce the details at a later date.
According to VNA news on the 14th, from February 15th, Vietnam will no longer limit the number of international flights, and the number of flights will return to pre-epidemic levels.
Oceania: Cook Islands prepare for first community case of COVID-19
According to the National Radio New Zealand (RNZ), the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, said on the 13th local time that the Cook Islands is preparing for the first community case of the new crown.
A New Zealand tourist who was stranded in the Cook Islands for eight days tested positive for the new crown after returning home, reports say.
"The virus is likely already in our community." Brown said the Cook Islands had prepared for the arrival of the epidemic and developed a response mechanism.
According to official figures, 99.6 percent of the country's population aged 12 and older completed two doses of the vaccine, with 70 percent receiving a booster shot.
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