(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) South Korea has more than 170,000 confirmed cases of the British Queen who still have mild new crown symptoms
China News Agency, Beijing, February 24. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the WHO website shows that as of 17:42 on the 23rd Central European Time (0:42 on the 24th Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 1,666,103 from the previous day. The number of deaths reached 426,624,859; the number of deaths increased by 7,523 to 5,899,578.
Data map: A new coronavirus testing station on 14th Street in Manhattan, New York, USA tests residents.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
Americas: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 78.71 million
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, as of 18:00 Eastern Time on the 23rd, a total of 78,712,748 confirmed cases and 941,385 deaths have been reported in the United States.
In the past 24 hours, the United States has recorded 78,684 new cases and 2,523 new deaths.
According to a report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association on the 22nd, since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, more than 12.5 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with the new crown virus.
The report said that since the beginning of this year, the mutated new coronavirus Omicron strain has accelerated in the United States, resulting in a surge in the number of confirmed cases of new crowns in children in the United States.
Since the beginning of January, there have been more than 4.6 million new confirmed cases of the new crown in children in the United States.
There have been more than 470,000 new infections among children in the U.S. in the past two weeks.
According to recent reports from the National Public Radio and other media, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the more contagious Omicron subtype mutant BA.2 has spread in more than 30 states in the United States.
BA.2 infections accounted for about 3.9% of new cases in the United States.
"If that number doubles again, to 8 percent, it means we are entering an exponential growth phase, and the U.S. could be in for a new wave," said Samuel Scarpino of the Rockefeller Foundation's Institute for Epidemic Prevention. The peak of the epidemic." Infectious disease experts worry that the spread of BA.2 will once again frustrate hopes of returning to normal in the United States.
According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, as of the evening of the 23rd local time, the country had accumulated more than 28.48 million confirmed cases and more than 646,000 deaths.
In the past 24 hours, Brazil has added more than 133,000 confirmed cases and 999 deaths.
On the 23rd, the Brazilian National Health Supervision Agency approved the marketing of the second new coronavirus self-detection reagent.
Produced by a local company in Brazil, the test shows results in 15 minutes on a nasal swab sample.
Europe: Queen of England still has mild coronavirus symptoms
The British royal family announced on the 22nd that Queen Elizabeth II canceled an online event scheduled for the day because she still has "mild cold-like symptoms" after contracting the new crown virus.
The Italian Prime Minister said on the 23rd that the Italian government will end the state of emergency for the new crown pneumonia on March 31, and promised that after more than two years of health crisis caused by the epidemic, social production and living order will gradually return to normal.
France's Sanofi Group and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline issued a press release on the 23rd saying that the recombinant protein candidate new crown vaccine developed by the two pharmaceutical companies has achieved "satisfactory" results in the global phase III clinical trial.
Trial data showed that two doses of the candidate vaccine were 100% protective against severe and hospitalized cases of COVID-19, 75% for moderate or severe cases of COVID-19, and 57.9% for symptomatic infection of COVID-19.
In addition, the vaccine candidate can effectively increase the level of neutralizing antibodies in volunteers as a booster.
Data map: Outside the testing point in front of the city hall in Seoul, South Korea, people line up for nucleic acid testing.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Xu
Asia: The number of new cases in South Korea exceeds 170,000 in a single day
South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 23rd local time that as of 0:00 on the same day, South Korea added 171,452 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 2,329,182 confirmed cases.
Relevant institutions in South Korea originally predicted that the number of new cases in a single day would increase to more than 170,000 in early March, but it has now been earlier than expected.
At the same time, experts predict that the peak of new crown cases in a single day will reach 270,000, which is expected to appear between the 28th of this month and the 22nd of next month.
Acting spokesman of the Philippine Presidential Palace Nograles called on the public to receive a booster shot at a press conference on the 23rd to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant.
He said that the booster dose is relatively small, but it can improve immunity to the new coronavirus.
The Thai government's New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Management Center reported on the 23rd that 21,232 new coronary pneumonia cases were confirmed by nucleic acid testing on the same day, and 16,890 positive cases were confirmed by the rapid virus detection method, with a total of nearly 40,000 cases.
In addition, Thailand added 39 new deaths that day.
The Thai cabinet meeting decided on the same day that since imported cases accounted for less than 1%, in order to attract more international tourists to enter and promote economic recovery, the requirements for entry epidemic prevention will be relaxed, and the previous "test and go" entry exemption policy stipulated in the quarantine policy will be relaxed. After entry, the number of nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 was reduced to one, and the second test was changed to rapid virus test.
In addition, the amount of new crown insurance that inbound travelers must purchase has been reduced from the previously stipulated $50,000 to $20,000.
The above adjustments will take effect from March 1.
Africa and Oceania: Nearly 11.13 million confirmed cases in Africa
According to data from the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 23rd local time, there have been 11,129,305 confirmed cases and 247,340 deaths in the region.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Post has reported the highest number of parcel deliveries in its history amid a surge in online shopping due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the holiday season.
Postal revenue rose 10.4 per cent to $4.8 billion in the six months to the end of December 2021.
The parcels and services segment grew by 13.6 per cent to $3.87 billion in revenue.
Australia Post expects the second half of 2022, as retail conditions normalise and the number of Covid-19 cases decreases, the number of people in home isolation will decline, and parcel volumes will follow.
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