(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of confirmed cases in South Korea has exceeded 170,000 for two consecutive days. Canada has approved the first locally developed new crown vaccine

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 25. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the World Health Organization website shows that as of 17:23 on the 24th Central European Time, the number of confirmed new crown cases worldwide increased by 1,826,122 compared with the previous day, reaching a total of 428,511,601 cases; deaths An increase of 11,041 cases, a total of 5,911,081 cases.

Americas: Canada approves the first locally developed new crown vaccine

　　Health Canada announced on the 24th that the new crown vaccine Covifenz developed by the country's pharmaceutical company Medicago can be used for people aged 18 to 64.

This is the sixth new crown vaccine approved by Canada and the first locally developed new crown vaccine.

The officially approved dosing regimen of the vaccine is 3.75 micrograms per dose, with two doses injected 21 days apart.

　　At present, nearly 85% of the Canadian population has received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, and about 80% have completed the full dose.

　　According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 9:21 on the 25th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 78,796,234, and the cumulative number of deaths was 944,756.

　　According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, as of the evening of the 24th local time, the country had accumulated more than 28.57 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and more than 647,000 deaths.

In the past 24 hours, Brazil recorded 93,757 new confirmed cases and 971 new deaths.

Europe: The cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown in Germany exceeds 14 million

　　According to data released by the German CDC on the 24th, as of that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection in Germany has exceeded 14 million.

German Federal Health Minister Lauterbach told German media on the same day that lifting almost all epidemic prevention measures like Denmark or the United Kingdom would not be an option for Germany in the short term.

　　Regarding the currently circulating Omicron strain, Lauterbach said that although this strain is relatively less severe than the previous mutant strain, it is still causing 200 to 300 deaths in Germany every day.

He said that some people in the current society have become accustomed to this situation, which makes him very sad.

　　Lauterbach also reiterated his call for the introduction of mandatory vaccinations for adults over the age of 18 as soon as possible. If you want to "wait and see whether the next wave of epidemics will come", it will be too late to make a decision until then.

Asia: South Korea's daily increase in confirmed cases exceeds 170,000 for two consecutive days

　　According to the report of the Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters of South Korea on the 24th local time, as of 0:00 on the same day, there were 170,016 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Korea compared with the previous day. For two consecutive days, there were more than 170,000 new confirmed cases in a single day, with a total of 2,499,188 confirmed cases.

　　South Korea's epidemic prevention department said that South Korea is currently in the pre-diagnosis stage and has not yet ushered in an inflection point, and it may continue to grow.

In addition, relevant experts said that it is now predicted that the peak of confirmed cases in South Korea will reach more than 330,000 new cases in a single day, which is higher than the previous forecast of 270,000 cases.

　　Malaysia's Ministry of Health reported on the 24th that the country added 31,199 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on the 23rd.

This is the first time the number of confirmed cases in Malaysia has exceeded 30,000 in a single day since the outbreak.

　　Malaysian Health Minister Khairi said that although the number of confirmed cases has increased significantly, only 194 of the newly confirmed cases on the 23rd were severe patients, and nearly 80% of them were unvaccinated, unvaccinated or unvaccinated.

Khairi also said that at present, the utilization rate of ordinary hospital beds, intensive care beds and respiratory assistance equipment in Malaysia is still within an affordable range, and the basic infection index (R0) of the new crown is continuing to decline.

He believes that the current epidemic in the country is still under control.

　　Haili announced on the same day that from March 1, close contacts of Malaysians who are over 18 years old and who have been vaccinated with booster shots can be exempted from home isolation as long as they do not have relevant symptoms, and only need to test themselves; if they have relevant symptoms, they will be Home quarantine for 5 days.

　　Thailand officially announced on the 24th that the country has newly confirmed 23,557 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, setting a record since the outbreak of the epidemic.

　　Officials from the Thai Ministry of Health said that due to the rapid spread of the Omicron strain, the number of infections in the country has increased rapidly, but the severe and fatal rates are low.

The new crown epidemic is evolving in the direction of a seasonal epidemic.

　　Due to the recent surge in confirmed cases, Thailand has raised the epidemic alert level from level 3 to level 4 (up to level 5), but the authorities said that lockdown measures will not be imposed for the time being.

　　According to a report by Kyodo News on the 25th, the Japanese government will relax the epidemic prevention measures for the entry of the new crown virus, and plans to allow foreigners other than tourism purposes such as technical intern trainees and international students to enter from March 1.

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on the 24th that it will accept the entry application procedures of the responsible parties such as companies online from 10:00 a.m. local time on the 25th.

Africa: Large numbers of high-risk populations in Africa remain unvaccinated

　　On February 24, local time, the WHO Regional Office for Africa held an online press conference in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo (Brazzaville).

According to the content of the press conference, since the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan" provided the new crown vaccine to the African continent a year ago, a total of 400 million doses of vaccines have been completed in Africa.

This is the largest vaccination campaign against a single disease on the African continent.

　　Fiona Artuchebwe, medical officer of the WHO Africa Region Vaccine Introduction Project, said that there are still a large number of people in high-risk groups in Africa who have not been vaccinated.

WHO will carry out large-scale new crown vaccination promotion activities in stages this year, and has identified 20 key countries to help.

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