(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The United Kingdom reports the reorganization of 3 new crown variants and India lifts most epidemic prevention restrictions

　　China News Agency, Beijing, April 1st. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the World Health Organization's official website shows that as of 17:19 on March 31, Central European Time, there were 485,243,022 confirmed cases of the new crown worldwide, and a total of 6,137,553 deaths from the new crown.

According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:20 on April 1, Beijing time, there were 487,775,962 confirmed cases and 6,142,579 deaths worldwide.

　　Americas: CIA director diagnosed with new crown

　　According to data released by Johns Hopkins University at 8:20 on April 1, Beijing time, a total of 80,103,665 cases have been diagnosed in the United States, and a total of 980,624 deaths.

The data also shows that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has dropped below 1 million in the past 28 days, and now stands at 905,455.

　　The CIA said in a statement on March 31 that CIA Director William Burns tested positive for the new crown that day.

The statement said Burns has been fully vaccinated against the new crown and received a booster shot and is currently experiencing mild symptoms.

　　Europe: UK reports recombination of 3 new coronavirus variants

　　According to the updated data on the official website of the British Ministry of Health at 16:00 local time on March 31, the country has newly confirmed 535,248 cases in the past 7 days, with a total of 21,147,425 confirmed cases; 1,097 new deaths have been added in the past 7 days, with a total of 165,379 deaths.

As of March 30, about 91.8% of the country's population had received one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, about 85.9% had received two doses, and about 67.5% had received a booster shot.

　　The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recently released a report saying that three new coronavirus variants have been confirmed.

Among them, the recombination of sub-variants BA.1 and BA.2 of the new coronavirus variant Omicron strain is XE, and the recombination of Delta strain and Omicron strain sub-variant BA.1 is XD and XF.

According to reports, variant recombination occurs when an individual is infected with two or more new coronavirus variants at the same time.

　　The UK has reported a total of 39 cases of XF, 637 cases of XE, and no cases of XD yet, but 49 cases of XD have been reported in other countries, most of them in France, the report said.

　　The WHO report released on March 29 said the XE recombinant was first discovered on January 19 this year.

Early data showed that XE recombinants spread about 10% faster than BA.2, but this finding still needs to be confirmed by further studies.

　　According to data released by the French public health department on March 31, as of the afternoon of that day, France had newly confirmed 169,311 cases within 24 hours, with a total of 25,614,873 confirmed cases; 121 new deaths and a total of 142,255 deaths; there are 21,922 hospitalized cases of the new crown. , 1551 severe cases.

　　French government spokesman Attar said on March 30 that according to the current epidemic prevention measures in France, confirmed cases of the new crown must be quarantined for at least five days. If the new crown test result is still positive on the fifth day after the diagnosis, the quarantine period needs to be extended.

　　The latest data released by the Robert Koch Institute, Germany's federal disease control agency, shows that as of 0:00 on March 31, local time, there were 274,901 new confirmed cases in a single day in Germany, with a total of 21,104,509 confirmed cases; 279 new deaths and a total of 129,391 deaths. example.

　　The Russian Epidemic Prevention Command reported on March 31 that there were 19,277 new confirmed cases in the country in a single day, with a total of 17,842,925 confirmed cases; 345 new deaths and a total of 368,722 deaths.

　　Asia: India lifts most anti-epidemic restrictions

　　In a letter to Indian state leaders, Indian Interior Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said that in view of the overall improvement in the epidemic situation and the government's preparedness to deal with the epidemic, the local From March 31st, the Indian government will remove all epidemic prevention restrictions except wearing masks.

The Ministry of Health's advice on containment of the new crown virus, including the wearing of masks and good hygiene, will continue to serve as the national guiding principle in the response to the new crown epidemic.

　　South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on March 31 that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 320,743 cases in a single day, with a total of 13,095,631 confirmed cases; 375 new deaths, a total of 16,230 deaths, and an average fatality rate of 0.12%.

　　Africa and Oceania: Study says ivermectin does not reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations

　　According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 31, local time, a total of 11,337,278 confirmed cases and 251,258 deaths have been reported in Africa.

　　Overall, taking a drug called ivermectin was not effective in reducing the likelihood of Covid-19 patients being hospitalized as their condition worsened, according to recently published research by an international team of Australian scientists.

　　There have been previous reports that ivermectin is expected to become a new crown treatment drug.

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