(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) U.S. officials warn that the fall or vaccine shortage may reduce the number of daily confirmed cases in Germany to below 4,000

　　China News Agency, Beijing, May 10. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the official website of the World Health Organization shows that as of 17:13 on the 9th Central European Time, there have been 515,192,979 confirmed cases of new crowns in the world and 6,254,140 deaths from new crowns.

Statistics released by Johns Hopkins University at 9:20 Beijing time on the 10th show that there are 517,704,579 confirmed cases worldwide and 6,252,895 deaths.

Americas: U.S. officials warn of possible vaccine shortages in fall

　　According to NBC, a senior U.S. government official revealed on the 9th that the United States will likely experience a shortage of new crown vaccines this fall due to a shortage of funds caused by the U.S. Congress' failure to approve the emergency funding requested by the White House. The government will not be able to vaccinate all Americans and may only vaccinate high-risk groups.

To raise funds, the White House may be forced to cut spending in other areas such as treatment and testing.

On January 4, local time, residents were tested at a new coronavirus testing station on 14th Street in Manhattan, New York, the United States.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

　　The official also said that forecasts from public health officials inside and outside the administration suggest the U.S. could see another fall and winter "surge" this year as immunity wanes and the virus is expected to continue to mutate.

　　According to US media reports, after the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association was held on April 30 this year, the number of infections related to it continued to rise. Secretary of State Blinken and CBS Chairman and CEO George Cheeks Wait for the guests at the banquet to be diagnosed one after another.

US President Biden and his wife also attended the dinner in person, and neither of them has been diagnosed so far.

　　The US "Capitol Hill" daily pointed out on the 8th that although there is no exact number of confirmed diagnoses, this highlights the reality that the new crown virus continues to threaten the United States and the number of cases nationwide is rising.

　　According to data released by Johns Hopkins University at 9:20 Beijing time on the 10th, a total of 81,966,629 confirmed cases and 997,735 deaths have been confirmed in the United States, both of which are the largest in the world.

　　Recently, several countries in Latin America reported the discovery of new mutant strains of the new coronavirus.

Brazil's Sao Paulo State Health Department said on the 5th that two confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus recombinant strain XQ were found in the state.

XQ is a recombinant strain of subtypes BA.1.1 and BA.2 of the Omicron strain, which was first discovered in Brazil.

The Peruvian Ministry of Health announced on the same day that a new subtype BA.1.22 of the Ormicron strain was found in the country.

　　A study conducted by the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil pointed out that as many countries relax epidemic prevention and control measures, more harmful new coronavirus variants may appear in the near future.

Ciro Ugart, director of the emergency health affairs department of the Pan American Health Organization, also said that with long-term human-to-human transmission, the new coronavirus may mutate more dangerously, causing a more serious health crisis.

Europe: Germany's daily increase in confirmed cases drops below 4,000

　　According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, the German disease control agency, as of 0:00 local time on the 9th, 3,350 new cases were diagnosed in Germany in a single day, with a total of 25,299,300 confirmed cases; 5 new deaths were added, and the total number of deaths was 136,538.

　　According to data released by the Italian Ministry of Health on the 9th, in the past 24 hours, 17,155 new cases were diagnosed in the country, 1,103,755 cases were diagnosed, and a total of 1,681,6419 cases were diagnosed; 84 new deaths were reported, and the total number of deaths was 164,573.

　　The Russian Epidemic Prevention Command reported on the 9th that 5,030 new cases were diagnosed in the country in a single day, with a total of 18,232,696 confirmed cases; 103 new deaths were reported, and a total of 377,049 deaths.

Asia: Sequelae continue to plague some Japanese recovered from the new crown

　　According to Kyodo News on the 8th, citing the research results of a research group from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, about 10% of patients admitted to hospital due to symptoms of new crown infection in Japan still suffer from sequelae one year after discharge.

The three most common sequelae were muscle weakness, dyspnea, and lethargy in order. Other sequelae included smell and taste disturbances.

Some patients have multiple sequelae at the same time.

Among patients with documented computed tomography (CT) scans, 5.1 percent had lungs still affected one year after discharge.

　　Akihito Yokoyama, director of the research group at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and a professor of respiratory medicine at Kochi University, said that over time, the proportion of people who have recovered from the new crown who complained about their sequelae is decreasing, but some people still have sequelae.

　　According to data released on the official website of the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters on the 10th, as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 49,933 cases and 62 new deaths in a single day, with a total of 17,614,895 confirmed cases.

　　According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's epidemic prevention department said on the 9th that the decline of the epidemic in the country has slowed down recently, but it remains to be seen whether this performance continues.

It is expected that the daily increase in confirmed cases will not increase sharply in the short term, and the small epidemic will continue until the fall of this year.

Africa: More than 11.5 million confirmed cases in Africa

　　According to data released on the official website of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 9th local time, a total of 11,501,112 cases have been diagnosed in Africa, and a total of 252,378 deaths.

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