Is the threat of corona averted? This is the biggest question facing the world these days. A warning was issued by the World Health Organization this week that many countries around the world are seeing an increase in the cases of COVID again. Some Southeast Asian countries are also seeing growth. India has been specifically asked to be vigilant.
Let us tell you that the highly infectious ‘stealth Omicron variant’ is spreading in China. Due to this, an increase in daily cases has been seen there. This week the first death occurred in China since January 2021.
10 big things related to corona epidemic:
1. China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea are seeing an increase in corona virus infection. Here a new wave is taking over due to the delta as well as the Omicron variant.
2. China’s national health authorities have reported two COVID-19 deaths. The death toll has increased for the first time since January 2021, the report said. China reported only two Covid deaths in 2021, the last of which occurred on 25 January.
3. 10,244 new cases were registered in Singapore on Saturday. With this, the total cases here have gone up to 1,007,158. According to news agency ANI, three deaths also took place here on Saturday. So far 1,194 people have died in Singapore due to this epidemic.
4. 16,597 new cases have been reported in Hong Kong on Saturday. A day earlier this figure was more than 20,000. The news agency Reuters has given this information.
5. News agency ANI, citing local media, reported that the Hong Kong administration is unable to manage the pandemic with some fearing the government’s failure to bring the virus under control.
6. England is soon going to give its people the fourth vaccine against the corona virus. The local National Health Service (NHS) has said this. According to AFP news agency, the fourth shot or second booster dose will be given to people over the age of 75 and people with poor immunity.
7. Cases across the UK are on the rise again, largely due to the Omicron variant. An estimated one in 20 people is currently infected. Britain has been one of the hardest-hit countries in the world during the pandemic. Here more than 163,000 people died due to this disease.
8. The WHO in its latest weekly figures on Friday said the end of the Covid-19 pandemic was a long way off, citing a surge in cases. The UN health agency had earlier said that the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year.
9. ‘The end of the pandemic will depend on how quickly we meet our goal of vaccinating 70% of the population in each country, among other factors,’ Reuters quoted the UN health body as saying.
10. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Friday that countries should provide free Covid-19 tests for refugees from Ukraine to avoid an outbreak as more than three million people fled their war-torn country.