Corona has started wreaking havoc again in many countries including China, South Korea, France, Britain, Germany. In Shanghai, China’s largest city, where a complete lockdown has been imposed. People can come out of the house only for corona test. At the same time, corona patients are increasing continuously in the hospitals of France. Cases have also increased significantly in South Korea. Cases of Omicron sub-variant BA.2 are being found in these countries. At the same time, everything seems to be under control in India.
Cases increased in China- Over the past several days, there has been an increase in cases of Omicron’s subvariant BA.2 in China. According to Reuters, a two-stage lockdown has been imposed in Shanghai. About 2.5 crore people in the city have been instructed to stay in their homes. All public places including public transport, markets have been closed in the city. Apart from this, the testing of corona has been increased. Corona investigation of people is being done on a large scale here. On Monday, 8.26 million tests have been done in the city. People are being allowed to step out of the house only to get the test done.
As of today, Shanghai of China remains the hotspot of Corona. Earlier cases were increasing in Hong Kong, but now improvement is being seen there. So far in March, more than 56 thousand cases have been reported in China. Most of these cases have been found in the north eastern province of Jilin.
Hospitals filling up in France- In France too, Corona has increased its outbreak in the last few days. According to French health officials, the number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 increased from 467 to 21,073 in the last 24 hours. Which is the highest since February 1.
Cases increased in Germany- Germany has seen a massive increase in cases. The daily update of the Robert Koch Institute states that Germany has registered 2,37,352 new corona cases in the last 24 hours. Also 307 people have died.
Number of dead bodies increased in South Korea Three and a half lakh cases have been found in South Korea in the last 24 hours. Orders have been given to burn dead bodies round the clock in 60 crematoriums here. Along with this, a large number of refrigerators are also being ordered to keep the dead body.
The situation in Britain is also bad- In the UK, 2,15,001 cases have been registered in the last 24 hours. Also 217 people have died. Statistics show that the number of patients in the hospital with the virus is increasing again, with the number of patients reaching 17,685. This means that the number of hospitalizations continues to increase daily, from 10,867 three weeks ago.
What is the situation in India- The threat of corona in India is still averted. There is no sharp increase in cases here. On Tuesday, 1,259 new corona cases have been registered. At the same time 35 people have died due to corona.