WHO: The weather is getting cold, it is expected that the new crown hospitalization and death cases will increase in the future

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, August 31 (Reporter Liu Qu) The World Health Organization warned on August 31 that although the number of new crown death cases in the world has shown a decline in recent weeks, as the cold weather arrives, it is expected that in the future in the future There will be more new crown hospitalization and death cases.

The Director -General of the WHO Tan Desai said at a press conference on the day that despite the decline in the number of deaths from the global report (new crown), as the cold weather in the northern hemisphere comes, it is expected that the number of hospitalizations and deaths in the next few months (new crown) will be hospitalized and the number of deaths. Increase.

According to the new crown epidemic report released by the WHO on August 31, from August 22 to 28, there were more than 4.5 million new crowned cases worldwide, a decrease of 16%from the previous week; more than 13,500 new death cases, Decrease 13%compared to the previous week. However, the WHO said that the changes in the current new crown diagnosis and death cases should be carefully interpreted, because some countries have been gradually changing the new crown testing strategy, resulting in a decrease in the total number of detection execution, so the number of cases detected is small.

Tan Desai said that the subtypes of Omikon poisonous strains are more spread than the previous strains, and they may still have more communication and dangerous variants. However, the vaccination rate of the highest risk of infection is still too low, especially in low -income countries.

"Even in a high -income country, 30%of health workers and 20%of the elderly have not vaccinated (new crown) vaccine. The vaccination gaps of these vaccines constitute risks to all of us. Therefore, if you have not vaccinated vaccines, please vaccinate, please take over ; If you need to need it, please inject the needle. "Tan Desai said. He also suggested that the public continued to wear a mask in the crowded indoor space.

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