BA.5 was fully invaded, BA.2.75 waited for the opportunity, and Omikon mutated again!

[Global Times Special reporter of Japan, Japan, and Germany, Ma Fei Cheng Kai Qingmu Zhenxiang] World Health Organization (WHO) data shows that in the past two weeks, the world's new crown pneumonia has soared by 30 %; Under the rapid spread of BA.4 and BA.5, Europe and the United States have become a new wave of epidemic earthquakes. The Asian epidemic is also not optimistic. In the seventh wave of the epidemic, Japan adjusted the level of infection in the Tokyo metropolitan area to the worst level. South Korea found that Omikon's new mutant strain BA.2.75 showed signs of spread in the community.

On July 11, the Japanese Prime Minister Kishita Tianshi talked about the new crown epidemic that continued to expand. Picture source: IC Photo

The latest data on WHO on the 14th shows that as of 17:54 on the 14th of the central Europe, the world's confirmed cases increased by 1014,731 cases from the previous day, and the death cases increased by 1,844 cases. The latest epidemic report released by the organization on the 13th shows that the number of newly -added diagnostic cases around the world has risen for the fifth consecutive week. As of the week of the 10th, more than 5.7 million cases were added 9800 cases, basically the same week. The weekly report shows that among the six major regions divided by WHO, the number of newly -added diagnosis cases in the Western Pacific area increased the largest, an increase of 28%over the previous week; the number of new death cases in the East China Sea increased by 78%, ranking first in the world.

Data from John Hopkins University on the 14th show that as of 17:20 on the day of the Eastern Time, a total of 89236,208 new cases of new crown pneumonia were cumulative, with a total of 1023,883 deaths. Compared with the data 24 hours ago, the two data were diagnosed with 1,27063 cases and 1,243 newly died. The Wall Street Journal said on the 14th that with the spread of the new crown pneumonia's epidemic, many places in many places in the United States have temporarily eliminated the nightmare of the epidemic. Director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Fudci said on the 14th that the number of infections in the United States was obviously undervalued because many people did not report whether to be infected after testing. He said the number of cases of infection may be between 300,000 and 500,000 per day.

"Voice of Germany" reported on the 14th that after entering July, Germany canceled almost all of the epidemic prevention measures against the new crown pneumonia, and people came to the impression of "we have defeated the epidemic." But this is not the case. The number of new cases in Germany is more than 100,000 cases every day, and the real number may be much higher, because many people do not do nucleic acid testing. According to the French "World News" reported on the 14th, there are more and more cases of repetitive new crowns in France, especially among people engaged in health care and people aged 18 to 40.

In the Western Pacific region with the largest number of new cases, Japan added more than 100,000 newly confirmed cases on the 15th, and more than 100,000 new cases were added on February 8th in the last day. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 15th that 19059 confirmed cases were added on the same day, twice a week ago. Affected by the expansion of the epidemic, the Tokyo Metropolitan government decided to adjust the level of new coronary pneumonia infection to the most serious level of the four levels. South Korea ’s Central Epidemic Prevention Council reported on the 15th that as of 00:00 on the day, 38882 cases of new coronary pneumonia were added from 0:00 the day before, with a total of more than 18.68 million cases. Some experts predict that the number of infections in South Korea will reach 200,000 from mid -August to the end of September.

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