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A series of post-COVID-19 health consequences, a recombinant super-infectious variant from strains BA.1 and BA.2

More than 490.67 million people worldwide have contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Photo: AP)

The country most affected by the epidemic COVID-19 still America with over 81.82 million cases and more than 1 million deaths. In the past day, the US recorded more than 6,500 people SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.

At the world’s second largest COVID-19 epidemic center Indiaon April 2, the country recorded a total of over 43.02 million people with COVID-19, including nearly 521,300 deaths from COVID-19 in this South Asian country.

Schools in the Indian capital New Delhi have completely resumed face-to-face teaching and learning after more than two years of switching to online form due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to resume face-to-face learning was made at the start of the new school year following a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMa) in February. This is the first time 100% of face-to-face classes have reopened since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in India.

Schools in New Delhi had to close for the first time since March 2020. After that, all educational institutions across the country also temporarily suspended face-to-face learning and switched to online learning. In the past two years, many schools have maintained both learning and teaching methods in parallel.

Brazil is currently the world’s 3rd largest epidemic hotspot with more than 660,000 COVID-19 patients out of a total of over 29.97 million infected in this country.

Italy officially ended the state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic and may phase out the remaining COVID-19 prevention measures between April and December 31. With the state of emergency over, the Committee of Experts advising the Italian Government on measures to combat the COVID-19 epidemic and the office of the official in charge of COVID-19 prevention, General Francesco Figliuolo, were closed. Replacing these two agencies is a specialized unit of the Italian Ministry of Health, tasked with completing the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and applying other measures related to the pandemic, which will operate until end of 2022.

Speaking to the press, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said: “The pandemic is not over, it’s just that Italy is now dealing with them with conventional tools. The real and most important challenge now is to build rebuild a new national health service”.

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Italy has officially ended its state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: AP)

The Italian government declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 epidemic on January 31, 2020, and has extended it several times. So far, Italy has about 14.5 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 159,000 deaths. Nearly 90% of people 12 years of age and older have been vaccinated with the full dose of the vaccine and about 38.8 million out of 59 million people have received a booster dose of the vaccine.

Australia continues to take another step forward in promoting the removal of the 7-day quarantine for close contacts of people with COVID-19, as the Australian Health Protection Commission (AHPPC) makes its official recommendation on this issue.

The AHPPC recommends removing isolation for close contacts of people with COVID-19 but needs to be based on each area and level of risk. The AHPPC stressed: “In places where quarantine is mandatory, at this time, the 7-day quarantine is still appropriate.” Previously, on March 23, AHPPC held a meeting to review the results of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, determine the next goal and propose measures in the coming time.

The AHPPC recommends that after the peak of the COVID-19 wave caused by the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron (also known as “stealth Omicron”), the isolation period for close contacts should be replaced with other medical measures, which may include frequent rapid antigen testing. Other proposed measures include requiring close contacts to wear masks when leaving the home, working from home if feasible, and limiting access to high-risk areas. According to the AHPPC, close contacts of the sick person should also be monitored for symptoms and isolated if symptoms appear.

Malaysia opened its borders to international tourists and lifted restrictions that have been in place since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The country aims to attract two million tourists. international tourism this year with 8.6 billion Ringgit (RM) in tourism revenue.

Deputy Director General of the Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs Zakaria Shaaban said that immigration procedures at 183 border gates across the country are ready to receive tourists and are ready to open more check-in points when needed. set.

According to Malaysia Airlines General Manager Iskandar Mizal Mahmood, the airline has been preparing for the event many months in advance, working with the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Health to facilitate the immigration process and waiting time of passengers. traveler. Accordingly, volunteers and staff have been mobilized at airports to assist tourists, especially in terms of using the software application installed on mobile phones MySejahtera, the integrated software including Includes visitor information and vaccination certificate…

Based on the assessment of the epidemic situation in Japan and countries, the Japanese Government has decided to increase the number of people allowed to enter each day, and at the same time lower the warning level for its citizens to limit travel to other countries. Thus, after a period of tightening immigration and travel policies, Japan is gradually easing these restrictions, more adaptive to the trend of opening up in the world.

The Japanese government has decided to increase the number of people allowed to enter the country per day from the current 7,000 to 10,000 from April 10, parallel with this easing, quarantine measures will be reinforcement at the airport. Japan will continue to monitor the situation and measures to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic of countries as well as the demand for entry into the country to take appropriate measures to ease entry, the trend is to continue to open up. to meet the increasing flow of people wanting to enter.

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Japan is gradually easing entry and travel restrictions. (Photo: AP)

Along with the loosened entry measure, Japan has lowered its travel warning from level 3 to level 2 on a 4-level scale for 106 countries, while maintaining level 2 travel advice for 39 countries. others, including Vietnam, China, Korea and Australia. For countries in level 2, Japan recommends that citizens should not travel unnecessarily and should complete vaccinations before travel. Meanwhile, another 56 countries, mainly in the Middle East and Africa, remain on alert level 3, a “recommended stop travel” level.

The World Health Organization has released preliminary results of a study on a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with early evidence suggesting it could spread more quickly. Omicron variant. This variant, dubbed XE, was first spotted in the UK on January 19. The XE variant is a recombinant variant, which is a combination of the BA.1 and BA.2 variants of the Omicron variant.

Estimates from the early days show that XE has a growth rate of infection in the community about 10% higher than Omicron’s BA.2 sub-variant. However, this needs more time and research to confirm. Initial data on the growth rate of XE infections did not show a significant difference with BA.2. However, the Chief Medical Adviser at the UK Health Security Service said that XE is a special recombinant variant, which has a growth rate of infection unlike previous variants. Currently, XE still accounts for a very small part of the total number of cases worldwide.

People with mild cases of COVID-19 are still at risk for heart and brain problems one year after contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Long-term consequences include a range of symptoms related to the lungs, heart, nervous system, or mental health and behavioral problems. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10-20% of people with COVID-19 experience medium- or long-term health problems due to the disease.

Dr. Siddharth Singh, Director of Cardiology post-COVID-19 At the Smidt Heart Institute in Los Angeles, the rate may seem small, but COVID-19 has affected hundreds of millions of people. In the US alone, about 80 million people have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the pandemic broke out in early 2020.

There are now more questions than answers regarding COVID-19, like which groups of people are most at risk for post-COVID-19 problems and how long these problems will last. However, experts agree that people with COVID-19 need to understand risks such as heart disease and stroke, mental health, fatigue …

Vaccination against COVID-19 vaccine made by mRNA technology will have fewer heart complications than infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus. This is the result of a study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 1. The results of the above study have once again supported the administration of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine to all people 5 years of age and older, regardless of the first dose, the second dose or the booster dose. effective for all age groups and sexes.

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