4 million suspected cases of COVID-19 in North Korea, Beijing (China) lifted many restrictive measures

Translation situation COVID-19 has basically stabilized in many countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the proportion of people with antibodies has reached about two-thirds of the global population. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is still a challenge, countries cannot be subjective when the epidemic still shows signs of increasing and potential for the emergence of new variants.

America is still the country most severely affected by the COVID-19 epidemic with over 86.51 million cases and over 1,033 million deaths. In the past day, the US recorded more than 8,000 people SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.

Vaccines made by Novavax (USA) have been licensed for use in many countries around the world, especially Europe, to prevent COVID-19. However, in the context of experts considering the use of this vaccine in the US, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expressed concern about the risk of myocarditis after vaccination. by Novavax. Previously, experts have also identified a low risk of myocarditis after vaccination against COVID-19 made by Pfizer or Moderna, especially in young men.

An independent committee was convened on May 31 at the request of the FDA to evaluate data from clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Novavax and make recommendations on the type of vaccine. this. On June 3, the FDA released a document analyzing the results of the evaluation, as it did for three other COVID-19 vaccines before being licensed for domestic use, which mentioned Risk of injectable myositis after vaccination of Novavax.

At the world’s second largest COVID-19 epidemic center Indiaon June 5, the country recorded a total of over 43.17 million people with COVID-19, including nearly 524,700 deaths from COVID-19 in this South Asian country.

The number of COVID-19 infections in India is on the rise. In the past 24 hours, the country recorded more than 6,200 new cases, the highest level in nearly a month. The majority of new infections in India were recorded in the city of Mumbai.

With the number of infections being less than during the peak period and the Government loosening restrictions, Indians have not obeyed the wearing of masks and keeping a safe distance to prevent the virus from spreading. . Therefore, Indian authorities urge people not to give up essential epidemic prevention measures to ensure community safety.

The number of new cases of COVID-19 in India is increasing recently. (Photo: AP)

India has approved the use of Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot for people who have received a basic dose of other vaccines. This is the first time this country allows the combination of vaccines as booster shots. Biological E said that the Medicines Regulatory Authority of India (DCGI) has approved the use of Corbevax vaccine as a booster for people 18 years of age and older who have received two doses of AstraZeneca’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.

India, which has the third highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, has administered more than 1.87 billion shots in a bid to inject two shots of the vaccine to people 12 years of age and older.

Brazil Currently, it is the world’s third largest disease hotspot with more than 667,000 COVID-19 patients out of a total of over 31.15 million infected people in this country.

Number of COVID-19 cases in France started to increase again. The number of COVID-19 cases in France has increased again, with an average of about 20,000 cases per day in the past seven days, after many months of sharp decline, the Public Health Agency of France said. Guillaume Spaccaferri, the agency’s epidemiologist, told a recent press conference that the situation is likely caused by a Omicron variant and the end of all restrictive measures against the COVID-19 epidemic in France.

Currently, France records over 29.62 million cases of COVID-19, including more than 148,400 deaths.

Researchers Australia said that millions of COVID-19 patients around the world may have been undiagnosed at risk of deadly kidney disease. Severe kidney damage (AKI) occurs when the organ suddenly stops filtering the blood, sometimes leading to weakness or even death. This is often caused by complications of other serious illnesses.

University of Queensland PhD student and nephrologist Marina Wainstein said that available figures show that around 20% of hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 have AKI lesions and their children have had AKI lesions. this number is 40% for those in intensive care.

Central News Agency North Korea (KCNA) on June 5 reported that the country recorded nearly 74,000 more suspected cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours. Thus, the total number of fever cases in this country during the outbreak from mid-May until now has surpassed 4 million people out of a total population of 25 million.

The KCNA information cited figures from the North Korean government’s emergency disease prevention agency, but did not indicate the number of deaths identified related to the COVID-19 epidemic. According to KCNA, the number of daily fever cases in North Korea has decreased by about 6% since May 15 as a result of the anti-epidemic campaign carried out in the country. On May 12, North Korea reported its first case of COVID-19 in the country.

On June 5, Beijing city officials (China) From next week, it will gradually lift the restrictive measures applied to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic. Specifically, Beijing residents will be allowed to return to work in person and schools will reopen from June 13. Also from June 6, restaurants and eateries can serve customers on-site, while public passenger transport operations are restored to normal. Beijing residents are required to provide a certificate of negative result for SARS-CoV-2 virus within 72 hours when entering a restaurant, cafeteria, public place or when taking public transport. However, Beijing’s two districts, Fengtai and Changping, will still maintain restrictive measures to prevent the epidemic.

Beijing city has lifted many restrictive measures against COVID-19. (Photo: AP)

The Beijing city government has begun to lift some restrictive measures in recent days after the COVID-19 epidemic situation showed signs of improvement.

The city of Shanghai is also gradually easing restrictive measures, whereby people have been able to move freely since May 1, after two months of complying with the blockade order to prevent epidemics. However, currently hundreds of thousands of people are still in isolation due to close contact with COVID-19 cases.

Regarding the COVID-19 epidemic situation, on June 5, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said that in the past 24 hours, mainland China recorded 162 new cases, of which 56 had symptomatic and 106 asymptomatic cases, down from 171 in the previous day. The number of deaths from COVID-19 remained unchanged at 5,226 patients. As of June 5, mainland China has 224,310 symptomatic COVID-19 cases.

Special administrative region government Hong Kong (China) said it will distribute about 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 virus rapid antigen test kits to people in some areas to trace COVID-19 cases. Previously, Hong Kong authorities still detected SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater samples of these areas.

Test kits will be distributed to residents, sanitation workers and property managers in the areas of Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin, where wastewater test results show a high viral load. . The Hong Kong government urges those who use the test kit if they have a positive result to promptly report it through the online platforms of the authorities.

In response to the current wave of COVID-19 epidemic, the Environmental Protection and Sewerage Service in Hong Kong has stepped up the testing of wastewater samples in all areas of the special zone.

Regarding the situation of COVID-19 epidemic, on June 5, Hong Kong recorded 515 new cases and 4 deaths from COVID-19.

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