(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Brazil confirms its first death from Delta mutant strain, Prime Minister of Luxembourg tested positive for new crown
China News Agency, Beijing, June 28. Comprehensive news: According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 10:21 on the 28th, Beijing time, there were a total of 181,040,319 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide and a total of 392,2005 deaths.
On June 20th, local time, roses were placed on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to mourn the 500,000 new crown deaths in Brazil. The picture shows people “planting roses” on the beach.
Americas: Brazil confirms its first death from Delta virus
The latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University show that a total of 33,624,871 confirmed cases in the United States, including 603,966 deaths.
The epidemic data released by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health on the 27th showed that the country had 2698 new confirmed cases compared with the previous day, which is a record high in the number of new confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak in Cuba. Cuban health officials said that Cuba has reported more than 2,000 new cases in a single day for three consecutive days, indicating that the domestic epidemic situation is severe, especially the local spread.
According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the evening of the 27th, a total of 18,420,598 confirmed cases in the country, 33704 more than the previous day; a total of 513,474 deaths and 739 new deaths; a total of 16,613,992 cured cases.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on the same day that it had confirmed the first death from the Delta mutant strain, a 42-year-old pregnant woman in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. The pregnant woman returned to Brazil from Japan on April 5. She developed symptoms of new coronary pneumonia two days later, and her new coronavirus test result was positive. On April 18, due to the worsening of her condition, the pregnant woman had an emergency caesarean section, and the patient passed away shortly after delivery. The premature baby tested negative for the new coronavirus and was hospitalized until June 18, and is currently in good health.
Europe: Prime Minister of Luxembourg tests positive for Covid-19
The Luxembourg government issued a communiqu on the 27th, stating that Luxembourg Prime Minister Bettel tested positive for the new crown virus that day, and he has started self-quarantine for a period of 10 days as required. Betel is currently experiencing mild symptoms such as fever and headache, and he will continue to perform his duties through telecommuting.
Betel is 48 years old and received the first dose of AstraZeneca’s new crown vaccine on May 6. He was originally scheduled to receive the second dose in early July. From the 24th to the 25th of this month, Bettel attended the EU Summer Summit in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
With more than half of the population having been vaccinated with at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, German officials have begun to signal the resumption of large-scale events. State Secretary of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs Barres stated on the 27th that large-scale events with more than 10,000 people are expected to resume this fall.
According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, a German disease control agency, on the 27th, there were 538 newly diagnosed cases in the country that day, and a total of 3,726,710 confirmed cases; 8 new deaths and a total of 90,754 deaths. As of that day, Germany had received 71.4 million doses of vaccine, and 44363,821 people had received at least one dose, accounting for 53.3% of the total population; 28,915,700 people had been fully vaccinated, accounting for 34.8% of the total population.
Asia: South Korea starts its new epidemic response system in July
South Korea’s Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced a new version of the epidemic response system on the 27th. Starting from July 1, the capital area will implement a secondary epidemic response, and other regions will apply a primary response.
In the new version of the measures, under the first level of response, the limit on the number of private parties will be lifted; entertainment facilities, karaoke rooms, dance halls, restaurants, cafes and other public gathering places only need to maintain an interval of more than 1 meter, and can accommodate a maximum of one person per 6 square meters, etc. Conditions, the impact of business measures when unrestricted. Under the second level of response, private gatherings are limited to 8 people, and there is no restriction on the number of immediate family gatherings; the business hours of public gathering places are extended to 24:00, and restaurants and cafes are allowed to take out or pick up after 24:00.
Japan’s Kyodo News reported on the 27th that the new crown vaccine was once again insufficient or caused chaos in the vaccination work in various places. According to the report, due to enthusiastic applications, but the “import speed of vaccines produced by Modena in the United States cannot keep up”, the Japanese government on the 25th suspended the acceptance of new crown vaccination applications for companies and universities in the workplace.
According to Mongolian media reports on the 27th, the country’s Minister of Finance Zabhereng and Minister of Food, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Light Industry Mendesaihan were diagnosed with new crown pneumonia.
Africa: South Africa once again raises the “closed city” level
According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 27th, the region has a total of nearly 5.4 million confirmed cases, reaching 5,394,709, a total of 140,976 deaths, and a total of 4,736,725 recovered cases.
South African President Ramaphosa announced on the 27th that from the 28th, the “closed city” level will be upgraded to the fourth level, second only to the highest level, to July 11, in response to the third wave of the new crown epidemic.
Ramaphosa made a national television speech that night, saying that the report of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that many countries in Africa, including South Africa, are experiencing the third wave of epidemic peaks. Public medical institutions in some provinces in South Africa are already operating at full capacity, and there is a shortage of intensive care beds. Measures during the fourth-level “closure of the city” include: banning all gatherings, suspending all alcohol sales, banning dining in restaurants, and extending the curfew.
Data released by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of South Africa on the 27th showed that in the past 24 hours, there were 15,036 new confirmed cases in the country, and a total of 19,28,897 confirmed cases; 122 new deaths and a total of 59,900 deaths. (Finish)
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