Today, Thursday, the daily death toll caused by the epidemic in India set a world record. The total number of infections worldwide exceeded 174 million. The United States announced its intention to donate 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to the world.
Today, India announced the world’s highest increase in the number of deaths from the epidemic in a single day. In the past 24 hours, 6,148 deaths were recorded, and the total number of deaths from the new crown virus in the country reached 359,695.
The Ministry of Health of India stated that theAdd94052 confirmed cases and the total number of infections reached approximately 29.2 million.
The number of infected people worldwide reached 175,184,928.
The United States topped the list with 34,264,727 confirmed cases, followed by India, Brazil, France, Turkey, Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina and Germany.
In the Arab region, Iraq ranks at the top of the list of countries affected by the epidemic, followed by Jordan, the UAE, Lebanon, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia.
U.S. donation
On the other hand, the White House stated that US President Joe Biden intends to purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccines, which will be donated to more than 90 countries, and called on the world‘s democracies to play a role to help end the epidemic.
The White House said that the new donation is the 80 million doses of vaccine promised in Washington at the end of June.DonateIn addition, the United States will also provide US$2 billion for the COVAX program led by the World Health Organization and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.Funding。
A White House official said that this is part of the US$4 billion pledged by the United States to donate to the program this year.
American Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech confirmed that they will provide 200 million doses of vaccine this year and another 300 million doses in the first half of next year, which will be distributed by the United States to 92 low-income countries and the African Union.
The World Health Organization continues to urge wealthy countries to put the fair distribution of vaccines first. A United Nations report on Thursday revealed that in addition to the 160 million children who have been forced to work, 9 million children may face forced labor due to the epidemic.
The head of UNICEF Henrietta Fore said: “Our fight against child labor is retreating, and the situation has not improved in the past year.” She added: “As we enter quarantine, schools are closed. In the second year of the economic shock and the shrinking of the national budget, many families were forced to make difficult choices.”
Relax restrictions
Due to vaccination, the epidemic wave gradually subsided, and some Western countries continued to relax restrictions and resume normal lives.
France and Belgium reopened the indoor halls of bars and restaurants on Wednesday, and the United States also relaxed its travel warnings.
The Danish government announced today that it will remove the requirement to wear masks in most public places and allow 25,000 fans to watch the European Cup that will be held in Copenhagen.
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