[Latest Epidemic]St. Patrick’s Parade in New York returns strongly to European countries to further open up | CCP virus | St. Patrick’s Parade

Beijing time:2022-03-19 05:17

[NTD, Beijing, March 18, 2022]On Friday, excluding mainland China, more than 466 million people were diagnosed with the CCP virus, and about 6.06 million people died. At present, Europe and the United States continue to relax control, and many European countries are further opening up. In New York, the United States, the St. Patrick’s Parade, which has been missing for two years, also made a strong return.

New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations kicked off Thursday after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

On Fifth Avenue, tens of thousands of people crowded the sidewalks to celebrate this traditional event.

Parade watcher Alison Logan: “Because it’s been two years of waiting, suffocating, not seeing the people we know and love, worrying about COVID, I think we’re in the cleanup phase now, and I think everyone is ready already.”

Parade spectator Susanne White: “Oh! It’s spectacular, love the energy here, it’s so dreamy. It’s amazing to be in it, we’re back, and a strong one.”

New York City, which recently lifted most of its mask and vaccine orders, is slowly emerging from the Omikon outbreak. Over the past week, New York City has recorded an average of 2,000 new cases per day, a sharp drop from a peak of more than 70,000 in January.

In Germany, despite nearly 300,000 new diagnoses in a single day, starting on the 20th, most epidemic prevention restrictions will be lifted, and people will only be required to wear masks in hospitals, nursing homes and public transportation.

Experts say the more contagious variant of the BA.2 subtype of Omicron is responsible for the rise in cases.

The UK will lift all entry restrictions on Friday, and travellers will no longer need to be tested for the virus.

In the past 24 hours, 163,000 new cases have been confirmed in the UK and 14 people have died. Two weeks ago, the United Kingdom no longer required confirmed patients to quarantine for five days, and the number of confirmed cases and hospitalizations has picked up again.

British Finance Minister Sunak said on Friday that the priority now is to cut taxes to ease the pressure caused by global inflation.

British Finance Minister Sunak: “We have made the difficult decisions that must be made. The first priority is to cut taxes. I made it clear in the budget.”

But he admits that governments are sometimes powerless in the face of global inflation.

Comprehensive report by NTD reporters Li Mei and Chen Haiyue

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