Original title: Japan, Turkey’s new crown cases hit new highs, the Netherlands added more than 100,000 for two consecutive days
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 2 (Xinhua) Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported: Recently, as the mutated new crown virus Omicron strain continues to spread, the number of newly confirmed new crown cases in many countries around the world is at a high level. On the 2nd, the number of newly confirmed cases in Japan exceeded 90,000 for the first time. On the 1st, the number of newly confirmed cases in Turkey exceeded 100,000 for the first time; the number of newly confirmed cases in the Netherlands exceeded 100,000 for the second consecutive day.
The World Health Organization’s weekly report on the global new crown epidemic released on the 1st shows that in the week from January 24 to 30, there were 22,239,622 new confirmed cases worldwide, basically the same as the previous week; 59,195 new deaths were added, an increase of 9 from the previous week. %.
The latest weekly epidemic report said that since it was first discovered 10 weeks ago, the Omicron strain has quickly become the main global epidemic strain, accounting for more than 93% of the new coronavirus samples collected in the past month.
According to the statistics of the Japan Broadcasting Association TV, as of 20:30 on the 2nd (19:30 Beijing time), there were 94,930 new confirmed cases in Japan that day, with a total of 2,921,185 confirmed cases; 82 new deaths and a total of 18,980 deaths. This is the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic that the number of newly confirmed cases in Japan has exceeded 90,000 in a single day.
Statistics show that the number of newly confirmed cases in 18 of Japan’s 47 prefectures that day hit a new local high. Among them, there were 21,576 new confirmed cases in Tokyo, exceeding 20,000 for the first time. Areas with many new confirmed cases also include Osaka Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Aichi Prefecture.
According to the “Asahi Shimbun” report on the 1st, about 44,000 children in Tokyo were infected with the new crown virus in January, accounting for about a quarter of the newly confirmed cases in Tokyo that month.
Japan requires people with mild symptoms to be quarantined at home. According to statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, as of February 1, about 300,000 people were under home quarantine in Japan. As of January 27, a total of 644 kindergartens in Japan were closed due to the epidemic.
The Turkish Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the 1st that there were 102,601 new confirmed cases in Turkey that day, and the number of new cases in a single day reached a new high, with a total of 11,722,483 confirmed cases; 198 new deaths and a total of 87,614 deaths.
Experts from the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Committee of the Turkish Ministry of Health said recently that among the newly confirmed cases in recent days, the elderly and those who have not been vaccinated against the new crown account for a higher proportion, while the proportion of children infected is rising. Experts have warned that by mid-February, the number of people in Turkey who need intensive care due to Covid-19 could increase significantly, putting a huge strain on hospital intensive care resources.
According to data released by the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment of the Netherlands on the 1st, there were 105,840 new confirmed cases in the country in the past 24 hours, slightly lower than the previous record of 112,278 cases the previous day, but it was the second consecutive day that the number of new cases exceeded 10. There are 4,432,535 confirmed cases and 21,277 deaths.
The data also shows that in the week ending on the 1st, there were 530,015 new confirmed cases in the Netherlands, an increase of 45% from the previous week; 1,056 new hospitalized cases, an increase of 11% from the previous week; and 78 new severe cases, an increase from the previous week. 18% increase. The agency said the latest outbreak data showed that the wave of outbreaks caused by the Omicron strain was far from over in the Netherlands. (Participating reporters: Hua Yi, Li Zhenbei, Wang Xiangjiang)
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