Foreign media said,Faced with the risk of a new wave of pandemics brought about by the Delta variant, concerns around the world are increasing. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the rate of vaccine sharing “is just a trickle and cannot keep up with the speed of the new coronavirus variants.”According to a report on the website of the British “Guardian” on July 3, the Director-General of the World Health Organization warned that the current rate of sharing vaccines between rich countries and low-income countries is too slow to prevent the spread of the new crown virus variant delta, which has led to millions The planned person is at risk of death.
After news that the new crown virus variant delta has now appeared in at least 98 countries and regions, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the speed of vaccine sharing “is just a trickle and cannot keep up with the speed of the new crown virus variants.”
According to the report, the background for Tedros’s warning was that Oxford University professor Sara Gilbert called for caution in the proposal to vaccinate British children. Gilbert is the head of the new crown vaccine research and development team at the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. Gilbert told The Observer: “We must find a balance between considering vaccinating children in high-income countries and vaccinating the rest of the world, because we must prevent the spread of this virus globally.”
Tedros said that world leaders must ensure that at least 10% of the population of all countries have been vaccinated by the end of September so that susceptible populations and medical staff can be protected. He also said that by July next year, 70% of the population in every country should have been vaccinated. He said: “This is the best way to slow down the epidemic, save lives, and promote a true global economic recovery, while preventing (coronavirus) more dangerous variants from gaining the upper hand.”
In addition, according to an AFP report in Moscow on July 4, in the face of the new wave of pandemic risks brought about by the delta variant, the world‘s concerns are increasing. Since its outbreak at the end of December 2019, the new crown pneumonia pandemic has caused nearly 4 million deaths worldwide and has accelerated its development in all regions of the world except Latin America.
On July 3, Russia, which was hit by the delta variant, set a new record of increasing deaths for the fifth consecutive day, with 697 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of new cases per day was 24,439, the highest since mid-January. Against the background of insufficient horsepower for the vaccination campaign, Russia’s new crown epidemic broke out again in mid-June.
Elsewhere in Europe, Portugal is also facing the dominance of the Delta variant, and has decided to re-impose a curfew in 45 cities and towns, including the capital Lisbon, starting on July 2. This involves nearly half of Portugal’s population. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern about the number of spectators allowed to watch the European Cup semi-finals and finals live in the UK. The number of cases infected with the delta variant in the UK has surged.
In Asia, facing the unprecedented situation of the new crown epidemic, Indonesia’s announced strict restrictions took effect on July 3. The country’s daily increase in infections on the 3rd was 27,913, a new record. The country has implemented some quarantine measures in the capital Jakarta and Bali.
On July 3, thousands of Indonesian soldiers and police took to the streets to implement the new measures that lasted until July 20. Hundreds of checkpoints were set up, and mosques, restaurants and shopping centers were closed. A resident of Jakarta said: “Stricter restrictions came too late. The virus is so close to us, it’s terrible.”
In Fiji, the authorities have warned that the number of deaths caused by the new crown pneumonia is increasing, and that the outbreak of the delta variant may overwhelm its health system.
In Iran, where the epidemic is also severe, President Rouhani reminded the fifth wave of the epidemic caused by the delta variant on July 3, and called on the public to fully abide by the health instructions.
The World Health Organization warned that the situation in Africa is also very worrying, where “all previous peak records have been broken.” South Africa is the most severely affected country on the African continent. According to official data, the number of new cases in the country reached a record 24,000 on July 2, and the total number of infections exceeded 2 million.
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