China News Service, Beijing, November 25. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the official website of the World Health Organization shows that as of 18:49 on the 24th Central European Time, there are a total of 258,164,425 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, and a total of 5,166,192 deaths. According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:22 on the 25th, Beijing time, there were a total of 259,375,348 confirmed cases and 5,173,856 deaths worldwide.
The World Health Organization’s weekly report on the global new crown epidemic released on the 23rd showed that the number of new confirmed cases and new deaths worldwide has continued to increase for more than a month. In the past week (November 15 to November 21), countries have reported nearly 3.6 million new confirmed cases and more than 51,000 new deaths to the WHO. Both of these figures have increased compared with the previous week. 6%. Among them, the European region had the highest single-week morbidity and mortality rates, reaching 260.2 cases per 100,000 people and 3.2 cases per 100,000 people, respectively. The number of new deaths in the Americas and Western Pacific regions has also risen sharply, with the death rate in the Americas reaching 1.3 per 100,000 people.
WHO divides the world into six regions: Africa, America, Southeast Asia, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean and Western Pacific.
On September 7, local time, at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, staff guided international passengers who had just entered the country to go through the formalities.Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong
Americas: Canadian children aged 5 to 11 start vaccinating
Starting on the 23rd of this month, children aged 5 to 11 years old in Canada can be vaccinated against the new crown.
Organized by the Ontario, Toronto City Government and Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital, several children in Toronto became the first children in Canada to receive the new crown vaccine. The City of Toronto said that before noon on the 23rd, it had received more than 28,000 appointments for vaccination of children of the above age group, accounting for more than 14% of the total number of children in this age group in the city. Quebec and British Columbia (also translated as British Columbia) plan to vaccinate eligible children from next week.
Health Canada announced on the 19th that it has approved Pfizer’s new crown vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years old. The vaccine is the first new crown vaccine approved by Canada that can be used for younger people.
According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the cumulative number of confirmed diagnoses in the United States exceeds 48 million, reaching 480,90,875 cases, and the cumulative number of deaths is 775,369.
Data map: Russian President Putin.
Europe: Russian President receives nasal spray of new crown vaccine
According to data released by the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command on the 24th, the country has newly confirmed 33558 cases in a single day and a total of 9,434,393 confirmed cases; 1,240 new deaths and a total of 267,819 deaths; 36,682 new cases of rehabilitation and a total of 8,126,376 cases of rehabilitation.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova said in a video conference with members of the federal government held by Russian President Putin on the 24th that the Russian Ministry of Health has registered the “satellite M” new crown vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17. It will enter civilian circulation around the end of December this year. It is reported that the vaccine has been tested in Moscow since the beginning of June. Moscow Deputy Mayor Rakova said that the test showed that the vaccine is safe.
Putin announced at the meeting that he had been vaccinated with the nasal spray new crown vaccine developed by the National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Gamaliea, without any discomfort, and took part in physical exercise the next day. Russian Prime Minister Mishustin said that for the current clinical trials of the Russian nasal spray vaccine, only the first phase of clinical trials involving adult volunteers has been approved.
According to data released by the Bulgarian Ministry of Health on the 24th, there were 3,233 newly diagnosed cases in the country in a single day, and a total of 6,79,983 confirmed cases; 151 new deaths and a total of 27,658 deaths. According to data from the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as of that day, only about 29.3% of the adult population in Bulgaria had completed the new crown vaccination, and the vaccination rate was the lowest among EU countries.
The Bulgarian Caretaker Cabinet announced on the same day that the 14-day infection rate in 93% of the country has reached more than 500 newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people. In order to curb the spread of the epidemic, it has decided to extend the national emergency for the new crown epidemic by 4 months to March 2022. 31st. In order to prevent and control the epidemic, Bulgaria began to implement a one-month national emergency in March 2020. Since then, the epidemic emergency has been extended many times, the most recent being extended to November 30, 2021.
On the morning of November 18th, local time, the Korean University Entrance Examination (College Entrance Examination) for the 2022 academic year was held as scheduled in 86 examination areas across Korea. The picture shows the entrance of Seoul Ewha Girls High School, sending parents to hug candidates.Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Xu
Asia: South Korea’s multiple epidemic data set new highs
South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 24th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 4,116 cases in a single day, and a total of 4,250,65 confirmed cases. The daily increase in confirmed cases exceeded 4,000 for the first time, setting a record since the first confirmed case of new crowns in South Korea on January 20 last year. In addition, South Korea added 35 deaths that day, with a total of 3363 deaths, with an average fatality rate of 0.79%. There are currently 586 critically ill patients, an increase of 37 cases from the previous day, the highest value in a single day since the outbreak.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Fuqian said on the same day that the epidemic prevention situation is more severe than expected. From the perspective of the metropolitan area alone, it is possible to consider launching an emergency plan at any time. He emphasized that the top priority is to restore the capacity of medical treatment such as intensive care beds in the metropolitan area, and to improve support programs for asymptomatic and mild cases to receive treatment at home with peace of mind.
South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters announced on the 22nd the results of the assessment of the risk of the new crown epidemic in the past week, raising the national epidemic risk to a “high” level and the metropolitan area to a “high” level. Sun Yinglai, head of the Social Strategy Team of South Korea’s Central Emergency Response Headquarters, said on the 23rd that if the epidemic situation continues to deteriorate, the South Korean government will consider adopting emergency plans and other measures to increase epidemic prevention efforts.
Malaysian Ministry of Health Director Nur Hisham said on the 24th that the 96-year-old former prime minister Mahathir had no serious side effects after receiving the “third shot” of the new crown vaccine that day and was in good health. Public information shows that Mahathir had previously received two doses of Pfizer’s new crown vaccine, of which the first dose was vaccinated on March 7 this year.
As of the 23rd of this month, 76.6% of all Malaysians have completed vaccination, and 95.8% of the population over 18 have completed vaccination. The Malaysian government is actively promoting the gradual inoculation of the “third shot” vaccine for the people. Health Minister Hairi Jamaluddin announced on the 24th that the number of people allowed to receive the “third shot” vaccine will be expanded from the previous 40 years old to 18 years old.
Africa: A total of more than 8.6 million confirmed cases in Africa
According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 24th local time, a total of 8,609,967 cases have been diagnosed in the region, and a total of 222,130 deaths have been reported.
Editor in charge: Yuan Danhua