Two charts from WHO show that the COVID-19 pandemic is reaching a new record high

Tram Ho

Despite disease control efforts in a number of countries, the number of new cases of COVID-19 per day worldwide remains at its highest level since the beginning of the epidemic.

According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), last week the whole world recorded more than 5.6 million new cases of COVID-19, the highest number since December 2019 pushed the total number of infections. cumulative to the threshold of 146 million. More than 3.1 million of them died.

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While some affluent countries such as the US and European Union countries have reported fewer new cases of COVID-19 due to wide-ranging vaccinations, countries in Southeast Asia have experienced fewer cases of COVID-19 infections. saw a strong surge of epidemics.

The chart below from the World Health Organization COVID-19 Tracking Dashboard shows the weekly number of reported SARS-CoV-2 cases globally as of the end of last week. Note: WHO’s Southeast Asian region includes 11 ASEAN countries and India.

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For five days in a row, India has faced a dramatic rise in the second wave of COVID-19 in the country. Each day, they recorded more than 300,000 new cases, which means that more than 1.5 million cases of COVID-19 infections were recorded in India last week alone.

Hospitals have consistently reported shortages of ventilators and oxygen. More than 2,000 COVID-19 patients in India die every day, leaving their crematorium and cemetery overwhelmed.

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European countries and the US are bright spots to note fewer new cases every day as their vaccination rollouts continue. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), so far nearly 140 million Americans – more than 40% of the population – have received at least one COVID- 19.

In the UK, the proportion of people who received the COVID-19 vaccine surpassed 50% of the population. Some small countries such as Israel, Bahrain and Bhutan are also on their way to early completion of community immunity thanks to vaccines.

It is worth mentioning that the vast majority of other countries in the world still cannot vaccinate COVID-19 for the majority of the population. Meanwhile, India is a vaccine maker for AstraZeneca that is a major contributor to the COVAX initiative – providing free COVID-19 vaccine to low- and middle-income countries that are in crisis.

The country that used to be considered the ” miracle ” of the world providing 20% ​​of the generic drugs and 60% of the total global vaccine volume is now being forced to restrict exports to serve the domestic demand. Experts estimate that India can produce 70 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine per month, but even that is not enough to meet their current huge demand.

India is vaccinating 3 million doses every day, but in a crisis, it will need to triple that number to protect its 1.4 billion population.

To assist, some countries such as the US have removed measures to control raw materials to produce vaccines for India, which means providing the country with larger quotas as well as protective equipment. personal household, COVID-19 test kit and ventilator. The UK also announced it would send breathing machines and oxygen equipment to India to help it manage the crisis.

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Source : Genk