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More than 185 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4 million infected people have died. About 3.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide.
More than four million people have already died worldwide after being infected with the coronavirus since the pandemic began. That was revealed Wednesday evening (7/7) by data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Thus, the number of globally known corona deaths rose from three to four million within just under three months. Worldwide, there have been about 185 million confirmed infections with the virus, university data showed. Experts believe the number of unreported infections and deaths is even higher.
The Japanese government plans to impose a “covid emergency” in Tokyo from July 12 to Aug. 22. This was announced by Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Thursday (July 8). A kind of “quasi-emergency” is currently in effect in Tokyo. The restrictions are now to be tightened. Thus, restaurants are not allowed to serve alcoholic beverages from July 12. In neighboring regions, the “quasi-emergency” will be extended until August 22. The Olympic Games are to be held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8. Medical experts and a large part of the population are against the event during the pandemic. Many people in Japan fear that the Games could become a super-spreader event. Japan’s Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee, however, keep assuring that everything will proceed “safely.”
In the island paradise of Fiji, the Delta variant is spreading rapidly. In the country of 903,000 people on about 100 inhabited islands, 791 new infections were recorded Wednesday, and at least three more corona deaths. The health minister warned that numbers continue to rise. Many patients were arriving late at the hospital, he said, and the morgue was overcrowded. Police and a supermarket delivered food and toilet paper to households in the capital, Suva. The government urged the population to stay at home, but has not yet imposed a lockdown. According to the Pacific Red Cross, the Delta variant outbreak is hitting the country harder than even India relative to its population size.
Europe’s public health agency, ECDC, on Wednesday (7/7) provided concrete figures on Corona infections linked to the European Football Championship. It counted more than 2,500 infections so far, with a significant increase in the third week of the tournament compared to the previous week, it said. According to the ECDC, cases of infection in seven countries can be linked to the European Championship. By far the most affected is Scotland, with 1991 cases. 436 cases were recently registered in Finland, especially after Finland’s footballers played in St. Petersburg and fans apparently brought the virus with them from Russia. In Germany, the ECDC found no Corona infections directly related to the European Championship.
The lockdown in the state of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia is extended until July 17. It applies to all people in the Sydney metropolitan area and several government districts in the surrounding area. In total, around a quarter of Australia’s residents will be affected. As in the entire state, the standoff rules will also be continued. According to Premier Gladys Berejiklian, the Delta variant is a game changer and therefore calls for a longer lockdown. The next nine days, she said, are “perhaps the most challenging for our state since the pandemic began.” Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant made the point that the virus does not just affect the elderly. She said NSW had 37 Covid 19 patients in the hospital, including 14 under the age of 55 and eight of those under the age of 35. “This is a wake-up call for young people,” she said.
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