WHO warns: In the next two months, more than half of Europeans will be infected! The United States a

According to Worldometer data, there have been more than 300 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world, and more than 3.5 million new confirmed cases worldwide in a single day.

The data shows that the United States, France, Italy, India, and Spain are the five countries with the largest number of newly confirmed cases. The United States, Russia, Poland, Germany, and the United Kingdom are the five countries with the highest number of new deaths.

WHO warns more than half of Europeans are infected

The fast-spreading variant of the virus is sweeping the region like a tide from west to east, with most Europeans likely to become infected within the next six to eight weeks, said Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's regional director for Europe. this disease. And within a few weeks more than half of Europe's population could be infected with Omicron.

The latest data released by the British government shows that there were 120,821 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United Kingdom in a single day, with a total of 14,732,594 confirmed cases; 379 new deaths were recorded, the highest single-day new deaths recorded since February 24, 2021. The total number of deaths was 150,609.

According to data released by the French Public Health Agency (SPF), there were 368,149 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France in a single day, setting a new record since the outbreak. The French health minister said that he had never seen such a figure.

At present, Germany has added 80,430 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. The secretary general of the German Society for Immunology predicts: "We will have a national incidence of more than 1,000, and the regional incidence will be much higher than this average ... The peak may be reached in February." The above are mandatory vaccinations.

Statistics released by the Italian Ministry of Health show that there were more than 220,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country in a single day, with a total of 7,774,863 confirmed cases.

The United States is in multiple crises due to the epidemic

According to Worldometer statistics, the United States has accumulated 62,997,892 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, with 1,224,924 new confirmed cases in a single day.

Although it has eased from the nearly 1.5 million new cases on the 10th, the epidemic situation is still severe.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations across the U.S. has risen rapidly recently, roughly double what it was two weeks ago, and nearly 24,000 intensive care beds are being used to treat COVID-19 patients.

In addition, the number of children hospitalized has far exceeded previous peaks, and nearly 5,000 children are currently hospitalized with confirmed or suspected new coronary pneumonia, almost the peak of last September when the number of children hospitalized with new coronary pneumonia was due to a surge in the spread of the delta strain. double.

This result cannot be without the "fueling the flames" of Omikron. According to estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of infected cases of the mutated new coronavirus Omicron strain has accounted for 98.3% of the total number of new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States.

According to data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 11, local time, 145,982 people in the United States are currently hospitalized for infection with the new coronavirus, exceeding the peak of about 142,000 hospitalizations on January 14, 2021, reaching a historical highest level.

Unfortunately, the U.S. is experiencing its worst blood supply crisis in more than a decade due to a dro in blood donors, cancellations of blood donation drives, and staff shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the CBS report, the blood supply in the United States is seriously insufficient, and the American Red Cross has declared a national blood supply crisis in the country for the first time.

The new situation of the epidemic situation in Asia

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), Japan has exceeded 6,000 cases for five consecutive days.

According to Japan's NHK TV station on the 12th, the new crown epidemic in Japan has spread rapidly, and medical staff in some areas have been infected one after another, and medical staff are in a hurry. Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare recently notified the whole country that medical staff are infected with the new crown virus themselves, or become close contacts, but if they are asymptomatic, they can receive remote consultation at home and other places.

According to previous news, the mutant strain of Omicron is spreading rapidly in Japan, and the situation in Okinawa Prefecture is particularly serious.

Unlike Japan, the number of newly confirmed cases in South Korea has dropped slightly. According to Korean media reports, thanks to the domestic epidemic situation, which forced the increase in the growth rate of vaccination work, the tightening of government epidemic prevention measures and the effect of the epidemic prevention pass system has gradually become more effective.

South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters recently reported that 3,007 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly diagnosed in the country in a single day, and the scale showed a decreasing trend, and some epidemic prevention measures are expected to be gradually relaxed.

The global epidemic situation is getting worse, and experts from the World Health Organization have warned that simply repeating the original new crown vaccine booster is not a feasible strategy for new mutant strains, and it may be necessary to update the vaccine to better prevent the spread of the epidemic.

And said that the current new crown vaccine composition may need to be updated to ensure that the new crown vaccine can continue to provide the level of protection recommended by the WHO to prevent infection, including against Omicron and future mutant strains.

Responding to the WHO's call, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said a redesigned vaccine is expected to be needed to deal with the Omicron variant. He said Pfizer could launch the vaccine by the end of March. At the same time, Pfizer's vaccine productivity has been greatly improved, and immediate conversion of production is absolutely not a problem.