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Increasing infections and deaths from coronavirus worldwide, at a time when many European countries, Canada and Australia are relaxing restrictive measures.
US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the state of emergency in the country declared in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended beyond March 1 as the new coronavirus continues to pose a public health risk. According to official figures cited by Agence France-Presse, as of Thursday, the US had recorded 933,749 deaths due to complications of Covid-19.
The number of officially recorded cases of the new coronavirus in Africa reached 11,077,105 on Thursday night, the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) announced yesterday Friday. According to figures compiled by the ACDC, the African Union's public health agency, the death toll from the pandemic across the continent has so far reached 245,451.
In Germany 189 were confirmed.105 cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 13,445,094, figures released today by the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological surveillance body, show. The deaths of 210 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country to 121,202, according to the same source.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health
announced yesterday Friday that 121,027 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 1,127 patients had succumbed due to complications of COVID-19. Officially, the toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in Latin America's largest nation of 213 million people has reached 643,029 deaths out of a total of 28,058,862 infections.
India's Federal Ministry of Health announced today that another 325 patients had succumbed to complications of COVID-19 and 22,270 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours. According to official figures, the death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the giant Asian nation of 1.35 billion people has risen to 1.35 billion. The total number of deaths in the giant state with a population of 1.1 billion inhabitants is 511,230 out of a total of 42,802,505 infections. India records the third highest number of deaths and the second highest number of infections globally.
Mexico's Health Ministry announced yesterday Friday that 21,449 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 457 patients succumbed due to complications of COVID-19. Officially, the death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the nation of 126 million people has so far reached 315,055 deaths out of a total of 5,387.854 infections
Indonesia's Ministry of Health announced yesterday Friday that 59,635 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 216 patients succumbed due to complications of COVID-19. The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the island nation has reached 146,044 out of a total of 5,089,637 infections.
The Ministry of Health of Malaysia announced today that in the 24 hours to midnight yesterday Friday, 36 patients succumbed due to complications of COVID-19 and 27,808 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed. The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the country of 33 million people reached 32,276 deaths out of a total of 3,166,023 infections.
Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced yesterday Friday that 42 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours.439 SARS-CoV-2 infections, an unprecedented number for the fifth consecutive day, bringing the total number of recorded cases to 2,685,463.
Health authorities in Hong Kong are expected to announce at least 7,000 new cases of COVID-19 today, the TVB network reported, a number that would be a new record. The surge in cases has pushed health facilities to the limits of their capacity and forced authorities to postpone the upcoming election for Hong Kong's new governor.
Countries lift restrictions
Denmark
became the first EU member state to lift all restrictions imposed on the pandemic, relying on the high vaccination coverage of its population and the lower severity of the Omicron variant.
Israel
on Thursday abolished green passes to enter some public places, further relaxing the restrictions it had imposed as it saw a decline in the number of new cases of covid-19.
With the number of Omicron-attributable cases receding, Portugal announced that it is to lift the remaining restrictions, including the mandatory display of a digital vaccination pass for hotel stays.
The Netherlands is moving towards lifting all restrictions from 25 February. Bars, restaurants and nightclubs will return to pre-pandemic opening hours and masks will no longer be mandatory in most places.
The government in France is removing the mandatory wearing of masks in enclosed public places, where a vaccination pass is required to enter.
Switzerland[/B] lifted almost all pandemic restrictions from Thursday. The government announced that only the requirement to wear a mask on public transport and in health infrastructure will remain in force. Shops, restaurants and cultural venues will be freely accessible.
Canada[/B] announced the lifting of health restrictions at its borders, notably the mandatory PCR test to enter the country, while Quebec will phase out the vaccination certificate.
In Australia in Sydney and other cities in New South Wales, closed areas will allow entry to as many customers as they want and will only require a vaccination pass to be shown in high-risk areas. Masks will only be compulsory on public transport and indoors in hospitals and airports from 25 February...
Source: CNA
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