China News Agency, Beijing, November 6 Full News: Singapore Ministry of Health Lowered Vaccination Age for New Bivalent Corona Vaccine to Expand People Coverage. From November 7, audiences from 18 to 49 will be invited years to be injected with the bivalent vaccine in vaccine batches. The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund will strengthen support for the Nigerian National Agency for the Development of Primary Health Care and strengthen the mobilization of vaccination against Covid-19 to ensure that the country reaches 70% vaccination coverage by December.
Americas and Europe: The cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in the United States exceeds 97.73 million
According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at 10:21 am 6th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 97,734,261, and the cumulative number of deaths was 1,072,582 .
According to the Latin American news agency, the spread of the new coronavirus in Chile has accelerated in recent days, with 7,467 new infections and 12 deaths reported on 4. According to data from the Chilean Ministry of Health, the positivity rate of the results of the new crown test in the country is close to 20% and the number of active cases has reached 12,386.
According to a report by the Russian satellite news agency on the 5th, the Russian headquarters for the prevention and control of the coronavirus outbreak said that in the past 24 hours there have been 5,617 new confirmed cases of the new crown in Russia and the cumulative number of infected cases reached 21,459,284. There were 67 new deaths and a total of 390,526 deaths.
Asia: Singapore lowers the age to receive the Covid-19 bivalent vaccine
According to Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao” report on the 5th, the Singapore Ministry of Health lowered the vaccination age of the new bivalent corona vaccine to expand the number of people covered. From November 7, the public aged 18 to 49 will be invited to receive the bivalent vaccine in batches and the public aged 40 to 49 will be the first to receive an SMS notification.
According to the report, the new bivalent corona vaccine can fight the original strain of the new corona and the mutant strain of Omicron at the same time.
Furthermore, as the situation of reinfection with the new crown is becoming more and more common in the country, in order to encourage the public to conduct regular self-tests, from the 21st of this month the government of Singapore will also depart, and distribute 12 rapid testers for the antigen to each family, which is the largest. .
According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s Central Outbreak Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 6th that at 0:00 the same day, South Korea added 36,675 new confirmed cases again. crown compared to 0:00 the previous day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 25.838 million. There were 18 new deaths, a decrease of 23 from the value reported the previous day, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 29,000.
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association TV (NHK) report, on the 5th, Japan added 74,170 new confirmed cases of new crowns and 72 new deaths. Tokyo recorded 7,967 new confirmed cases of the new crown, an increase of 3,843 from the value reported a week ago (October 29).
Africa: Nigeria intensifies the mobilization of vaccinations
According to the Nigerian “Guardian” (The Guardian) on the 5th, Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, CEO of the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, said the fund will strengthen support for the Nigerian National Agency for the Development of Primary Health Care (NPHCDA) for ensure the country’s 70% Covid-19 vaccine coverage by December 2022. It noted that the fund will work with the NPHCDA to increase mobilization and reduce hesitation to vaccinate.
According to the report, at present, 55.6% of Nigerians have received only the first dose of the new corona vaccine, while the fully vaccinated population represents 44.6% of the total population. (End)
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