(Fight Against New Coronary Pneumonia) Cumulative Number of New Crown Deaths Worldwide Exceeds 6.5 Million South Korea Alerts Overlapping New Crown and Flu Outbreak
China News Agency, Beijing, September 17. Full News: According to the World Health Organization official website, at 6:35 pm Central European 16 Time Zone, there were more than 490,000 new confirmed cases of new crowns in a single day worldwide, with a total of 608,328,548 confirmed cases and the cumulative number of new crowns There were 6,501,469 deaths.
Americas and Europe: The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway is permanently suspended due to the pandemic
According to data released by Johns Hopkins University at 8:22 am on the 17th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 95.64 million and the cumulative number of deaths was 1,053,389.
According to the US “New York Times” report of the 16th, due to the continuing impact of the new corona epidemic on attendance and box office, New York Broadway has announced that it will permanently suspend the musical “The Phantom of the Opera” next year, which is the longest running classic on Broadway. According to statistics, in the week ending 11th of this month, the box office of “The Phantom of the Opera” was approximately US $ 867,000, which could not sustain the continued performance of the show. Affected by the outbreak, Broadway was closed for 18 consecutive months before resuming live performances in September 2021.
The Phantom of the Opera, which premiered in New York in 1988, has since become one of Broadway’s most popular musicals and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2023. The phantom of the opera is expected to have its last run on Broadway on February 18, 2023, reports say.
According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 16th local time, in the last 24 hours the country has confirmed 10,252 cases in a single day, for a total of 34.57 million confirmed cases; 97 new deaths were added, with a total of 685,300 deaths.
According to the TASS news agency, the Russian headquarters for epidemic prevention reported on the 16th that more than 59,000 new cases were diagnosed in Russia in a single day, the data reached a new high since May 17 this year. , with a total of 385,837 deaths.
Asia and Africa: South Korea is wary of the superimposed coronary and flu epidemic
According to Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao,” the Korean Disease Control Agency issued a Disease Prevention Notice on the 16th, stating that seasonal flu outbreaks could occur nationwide this fall and winter. This is the first time the South Korean health agency has issued a national flu warning since 2019, and this year’s warning is also earlier than in previous years.
Some media outlets pointed out that the government’s new crown prevention measures are one of the main reasons why there have been no influenza outbreaks in South Korea in the past two years. However, the Korean Disease Control Agency believes there is a high possibility of overlapping outbreaks of new crowns and influenza this year, so stricter outbreak classification standards are being applied to take preventive measures early.
The Central Headquarters for Outbreak Prevention and Control of South Korea reported on the 17th that at 0:00 that day, more than 43,000 new cases were diagnosed in South Korea in a single day and 57 were added. new deaths, for a total of over 24.35 million confirmed cases.
According to data published on the official website of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the 16th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Africa exceeded 12.06 million and the cumulative number of deaths was 255,706. (End)
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