(Fighting new coronary pneumonia) The number of infections in the UK continues to rise. The current cycle of outbreaks in Singapore could peak in mid-November
China News Agency, Beijing, October 16. Full news: The latest statistics released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of new coronavirus infections in the UK has continued to rise recently. German Health Minister Lauterbach reminded many places in Germany to take early response measures to epidemics. The Singapore Ministry of Health expects the current outbreak cycle in Singapore to peak in mid-November.
Europe and America: infections in the UK continue to rise, the German health minister calls for a timely response
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), new coronavirus infection survey data released by the Office for National Statistics on the 14th showed that the number of new coronavirus infections in the UK continued to rise. Around 1.7 million people in the UK were infected with the virus in the last week of the data update, an increase of around 31% from the previous week, the ONS said. The data also showed that around 2.7% of the UK population was infected, up from 2% the previous week.
The BBC said so far, over 90% of people aged 12 and over in the UK have received their first dose of the new corona vaccine and nearly 7 million people have now received the new autumn vaccine booster. crown.
According to the Associated Press, German Health Minister Lauterbach proposed the 14th local time in Berlin that many parts of the country should consider measures such as increasing vaccinations if new cases rise. Lauterbach said he was in favor of the obligation to wear masks indoors, saying that it is better to take limited measures now rather than tougher measures in the future, and the sooner the better. Lauterbach said the current actual number of cases could be three to four times higher than that recorded because many positive rapid test results are never reported to authorities.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 5:21 pm Eastern Time October 15, there were 96,945,785 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 1,065,108 deaths in the United States.
On 14 local time, data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that although the Omicron BA.5 mutant strain is still dominant in the United States, the new mutant branch has started to rage and health officials are expecting a new 1. A wave of infection, the US will therefore face at least 7 different variants of Omicron.
Asia: Singapore outbreak caused by a new virus strain could peak in mid-November
According to Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao”, Singapore Health Minister Wang Yikang said at a press conference on the 15th that the outbreak caused by infection with the mutant strain of the Omicron XBB subtype in Singapore is expected to peak in mid-November and then slow down. .
Wang Yikang said that according to the forecast model, the 7-day moving average of the number of new cases per day in this wave of outbreaks could reach 15,000. As the outbreak peaks, the figure will rise from 20,000 to 25,000.
7-day moving average data provided by the Singapore Ministry of Health shows that the local reinfection rate remained around 5% from mid-August to mid-September this year, but has gradually increased over the past month and is currently 17.5%.
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), Japan added 35,138 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day on the 15th, with a total of 21,727,933 confirmed cases; 67 new deaths and a total of 45,823 deaths.
According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s Central Outbreak Prevention and Control Headquarters declared 16th local time that at 0:00 that day, South Korea had added 21,469 new confirmed cases. of the new crown in the last 24 hours, with a total of 25,120,465 cases; 32 new deaths, for a total of 28,840 cases. (End)
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