More than 200 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide since the pandemic began with the first cases in China. The victims are over 4,257,000.
AFP summarizes the official data received from individual countries, but according to estimates by the World Health Organization, the actual number of deaths may be two or three times higher. Director-General Tedros Gebrejes has urged richer countries to stop using a third, supportive dose of Covid-19 vaccines until a minimum threshold is reached for those immunized in each country:
“We need an urgent change of direction by targeting the majority of vaccines to countries with a lower standard, rather than, as at present, to richer countries. That is why the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on the use of third countries. an additional dose at least until the end of September to ensure the immunization of at least 10 per cent of the population of each country. “
The White House rejected Gebreyesus’ call, stressing that the United States had donated more vaccines than any other country.
In Israel, they do not rule out the possibility of a new lockdown in the country by the end of the month. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called on people over the age of 60 who have not yet been vaccinated with a third dose to be especially careful in the coming weeks.
Turkish authorities are considering introducing PCR tests for unvaccinated people to enter certain public places, such as cinemas and theaters, when traveling by intercity bus and plane.
Russia has vaccinated 38.9 million people against Kovid-19, about 27 percent of the population, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, but did not specify whether the data were for those vaccinated with a single dose or those with a completed immunization cycle.
For the first time in recent days, China has reported a reduction in local coronavirus infections. According to the health authorities, the situation with the spread of the infection in the country is largely controllable, but it is possible that new outbreaks will appear and the intensified monitoring must continue.
According to the world counter, the number of infected at 19:00 on August 5, 2021 is 201,277,013, of which 15,788,680 are active. The victims so far are 4,275,166.
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