Coronavirus real-time news: India’s death toll exceeds 300,000; Taiwan criticizes WHO’s “difference” after cold reception | World Bank World News

As IndiaThe country’s coronavirus death toll exceeded 300,000 on Monday, and experts are concerned about a usually rare fungal infection, called mucormycosis, among coronavirus patients.

According to government data, there are a total of 5,424 to 8,848 cases of mucormycosis, also known as “black fungus” across India. According to Reuters, less than 20 cases are usually recorded each year.

Fungal disease starts in the nose, but can then spread to the brain, with a mortality rate of 50%.

The doctor said that one of the reasons for the surge in “black fungus” infections is the excessive use of steroids by virus patients.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that due to severe shortages, imports of the main antifungal drug amphotericin B have begun to enter the country.

Malaysia According to reports, another 61 people have died from the coronavirus, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic began.

Southeast Asian countries have a population of approximately 32 million. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,509 new positive cases have been registered, bringing the total number to 518,600 since the beginning of the pandemic. The death toll in Malaysia is 2,309.

Monday’s figure is after the new record of 6,976 cases recorded on Sunday.

United KingdomThe international traffic light system of China categorizes countries into different lists based on many factors, including the proportion of the population that has been vaccinated, the infection rate and the prevalence of related diseases.

However, although the infection rate is higher than other red-listed countries, some countries with many cases are still on the amber list. This has raised concerns that the British government will allow new cases and their variants to be re-imported back to the country.

Pablo Gutierrez with Ashley Kirk This interactive interpretation program has been created to correspond the infection rate to the number of vaccinations:

Since the pandemic, at least 115,000 medical workers have died of Covid-19. World Health Organization The head of the organization said at the organization’s annual meeting of member states that he called for a more equitable distribution of vaccines.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged the sacrifices made by these workers during the health crisis, adding that they often lack access to personal protective equipment and vaccines.

He said: “For nearly 18 months, medical staff all over the world are in a life-and-death situation.” “They saved countless lives and fought for others. Despite their best efforts, they still slipped away. Up.”

Tedros added: “Many people have been infected themselves. Although there are few reports, we estimate that at least 115,000 health care workers have paid the ultimate price for serving others.”

He emphasized the uneven distribution of vaccines around the world, with more than 75% of vaccines in the world going to only 10 countries.

He said: “So far, if the dose is distributed evenly on a global scale, it is enough to cover all health workers and the elderly.”

Foreign climbers are continuing to climb to the top Mount Everest Despite reports that Covid-19 broke out in Nepali Base camp.

Nepal earns millions of dollars in income from climbers every year. According to Reuters, after the peak was closed due to the pandemic last year, the hardest hit countries issued 408 climbing permits from April to May this year.

After the sharp increase in cases in the mountain base camp, Lukas Furtenbach of Furtenbach Adventures in Austria withdrew his team this month.

“So far, in the Everest base camp, we have confirmed one hundred confirmed cases. Doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, expedition leaders, and helicopter pilots have all confirmed this. Of course, they were flown by climbers themselves. Come out, of course the climber himself can,” Furtenbach told us. Reuters TV in Kathmandu on Monday.

However, Mira Acharya, director of the Ministry of Tourism, stated that the government has not yet received any notification of the virus outbreak and said: “If there are a few cases, they will be handled promptly and properly.”

On Sunday, the number of cases in Nepal increased to 513,241 infections and 6,346 deaths.

Singapore According to the start-up company that developed the technology, health authorities are preparing to try out the Covid-19 breath analyzer test, which can provide results within a minute.

Reuters reported that Breathonix, a spin-off company of the National University of Singapore (NUS), said that the health authorities have temporarily approved the product and are cooperating with the company to conduct trials at one of the border points between Singapore and Malaysia.

The company said last year that in a preliminary clinical trial, the test had an accuracy rate of over 90%, adding that it would be used in conjunction with the mandatory rapid antigen test.

The company said that anyone who finds positive will need a confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab test.

The kit uses disposable cigarette holders to ensure that there is no cross-contamination.

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• The World Health Organization (WHO) started its annual meeting of member states this morning.
• President of France Emmanuel Macron Call for the authority to give the agency so that it can quickly visit countries in the event of an outbreak, and may trigger a pandemic and obtain data.
• In another pre-recorded speech, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel Call for improved funding and support the idea of ​​a new international treaty on pandemic prevention.
• managing Director Tedros Adhanom Was speaking at the moment and said a The “shameful inequality” in vaccine distribution perpetuates the pandemic.
• IndiaOn Monday, the total death toll from Covid exceeded 300,000, and the company reported 4,454 deaths in the past 24 hours. His daily coronavirus infections increased by 222,315.
• Taiwan Six new deaths caused by Covid-19 have been recorded, as well as hundreds of cases in the ongoing outbreak.
• AustraliaVictoria, the second most populous state, reported four new Covid-19 infections on Monday, all in Melbourne. This is the state’s first community-transmitted case in the past three months.
• This International Olympic CommitteeInsist that “sacrifice” must be made to ensure that the Olympic Games Tokyo Regardless of coronavirus Happening Japan There was strong opposition, and there were more calls for cancellation.Japan opened the first Mass Vaccination Center To expedite the prudent Covid-19 vaccination plan, we started on Monday
• Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer A picture shows that she has apologized in the United States after apparently violating the state’s social distancing guidelines at a restaurant in East Lansing.
• professor Ravi Gupta People are urged to get a second dose of the vaccine, he said: “A single dose has no special protective effect. This is how many adults find themselves during the relaxation of restrictions.”
• The UK reports 28 days of positive Covid tests, with 5 new deaths. As a result, the average number of deaths per day for 7 days has dropped to just over 7 people.
• The number of new coronavirus infections per day Ukraine It has dropped to 1,334 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest level since August 2020.
• Bahrain Pause input India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal From May 24.
• Israel The country’s health minister said that the local restrictions on Covid-19 will be terminated after the vaccine is launched, after the new infections have almost ended.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) started its annual meeting of member states this morning.

Agence France-Presse reported that as the Covid-19 crisis is still raging, wealthy countries continue to accumulate most doses of life-saving vaccines, and the main decision-making bodies of the WHO have a lot of discussions about this.

The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) was first of all speeches by leaders of various countries including the President of France Emmanuel Macron, The Minister of Health and other high-level representatives from the 194 member states of the World Health Organization.

Reuters pointed out that Macron called on the agency to have the right to visit countries quickly when the epidemic broke out, and may trigger a pandemic and obtain data.

In another pre-recorded speech, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel Call for improved funding and support the idea of ​​a new international treaty on pandemic prevention.

The discussion will continue until June 1 and will focus mainly on efforts to contain the pandemic and call for changes to the entire global health approach to help prevent Covid-like disasters in the future.

The critical moment will be held on Tuesday, where ministers and diplomats will discuss the results of three independent evaluation teams evaluating various aspects of the global pandemic response.

Experts found that countries and institutions were not fully prepared to deal with this crisis, so they carried out a comprehensive reform of the global warning system. They also urged reforms to the WHO to increase its independence, transparency and funding sources.

India’s managing director, Cadila Healthcare, plans to triple the monthly production of Covid-19 vaccine candidates to as many as 30 million doses.

Sharvil Patel, the managing director of Cadilla, told Reuters that Cadilla is headquartered in Ahmedabad in western India and hopes to have its vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D within four to five months. The monthly output has increased from the current 10 million to 30 million doses.

Patel said today: “We still think we should be able to submit (emergency vaccine authorization) in May.” He added that the company will use internal capacity and third-party manufacturers to increase production.

After being found to be safe and immunogenic in an earlier study, it is undergoing late-stage trials in nearly 30,000 adults. It is intended to be administered in three doses, but Cadilla is also undergoing a two-dose trial.