Grim milestone: 200 million injured

Over the past nineteen months, the Corona pandemic has swept across large parts of the world. Country after country has reported rising infection rates, hospital overcrowding and thousands of deaths.

A grim new milestone was reached on Wednesday – more than 200 million people have tested positive for the virus since it was discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan on a December day in 2019.

Shows numbers from Johns Hopkins University, He writes for The New York Times (New York Times).

Several million died

At the same time, more than 4.2 million deaths related to corona have been recorded worldwide, according to world standards.

With a number of up to 614,000, the United States is the country in the world with the highest number of deaths so far due to the pandemic. In Brazil, the number of deaths exceeded 550 thousand, and in India, at least 425,000 died as a result of the Covid-19 virus.

Mexico recorded 241,000 deaths, while Peru, Colombia, Britain, France, Italy and Russia crossed 100,000.

– We’re ready

Fourth wave

Strict restrictions and frequent community closures have enabled many countries to bring the epidemic under control.

But the constantly emerging new viral mutations present a challenge. Delta virus – which now dominates a number of countries – is believed to be twice as infectious as the original virus. This was previously told by the Assistant Director of Health Espen Nakstad Dagbladet The delta variant also gives a more severe course of the diseaseAnd that more people will be taken to hospital if they get this type of corona.

As a result, many countries of the world are now facing the fourth wave of the epidemic, with a rise in the number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths.

In Norway it has Infection increased by up to 53 percent last week. This worries Nakstad, from You fear that we, too, will be exposed to a new wave of infection In the time to come.

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The World Health Organization has a clear message

However, vaccines must provide good protection against various mutations. In week 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded nearly four million cases of infection, most of which were in countries that lack vaccines, according to the New York Times.

Therefore, the World Health Organization, on Wednesday, issued a clear message for the prosperous countries that are considering giving their citizens a third dose of the vaccine.

“We will have to focus on vaccinating the people who are most vulnerable, and who are most at risk of serious illness and possibly death, with two injections,” WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said.

He wants plans to suspend a third dose until further notice, so that all countries in the world have the opportunity to give at least 10 percent of their citizens the first dose.