Positively newsthe number of new Reported coronavirus cases and deaths persisted globally show Downtrend almost everywhere in The world in What the World Health Organization called a “welcome” decline”in media instructions on Wednesday.
The UN health agency said there are 4.5 million new COVID-19 cases have been reported last week, 16% drop from the previous week. deaths were also down by 13%, with About 13,500 dead. The World Health Organization said the number of COVID-19 infections has decreased everywhere in The world While deaths decreased everywhere except for for Southeast Asia, where they are climbed by 15% and in Western Pacific where it rose by 3%.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned of this with Next start of winter in Northern Hemisphere and possible emergence of a more dangerous new Variable COVID-19, experts expect to see a spike in Hospitalization and mortality. Tedros said vaccination rates are up in rich countrieswas still very low, noting that 30% of health workers and 20% of Older people remain not immune.
“These vaccination gaps constitute a risk For everyone of us said ‘Please get vaccinated if you haven’t had a booster if recommended one. ”
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved first update COVID-19 Vaccines on Wednesday, the tonic doses that target the day the most common Omicron strain. The authorities said the shots could do begin Within days.
So far, COVID-19 vaccines have been targeted original The strain of coronavirus, even with completely different mutations, appears. The new American reinforcements are grouped or “bivalent” shots. they contain half who – which original Serum recipe And the half protection against The latest versions of omicron, called BA.4 and BA.5, are considered the most infectious to date.
Earlier this month, Britain decided it would offer adults 50 and over different booster option From Moderna, a pooled shot targeting the primary Omicron BA.1 strain. On Friday, the European Medicines Agency will consider whether to approve a combination COVID-19 vaccine including BA.1 made By Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. else version of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine containing the BA.5 . variant of Omicron is also under review by the European Union regulator.
