According to the World Health Organization, South Korea has the highest number of newly reported cases in the last seven days, with 2,417,174 infections, followed by Vietnam, which has 1,776,045 infections.
South Korea: Following China and Hong Kong, an increase in COVID cases has been observed in South Korea over the past week. According to reports, South Korea had recorded a large number of cases by Thursday, with authorities claiming that the country was nearing the apex of an Omicron-fueled infection wave at the time.
South Korea, which has responded to previous outbreaks with all-out efforts to track down and isolate the infected, is responding with a collective blank expression.
Israel: A new variant of the Omicron has been discovered in two cases in Israel, which is a combination of two sub-variants of the Omicron. It was discovered during RT-PCR tests performed on two passengers arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport that the strain had been created by crossing two subvariants of the Omicron version of Covid-19 virus.
Furthermore, according to WHO data, the new wave of Omicron infections is moving towards the east of Europe, with cases more than doubling in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine since the beginning of the year.
China: Despite the fact that 30 million people have been placed under lockdown in China and that morgues in Hong Kong are running out of space, the pandemic appears to be far from over.
In an interview with state television on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that the country would adhere to its zero-COVID strategy.
The world’s most populous nation is currently suffering from its largest COVID outbreak since the outbreak began more than a decade ago. That strategy, however, is being threatened by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, which has prompted authorities to close cities, including the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, as a precaution.
WHO: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a warning, stating that the lack of visibility caused by reduced testing meant that “the cases we are seeing are only the tip of the iceberg.” “We urge all countries to maintain their vigilance,” he said, emphasising that “the pandemic is far from over.”
Published By: Bhupendra Jaiswal
