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The following is the latest development of the coronavirus crisis:
-Origin detection-
The World Health Organization stated that the second phase of the investigation of the origin of the coronavirus should include further research and laboratory “audits” in China.
-Catalan curfew-
After the measure is approved by the court, Barcelona and other cities in the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain will re-impose night curfews from this weekend in response to the surge in virus cases.
-U.S. dose to Africa-
The United States announced that it will start shipping 25 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Africa from Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia, and these vaccines will be shipped within a few days.
-Five times? ——
The European Union’s Disease Management Agency predicts that the number of cases will increase sharply, and by August 1, the number of new infections will increase nearly five times.
-APEC meeting-
Leaders in the Pacific Rim, including US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, have vowed to increase the production and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine in an unprecedented pandemic virtual meeting.
-USD 3 billion from China-
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to provide another US$3 billion in aid to developing countries to fight Covid-19.
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-The Eiffel Tower reopened-
The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been open to tourists for the first time in nine months after experiencing the longest closing time since World War II.
-England’s opening “cruel”-
Scientists say that the British government’s plan to lift the daily epidemic restrictions in England next week has no scientific basis and is equivalent to the premeditated murder of thousands of people.
-‘Unvaccinated pandemic’-
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pleaded to refuse Covid vaccination, saying “this is becoming an epidemic of unvaccinated people.”
-Philippines blockade-
With more than 3 million people in lockdown in the Philippines, health officials have warned that after the first locally transmitted case of the Delta variant, coronavirus infections may surge.
-Fiji lifted the blockade-
With Covid-19 cases reaching record levels in Pacific island countries, Fiji rejected calls for a tough lockdown and insisted on “no injections, no work” vaccination campaigns to contain the virus.
-Four million dead-
According to official data compiled by Agence France-Presse, the pandemic has caused at least 4,070,508 deaths since the virus first appeared in December 2019.
The United States is the most affected country with 608,400 deaths, followed by Brazil with 538,942, India with 412,531, Mexico with 235,740, and Peru with 194,845.
According to the WHO, the number of deaths directly or indirectly due to the pandemic is three times the official figure.
