- At least 4 million people have died of Covid-19.
- Vietnam is imposing stricter blockades on the military, while Australia has indicated that it will relax restrictions.
- There is increasing evidence that the third dose of the vaccine may provide additional protection for vulnerable groups.
According to official sources compiled by Agence France-Presse at 10:00 GMT on Monday, since the outbreak in China in December 2019, the new coronavirus has caused at least 4,430,846 deaths.
At least 211,759,090 coronavirus cases have been registered. The vast majority of people have recovered, but some people continue to show symptoms after weeks or even months.
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These figures are based on daily reports provided by the health authorities of each country. They excluded amendments made by other statistical organizations, which indicated that the death toll was much higher.
Vietnam deploys troops to implement blockade in largest city
On Monday, Vietnamese soldiers were deployed on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City to help implement a blockade of the country’s commercial center, which has become the center of the worst coronavirus outbreak so far during the pandemic.
The city began to restrict movement at the beginning of last month, but the number of infections continued to surge after the authorities stated that they did not have sufficiently strict restrictions.
Before the stricter lockdown measures began on Monday, panic buying broke out at a supermarket in the city of 9 million people over the weekend. The ban prohibits residents from leaving their homes.
Australian Prime Minister supports the reopening goal, saying that the blockade is unsustainable
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that once the vaccination rate rises, the country must begin to relax its strict restrictions on Covid-19. More than half of Australians have endured weeks of lockdown. To curb the delta epidemic.
Some states have indicated that they may not stick to national plans that include deregulation of borders, fearing a surge in cases in the southeast of the country, and that Sydney has broken a new single-day infection record.
Nationwide, 30% of people over the age of 16 have been fully vaccinated, and 52% have received at least one dose. Vaccination is being carried out at a record rate, but at the current rate, it will not be until December to achieve the 80% vaccination rate target.
Israel finds vaccine booster can significantly reduce the risk of infection
The survey results released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday showed that the third dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine significantly improved the protection of Israelis 60 years and older against infections and serious diseases compared with those who received two vaccinations.
The data was announced at the vaccination expert group meeting on Thursday and uploaded to its website on Sunday, but the full details of the study have not yet been released.
After 10 days, the third injection for people over 60 years old can provide 5 to 6 times more serious illness and hospital protection.
China has no new local cases for the first time since July
The Chinese health department reported on Monday that there were no new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for the first time since July, which provided more signs that the current epidemic that began at the end of last month may soon subside.
The latest outbreak was mainly caused by the first detection of infection among a handful of airport workers in the eastern city of Nanjing on July 20. Since then, more than 1,200 people in China have been diagnosed with infection.
The epidemic has prompted local authorities across the country to adopt stringent anti-epidemic measures, including large-scale testing of millions of people to identify and isolate carriers and treat those infected.
No one has died in the current epidemic, and the epidemic is mainly concentrated in Nanjing and Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, which are close to the financial center of Shanghai.
The President of Taiwan took the lead in developing the first domestic vaccine
On Monday, President Tsai Ing-wen was vaccinated with Taiwan’s first domestically-developed Covid-19 vaccine, which gave her a personal seal of approval, because Taiwan has begun to introduce this vaccine, and critics say the approval of the vaccine has been hasty.
The Ministry of Health last month approved the emergency use of Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp’s Covid-19 vaccine as part of a broader plan for self-sufficiency in vaccinations, as vaccine delivery delays by global pharmaceutical companies have affected Taiwan and many other countries.
To date, more than 700,000 people have signed up for Medigen vaccination, which requires a second vaccination 28 days after the first vaccination.
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