China unearths more than 150 new coronavirus Infections on Saturday, the highest daily count since mid-June, reported Bloomberg. Almost all of the new cases were from northwestern Shaanxi province, whose main city of Xi’an was locked down last week after more than 120 cases were detected there.
It was not clear if any of these were caused by infection. omicron Type. China has been reporting very few cases for the past 18 months, mostly in single or double digits and sometimes none. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, only 1.3 lakh infections have been registered in China so far. More than 80,000 of these cases were detected by the first week of March 2020, after which there was a dramatic drop.
According to WHO data, the next biggest wave experienced by China was in May this year, when around 500-600 cases were detected for a few days.
fresh ban
Omicron’s spread continued unabated throughout much of the Americas and Europe. Sky News reported that fresh restrictions went into effect in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from Sunday. Similar post-Christmas restrictions were previously announced by Germany and Portugal. In EnglandA decision on further restrictions is expected on Monday.
The New York Times reported a jump in the number of hospitalizations of children infected with the coronavirus. Between December 5 and now, there was a four-fold increase in children’s hospitalizations in New York, where the Omicron variant is spreading rapidly, saying the New York State Department of Health urged parents to keep their children above five. appealed for vaccination. ,
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