Jagriti Rai ( intern journalist), Pandemics far deadlier than Coronavirus are likely in future, warned the WHO, as more countries detected new strains of the deadly Coronavirus
‘ This is a wake-up call ‘, WHO emergencies Chief Michael Ryan told reporters. ‘ This pandemic has spread around the world extremely quickly and it has affected every corner of this planet, but this is not necessarily the big one. We need to get ready for something that may even be more severe in the future
Japan and Australia on Tuesday reported their first case of a mutant of the virus originally found in South Africa, while Pakistan joined countries detecting the strain from Britain. UAE reported cases of a new strain, without specifying it’s the origin
The UK variant has been in Germany since November, health officials there said on Tuesday, after detecting it in a patient who died in the north of the country
Surging cases forced Rio de Janeiro – one of Brazil’s worst-hit cities – to block access to beaches on December 31 to prevent large crowds from celebrating New year’s Eve. Officials in the Thai capital of Bangkok announced New year’s holiday as infections continued to rise following a recent Coronavirus outbreak. South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in cases
Russia has said that its Covid 19 toll was more than thrice the number reported previously, making it the country with the third-highest fatalities. The rheostat statistics agency said the deaths recorded between January and November had risen by 229,700 compared to the previous year. ‘ More than 81 % of this increase in mortality over this period is due to Coronavirus ‘ said deputy PM Tatiana Golikova, meaning that over 186,000 Persians have died from the Coronavirus disease. The UK reported 53,135 new cases on Tuesday. More people are now hospitalized with covid 19 in England than at the first peek of the outbreak in the spring
Belarus and Argentina began their vaccinations with shots of Russia’s Sputnik V, while Iran began the first phase of human clinical trials of a locally developed vaccine. The US on Tuesday began vaccinating its troops stationed in South Korea, which reported its worst daily death toll of 40 from the virus. US vice president-elect Kamala Harris received the vaccine on Tuesday
The EU on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers, and human rights activists. Zhang was jailed on Monday for four years over her coverage of the early stage of the outbreak in the original epicenter of Wuhan
China reported 15 new locally transmitted cases on Tuesday , seven of them in Beijing
The capital’s new infections were close contacts of previous cases in the most recent flare-up. Two of the confirmed patients are drivers for ride-hailing apps, raising the risk that the cluster which now stands at 17 could continue to grow
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