9 minutes agoO BSH says that new cases of COVID-19 have marked a 14 - percent drop
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(5 years ago)During the past week there were 4.1 million global cases reported on by COVID-19 ʹ this marks a 14 per cent drop from two weeks ago, according to the World Health Organization. WHO during the week we left behind also reported 84 thousand new deaths from COVID-19 worldwide, even a drop from [...]
O The following week, we also reported 84 thousand new deaths from COVID-19 worldwide, even a drop of two per cent from a week ago.
The biggest decline in new cases and deaths were in the European region, the report noted.
Despite a declining global trend over the past four weeks, the incidence of cases of COVID-19 and deaths remain high, and significant increases have been observed in many countries throughout the world”, the report said, CNN, broadcast the KK.
India reported the highest number of new cases so far -- 1 million 846 thousand and 055 cases, although it was a 23 per cent drop from the previous week.
In an update of the straining virus variants, WHO reported new evidence showing that community broadcasting from March to April in the United Kingdom was higher for the B.1.617 version identified for the first time in India than for the B.1.1.7 version identified in Britain.
The report also cites research that shows that the B.1.617 version could cause COVID-19 vaccines to lose the ability to neutralise the virus.
“Evolution of the virus is expected and the more SARS-CoV-2 circulates, the more likely it is to evolve,” said O BSH.
O The BSH stressed the importance of virus control measures to manage the spread of variants.
