Delta variant worries the world, several countries impose more restrictions

The new variants of Covid-19 they continue to cause concern around the world, more than a year after the coronavirus pandemic was declared. In the last days, the Delta variant it has worsened the situation in Asia with record cases and deaths in Bangladesh and infections in Indonesia, among others. In several countries, new restrictions have come into force to contain alarming figures.

In Japan, the state of emergency has started for Tokyo and its metropolitan area announced last week, which will prevent spectators from attending the Olympics, which kick off on July 23 in the Japanese capital. Faced with a rapid increase in infections and hospital attendance, Tokyo authorities reported 950 cases last Saturday, the highest number since last May. The state of emergency, Tokyo’s fourth in the pandemic, It will last until August 22.

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In Thailand, more than 10 million citizens have been subjected to new restrictions, including a nighttime curfew in the capital, Bangkok, to fight a new wave of infections exacerbated by the more contagious Delta and Alpha variants.

Most non-essential businesses have been closed, meetings of more than five people have been banned, and public transport will operate until 9:00 p.m. The Department of Health reported 8,656 new cases on Monday, July 12, and 80 deaths in the past 24 hours. according to the DPA news agency, and there are more than 345,000 cases and 2,791 deaths.

For its part, in Bangladesh, -which is under strict containment by Delta- the authorities reported on Monday a double record of 230 deaths and 11,874 infections in the past 24 hours. Experts say if the current trend continues, already overcrowded hospitals would struggle to provide treatment.

A similar panorama presents Malaysia, Thailand and Oceania, where the constraint is progressing at a sustained pace. Fiji added more than 800 cases for the first time, forcing authorities to impose compulsory vaccination.

The pandemic has already caused at least 4,013,756 deaths worldwide since the disease was detected in December 2019.

South Korea, meanwhile, reported more than 1,000 cases of the coronavirus for the sixth day in a row on Monday, and Seoul and its metro area, which accounted for 680 of those infections, entered strict social distancing restrictions. The 1,100 new cases are the highest number reported so far in Korea on a Monday, when the daily increase is typically smaller due to reduced testing on weekends.

Private social gatherings of three or more people will be banned from today starting at 6:00 p.m. today in the South Korean capital and its suburbs, nightclubs and churches will be closed and visitors will be banned from hospitals and nursing homes.

South Korea added more than 12,100 cases this month alone, bringing its case burden to 169,146, including 2,044 deaths. Last week, the country saw record daily increases for three consecutive days until Saturday, when it reported 1,378 new cases.

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At ChinaMeanwhile, during a mass testing campaign in the Myanmar border town of Ruili, nine more cases of Covid-19 were found, bringing the total to 59 in a week-long outbreak. , which also involved the Delta variant. Authorities have blocked off that town, preventing people from entering or leaving and restricting residents of the urban area to their homes in an attempt to contain the spread.

At Indonesia, its authorities reported on Monday 40,027 new coronavirus infections, a record in the most sanctioned country in the region by a new wave that is wreaking havoc because of this variant. The Ministry of Health also reported 891 new deaths in the archipelago, which has accumulated more than 2.56 million contaminations and 67,355 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

At RussiaFor its part, the situation also seems to be getting worse: a few days ago there was another record of cases, 25,766, the highest number since the beginning of January, with 726 more deaths, for a total of 151,501 and its capital Moscow is the most affected.

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UK recorded 35,707 new infections 10 days after the end of all restrictions in England, and added 29 more deaths, for a total of 128,365, the second highest index for a country in the Europe zone of the World Organization of the health (WHO), behind Russia.

At IsraelIn the country with the highest vaccination rate in the world, the number of sick has dropped slightly, but the government believes serious infections will increase, so national containment may be needed.

Australia It is going through a new epidemic, also attributed to the Indian mutation of the virus, and France has reopened its clubs after nearly 16 months of closure, albeit with the capacity limited to 75% and a requirement for proof of vaccination or testing. recent negative.

July 9 Cuba it marked a new record of cases, 6,400, more than half of which occurred in the battered province of Matanzas. The country already has 3 of its 11 million inhabitants inoculated with at least the first dose and it has today authorized emergency use of its own Abdala vaccine, the first in Latin America to receive approval for use. massive.

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