China News Service Beijing, June 20th Comprehensive news: According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, as of 11:12 on the 20th, there were a total of 538,944,868 confirmed cases and 6,318,598 deaths worldwide.
Americas: More than 15,000 confirmed cases have been added in the United States
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of 17:20 ET on the 19th, the United States has added 15,119 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 86,246,101. ; There were 36 new deaths, bringing the total to 1,013,413.
According to the latest report from Associated Press , New York City in the United States is working to give New York City workers who were fired earlier this year because they were not vaccinated against the new coronavirus a chance to return to their original jobs, provided that they can be fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus.
Data map: A new coronavirus testing station on 14th Street in Manhattan, New York, USA tests residents. Photo by China News Service reporter Liao Pan
Europe: Russian experts said that the trial of a new coronavirus vaccine that can prevent multiple strains is progressing smoothly
Russian Satellite News Agency quoted news from the Russian epidemic prevention department on the 19th as saying that in the past 24 hours, there were 3,081 new confirmed cases across the country, 62 deaths. Alexander? Director of the Russian Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology? Ginzburg said in an interview that the trial of the new coronavirus vaccine based on virus-like particles is progressing smoothly. The vaccine will protect against multiple new coronavirus variants at the same time. Dozens of people have received the vaccine with no apparent side effects.
Asia: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat is infected with the new coronavirus
According to the "Lianhe Zaobao" news on the 20th, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Coordinating Minister Heng Swee Keat, who is visiting Germany, has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Wang Ruijie posted on his social media account on the 19th that although he wore a mask throughout the entire process and avoided crowded areas, his new coronavirus test result on the 18th was positive. Currently, I have a sore throat, but because I received the COVID-19 vaccine and booster shot, the overall symptoms are not serious.
Not long ago, Wang Ruijie made his first long-distance visit after the COVID-19 epidemic. He first visited England and then Germany. According to the original plan, after finishing his trip to Berlin, he would go to Munich, and then to Zurich, Switzerland. Due to the need to undergo quarantine, he can no longer carry out subsequent trips as originally planned. He may return to Singapore after testing negative for the coronavirus.
As of noon on the 19th, Singapore had a total of 1,367,761 confirmed cases and 1,403 deaths.
According to Israel's " Jerusalem Post " report, on the 19th local time, Nachman Ashe, Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Health, stated that Israel is at the beginning of a new wave of COVID-19.
According to reports, Israel reported more than 7,000 new confirmed cases on the 17th. The Israeli Ministry of Health has confirmed that the number of infections in the country has increased significantly, as well as the number of severely ill patients and hospitalizations. Israel reported a total of 4,931 confirmed cases on the 18th, with a test positivity rate of approximately 40%. The number of severe cases increased to 158, an increase of 125% from the previous week.
Nachman Ash pointed out that in the early stages of the new wave of the epidemic, the Ministry of Health does not plan to impose broad restrictions on large gatherings as before. However, the Ministry of Health is considering reintroducing mask mandates in enclosed public spaces.
India’s Ministry of Health released data on the 20th that in the past 24 hours, there were 12,781 new confirmed cases across the country, bringing the total to 43,309,473; there were 18 new deaths, bringing the total to 524,873. Maharashtra and Kerala are the regions with the largest number of newly confirmed cases. This is also the fifth consecutive day that the number of new cases in a single day has exceeded 12,000 in India.
According to "Hindustan Times", India's current test positivity rate is 4.32%, which has climbed to more than 4% again after 130 days.
Malaysian Health Minister Hairi posted on his Twitter account on the 19th that today is the first day since December 18, 2020 that no deaths were reported in Malaysia.
According to a report from South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters on the 20th, as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had 3,538 new confirmed cases compared with 0:00 the previous day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to over 18.28 million; there were 10 new deaths, bringing the total to 24,451.Based on the notification date, this is the lowest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day on a Monday since January 10 this year in 23 weeks. It is also the highest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in South Korea since the spread of the Omicron strain . the lowest value.
Oceania and Africa: The number of single-day deaths in Australia is slowly increasing
WHO former epidemiologist Adrian Esterman posted on his Twitter account on the 20th that in the past two months, , the number of single-day deaths from COVID-19 in Australia has been slowly increasing. Australia could be averaging about 50 deaths a day by the end of next month.
An article published on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website on the 20th pointed out that thousands of Australians may be suffering from "long-term COVID-19", but officials have not systematically monitored this situation.
On June 20, local time, Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Talat posted on his social media account that the result of the new crown test that day was positive, accompanied by "mild symptoms." He is currently isolating at home and working remotely.
