China News Service Beijing, September 27th Comprehensive news: According to the data of the WHO website, as of Central European Time 26 at 15:54 (21:54 Beijing time), the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia worldwide increased by 219,888 from the previous day to 61,2236,677; the number of deaths increased by 433, reaching 6514,397.
America: The United States new crown cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 96.1 million
According to Johns Hopkins University data, as of 17:21 Eastern Time on the 26th, in the past 24 hours, the United States added 33,891 new confirmed cases, with a total of 961,04,699; 173 new deaths, with a total of 1,056,589.
Pfizer, the United States, submitted an application authorization to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the 26th local time to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aged 5 to 11 to receive the upgraded new crown vaccine . According to US media reports, Pfizer has not yet released human trial data for the upgraded vaccine.
According to a news released by the Canadian Public Health Agency on the 26th local time, starting from October 1, Canada will cancel the new coronavirus testing and related isolation requirements for incoming people. Reuters 26 quoted Canadian Health Minister Ducros' statement as saying that if necessary in the future, the government is also ready to resume epidemic prevention-related restrictions.
Europe and Asia: Russia's daily increase in confirmed cases hit a new low in the past 20 days
According to TASS , Russia reported 40,188 new confirmed cases on the 26th, with a total of 20,833,109; 85 new deaths, with a total of 386,842. This is the lowest number of new confirmed cases in Russia in a single day since September 6 this year.
In the past 24 hours, 1,526 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in Russia, a decrease of 21.2% from the previous day. Nationally, the number of hospitalized patients in Russia increased in 23 regions, while the number of hospitalized patients in 55 regions decreased.
According to Kyodo , Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Teito Saito 26 announced at a press conference that the tourism support measures "National Travel Discount" will be implemented from October 11 to late December. The measure will be implemented in the form of expanding the "county discount" implemented by prefectures and counties, including discounts on accommodation fees and issuance of coupons. Each person can receive up to 11,000 yen of support for one night. The national financial support policy for the "county discount" originally scheduled to end at the end of September will be extended to October 10.
In addition, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced that it would launch "event discount" on October 11, and those who have been vaccinated with the new crown vaccine can enjoy the ticket discount policy.
With the launch of the "National Travel Discount", Japan will also relax border port restrictions against the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The above measures aim to attract more international tourists visiting Japan while promoting the development of domestic tourism.
According to the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention and Measures Headquarters on the 27th, as of 0:00 on the same day, South Korea had 39,425 new confirmed cases compared with 0:00 on the previous day, with a total of 24673,663 cases; 26 new deaths, with a total of 28,272 cases.
Yonghap News Agency pointed out that based on the data reported on Tuesday, South Korea's daily number of new confirmed cases hit the lowest record in 11 weeks.
According to Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore 26 reported 1,606 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths. Singapore's seven-day moving average number of cases was 2,176, and the weekly case transmission rate rose from 1.07 to 1.1.
The Bangkok Post quoted data released by the Thai health department on the morning of the 27th as saying that in the past 24 hours, 351 new hospitalization cases and 10 deaths in the country were added.
World Bank said that the easing of the new crown pneumonia epidemic will help promote the development of the tourism industry. Thailand's economic growth rate is expected to be 3.1% this year, higher than the previous forecast of 2.9%. But the World Bank lowered Thailand's expected growth rate of 4.3% in 2023 to 4.1%.
Thailand is expected to see 8 million to 10 million international tourists visit in 2022, and has received about 5 million so far. (End)
