And the World Health Organization indicated that only the Western Pacific region witnessed an increase in infections with the Corona virus, recording an increase of 46 percent.
And last week, Hong Kong recorded about 150 deaths per day, the highest death rate in the world per million people, according to Oxford University data.
And swept the mutant "Omicron" Highly contagious from the coronavirus, recently the semi-autonomous Chinese city, which led to the imposition of mass quarantines, and caused a frantic buying of goods, as well as overcrowding of city morgues, forcing the authorities to store corpses in refrigerated shipping containers.
Elsewhere, injuries decreased "Covid 19" Significantly, the Middle East and Africa region saw the largest decline, with cases declining by 46 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
Salim Abdulkarim, an official at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, said: "The moderation of the Omicron outbreak and the low death toll have created a widespread impression that COVID-19 is over".
Timelessness "Associated Press" On the authority of Abd al-Karim, he said that "It is still not clear when the pandemic will end"But he added that the number of deaths decreased during the wave "Omicron" It was amazing.
Many scientists attributed this to the booster immunization programs implemented in many rich countries, which cut the link between infection "Covid 19" and acute illness.
Numerous scientific studies have demonstrated that booster doses of approved vaccines help restore diminished immunity and protect against "Covid 19" Dangerous, especially in light of the global spread of the mutant "Omicron".
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In its latest report, the organization said that new infections with “Covid 19” decreased by 5 percent last week, continuing the downward trend that began more than a month ago, and related deaths decreased by 8 percent, and decreased globally during the past two weeks.
Media attention around the world declined in the Corona crisis, with Russia starting a military attack on Ukraine on February 24, which turned the attention sharply to the war amid fears of its expansion.
And the World Health Organization indicated that only the Western Pacific region witnessed an increase in infections with the Corona virus, recording an increase of 46 percent.
And last week, Hong Kong recorded about 150 deaths per day, the highest death rate in the world per million people, according to Oxford University data.
swept the mutant”OmicronHighly contagious from the coronavirus, recently the semi-autonomous Chinese city, prompted mass quarantines, frenzied buying of goods, as well as overcrowding in city morgues, forcing authorities to store corpses in refrigerated shipping containers.
Elsewhere, injuries decreased.Covid 19Significantly, the Middle East and Africa region witnessed the largest decline, with cases declining by 46 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
“The moderation of the Omicron outbreak and the low death toll have created a widespread impression that Covid 19 is over,” said Salem Abdul Karim, an official at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The Associated Press quoted Abdel Karim as saying that “it is still not clear when the pandemic will end,” but he added that the decrease in the number of deaths during the “Omicron” wave was staggering.
Many scientists attributed the credit for this to the enhanced immunization programs implemented in many rich countries, which severed the link between “Covid 19” infection and acute illness.
And many scientific studies have proven that booster doses of authorized vaccines help restore diminished immunity and protect against the dangerous “Covid 19”, especially in light of the global spread of the “Omicron” mutant.