The world has recorded 145,291,229 nCoV infections and 3,083,649 deaths, an increase of 858,841 and 12,570 respectively, while 123,257,704 people have recovered, according to real-time statistics site Worldometers.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said that among 21.2 million people who received the first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine as of April 14, 168 cases of blood clotting were detected, of which
Compared to data compiled as of April 5, the number of blood clots and deaths related to the AstraZeneca vaccine increased by 68 and 10 respectively.
`On the basis of this ongoing review, the advice remains that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks for the majority of people,` the MHRA said.
Medical staff injecting Johnson & Johnson vaccine to a woman in Pamplona, Spain on April 22.
Meanwhile, many European Union (EU) member states have begun to re-implement vaccination programs with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, after the bloc’s drug regulatory agency supported the use of the one-dose vaccine.
After reviewing cases of blood clots after vaccination, the safety committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on April 20 concluded `warning of abnormal blood clots and platelet counts in
The US, the largest epidemic area in the world, reported 32,664,333 cases of infection and 584,176 deaths due to nCoV, an increase of 62,282 cases and 846 deaths compared to the previous day.
Nearly 220 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been vaccinated in the US, accounting for 78% of the total of more than 282 million doses distributed.
More than 200 million of those doses have been deployed since President Joe Biden took office, completed a week earlier than the goal the administration set in his first 100 days in office.
About 41% of the US population, nearly 136 million people, have received at least one dose of vaccine and about 27%, more than 89 million people, have completed the vaccination program, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (
India is the second largest epidemic area in the world with 16,257,309 cases of infection and 186,928 deaths, an increase from 332,503 and 2,256 cases respectively the previous day.
On April 22, the Indian Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a ban on oxygen supply for industrial purposes, when many hospitals in the capital New Delhi faced serious oxygen shortages.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also chaired a meeting to assess oxygen supplies across the country, as well as consider ways to boost production and distribution of oxygen sources to hospitals to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.
India fell into an unprecedented tragedy.
Brazil is the third largest epidemic area in the world with 14,167,973 infections and 383,502 deaths, an increase of 45,178 and 1,815 respectively.
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa Etienne said on April 21 that the number of nCoV infections in Brazil is decreasing, including cases in the Amazon region, which has been heavily affected by Covid-19 in recent months.
Sao Paulo, the most populous state in Brazil, is warning of a possible public health disaster in the context of public hospitals here seriously lacking the drugs needed to intubate Covid-19 patients.
France, the fourth largest epidemic area in the world, recorded 5,408,606 cases of infection and 102,164 deaths.
French Prime Minister Jean Caster confirmed on April 22 that domestic travel restrictions will be lifted on May 3 and secondary schools will reopen on the same day.
He added that some businesses, including bars, restaurants and cultural centers, could reopen in mid-May as the pandemic situation improves, three weeks after France entered an extended lockdown.
England, the 7th largest epidemic area in the world, reported 4,389,431 cases of infection and 127,345 deaths, an increase of 2,279 and 18 cases respectively.
The British Ministry of Health said it had discovered 55 more cases of infection with the B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, bringing the total number of cases infected with this variant to 132. Earlier this week, the British Health Minister
Millions of people in the UK who have had a vaccine could be offered Covid passports on May 17 to travel abroad this summer and avoid the possibility of quarantine.
Russia is the fifth largest epidemic region in the world with 4,736,121 infections and 107,103 deaths.
Anna Popova, head of the Federal Agency for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health, said Russia has discovered the formation of a mutation in Siberia that the country calls the `northwestern mutation`.
Earlier this week, Popova said at least 192 cases of the British variant and more than 20 cases of the South African variant had been detected in the UK as of April 16.
In Southeast Asia, Thailand reported 1,470 new infections and 7 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 48,113 and 117 respectively.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand aims to buy an additional 35 million doses of vaccine, in addition to the 65 million doses already purchased, to boost the national vaccination program.
To prevent the latest outbreak that began in April, the government closed schools, banned gatherings of more than 50 people, and banned the sale of alcohol in restaurants for at least two weeks from April 18.
Cambodia recorded 446 more cases of nCoV infection and 5 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected with Covid-19 to 8,193, of which 59 people died.
As of April 22, nearly 1.3 million people in Cambodia, equivalent to 8% of the population, have been vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Ministry of Health.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on April 21 reminded all officials and law enforcement officials of the country not to use force and insults against people when implementing blockade measures to prevent Covid-19.
Laos, reported 94 new cases, an increase of 6 cases compared to yesterday.
Travel from Vientiane to other provinces and from other provinces to the capital is prohibited, except for permanent residents in the capital moving back from the provinces, commercial trucks, goods and licensed individuals.
Vientiane residents are prohibited from leaving home unless there is an essential need.
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