The director-general of who, tandese, has recently reminded him that he is now assertingThe epidemicIt is too early to conclude。
In recent days, the epidemic has peaked in many countries in asia with the continued prevalence of omikron and its subvariant strains。
Of which, the first 100,000 cases were diagnosed on a single dayKorea50 times as many deaths as last monthJapanThe epidemic is particularly serious。
In the face of the rise in the epidemic, the korean government is considering relaxing its vaccination measures before the presidential election on march 9, and the japanese government has yet to exercise effective control over the united states military base in japan that detonated the outbreak。
When will the world leave the epidemic and welcome spring? Everything is still unknown。
Korea:
The government is considering easing measures
On the one hand, protests by small businesses and individual households, and on the other hand, a further surge in confirmed cases, the korean government has recently been in a dilemma。
109831 cases. For the first time since the outbreak, more than 100,000 new single-day confirmed cases have been reported in korea. After the first 50,000 cases on 10th of this month, the number of single-day infections in korea almost doubled in just one week。
Koreans are queuing for nucleic acid tests. Source: korea federation
Even so, the korean government announced earlier in the 18th day that, starting this weekend, the opening of cafés and restaurants would be extended by one hour to 10 p. M。
Why does the korean government insist on “go backwards”
“the situation of small business owners and self-employed persons is worrying.” on 18 december, the president of the republic of korea, in his statement, stated that the time had come to “solve the livelihood of the people”. Previously, this group, mentioned in the context of this article, had strongly protested against the tightening of immunization measures, which had slowed down their businesses。
In the eyes of the korean chancellor of state kim, this round seems inevitable. He said, “this is a phase to be crossed like others”。
The attitude of the korean government and its actions have caused resentment and concern among korean media and medical experts。
According to the korean journal of culture, the upcoming presidential election and the government's attempts to relax measures “have strong political intent” and are suspected of being a vote-raiser。
According to zheng ki-sik, a respiratory physician at the sanctuary hospital of the university of harringe, korea, if the government were to make a statement that the epidemic was being ignored, it was likely that it would lead to a “defunct national awareness” and that “one-day diagnosis would soon reach 200,000 cases”。
Another expert predicts that, as a result of the omikian mutation strain, a single-day diagnosis of a case or peak in mid-march in the republic of korea, about 270,000 people。
Japan:
The rate of proliferation is unprecedented
In japan, korea's neighbour, the unpredictable epidemic is taking more lives。
On 17 september, there were 269 new deaths in japan, the highest recorded since the outbreak. From 1 to 16 february, a total of 2175 people died as a result of the epidemic in japan, approximately 54 times as many as during the same period in january (40 persons). Of these, the highest proportion is in the senior age group。
It was also reported by the japan association (nhk) that on 17 february, local time, 95,208 new confirmed cases were reported in this report, over 90,000 cases for two consecutive days. As of 15, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in japan exceeded 4 million。
The nhk data show that japan reported the first confirmed case to 1 million cases, lasting approximately 1 year and 7 months; from 1 million cases to 20 january, breaking 2 million cases for 5 and a half months; from 2 million cases to 3 million cases for about two weeks; and from 3 to 4 million cases for 12 days。
Japan’s rapid surge in the epidemic is no longer contested, and it is no wonder that japan’s expert meeting of the ministry of health, labour and welfare, and its team of experts have lamented the “unprecedented” rate of spread。
At a press conference on 17 march, prime minister wen hsimoto of japan announced the extension of the priority measures to combat the epidemic in 17 prefectures of tokyo and osaka until 6 march. “priority measures” are second only to states of emergency and include shorter operating hours in the catering industry and restrictions on the provision of alcohol。
Japan will ease entry restrictions as of march. Figure : new channel times
At the same time, japan will liberalize the entry of foreigners for non-tourist purposes, such as students, business people and skilled interns, from 3,500 to 5,000 per day。
It is noteworthy that the fastest spread of this round, which has rebounded since the end of 2021, is in places where the population is not densely populated, such as okinawa, the pass and hiroshima。
In response, the governor of okinawa state, danny of jade city, argued that “there is no doubt that the presence of united states troops in japan is one of the main reasons for the spread of the epidemic”。
For a long time, the u. S. Forces in japan have enjoyed certain privileges on the ground, and even during the outbreak, japan once exempted the u. S. Forces from testing for nucleic acids when they entered the country. In general, japan's unmasked attitude towards the united states military, for example, has been one of “opening one eye and one eye”。
“everyone is disappointed with the government of japan”, the japanese senate member, golitsy, said, for some reason, that the japanese government has always been so weak before the united states that “this feeling is very strong in the hearts of okinawans”。
Wew:
The omikronian variant is 30% more contagious
A record number of cases were diagnosed on a single day basis, along with indonesia and brunei, china's maritime neighbours。
On 17 july, the latest data released by the indonesian national agency for disaster control showed that the country had more than 63956 new confirmed cases than the previous day, with a cumulative total of over 5 million confirmed cases, and that one-day confirmed cases had broken the peak level of last july。
Overseas tourists arrive at indonesian airports. Source: al-jazeera
On the same day, the number of new single-day confirmed cases in brunei reached 2015, a new high since the outbreak。
The asian epidemic is only a microcosm of the global epidemic. Recent data from johns hopkins university in the united states show that, as of the afternoon of 18, there were 419,730,187 cumulative coronal confirmed cases worldwide and 5,863,257 cumulative deaths。
On 15 january, who noted that research data showed that the omikronian variant ba. 2 was more easily transmitted and that “the subvariant increased by 30 per cent the infectiousness of the original strain of omikron”, but the severity of the disease was no different from the original strain。
In recent days, who director-general tandese has repeatedly reminded that it is too early to assert that the epidemic is coming to an end。
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