New York raises the level of Covid-19, while Hong Kong relaxes its restrictions
Key Takeaways:
- More than two years after a novel coronavirus triggered a pandemic, the world is still dealing with variants and waves of the deadly virus.
- The Covid-19 alert level in New York City was raised from low to medium, indicating a coronavirus outbreak in a medium-sized community.
- According to Reuters, Africa's first Covid-19 vaccination plant will close due to a shortage of orders.
The world is still trying to deal with variants and waves of the deadly virus more than 2 years after the novel coronavirus triggered a pandemic. China, widely regarded as Covid-19's 'ground zero,' has seen a new surge in cases, prompting Beijing to establish a new round of mass testing. New York has raised its alert level from low to medium in the United States.
On the other hand, Hong Kong is easing restrictions, and India's stock market fell slightly on Tuesday. Increased caseloads in several countries are due to the spread of both the infectious omicron variant and recombinant strains, such as the XE, which have been causing concern.
The following are the top ten global updates:
1. New York City raised its Covid-19 alert level from low to medium, indicating a coronavirus outbreak in a medium-sized community. As per the official data, the number of new cases per 100,000 residents has risen to 209.02, surpassing the threshold of 200 to enter the medium level.
2. On Tuesday, China reported 368 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, including 274 in Shanghai as well as 15 in Beijing. The rest came from 11 other provincial-level regions on the mainland, such as 13 in Heilongjiang, China's northeastern province.
3. China's Beijing has begun a new round of large-scale testing.
4. Taiwan has reduced the mandatory quarantine period for all new arrivals from ten to seven days.
5. India's daily Covid-19 number fell below 3,000 in 24 hours, with 2,568 cases. A total of 4,30,84,913 infections have been recorded as a result of this.
6. The Passenger Locator Form for entering Italy has been abolished, while remaining entry limitations have been developed until the end of the month by Italy's health ministry.
7. According to Reuters, a European Commission official stated that Poland has no "coherent rationale" to induce force majeure in an existing contract to stop paying for more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines.
8. The Aurangabad district disaster management authority has decided that patients must have an RT-PCR test for Covid-19 detection before surgery.
9. On Wednesday, India's advisory panel - NTAGI - will discuss whether or not to allow the precautionary dose of vaccines to be administered early to those traveling abroad for education, employment, sporting events, or business commitments.
10. According to Reuters, Africa's first Covid-19 vaccination plant is on the verge of shutting down due to a lack of orders. It was also conveyed that the plant was hailed last year as a trailblazer for an under-vaccinated continent frustrated by sluggish Western handouts.