New Delhi: Coronavirus has again gained momentum in the world. Corona is at its peak in Scotland and Wales, while Covid cases in England are close to record levels. The Health Department of France said on Monday that in the last 24 hours, the number of people admitted to the hospital due to corona has increased rapidly. After February 1, the maximum number of people were admitted to hospitals in France on Sunday.
The BA-2 variant of Corona’s Omicron is spreading rapidly in China and parts of Europe. This includes France, Italy, Germany, and the UK. According to official figures, around 4.2 million people were infected in the UK last week. At the same time, a record 2,96,498 new corona cases were registered in Germany a day earlier. However, now the situation is improving in Hong Kong. China’s Shanghai is currently the hotspot of this variant.
Talking about Italy, more than 90 thousand patients were found here in two days. On Monday, more than 30 thousand new cases of Omicron were found here. Earlier on Sunday, about 60 thousand people were infected.
According to Reuters, more than 4,400 cases were found in the main city of Shanghai on Monday. Here again, the lockdown has been imposed. The Shanghai government has allowed some manufacturers to operate in a closed-loop system.
Around 4.26 million people were infected last week across the UK, which is slightly less than the 4.3 million positive cases found in the first week of January 2022. Despite the number of infections, Omicron’s mild symptoms after New Year’s celebrations resulted in far fewer deaths than in previous waves.
The graph of Covid in India is continuously falling. Last time the epidemic had reached its peak only after Holi, but this time it has not happened. Experts say that after Delta, both BA-1 and BA-2 variants of Omicron have spread here. This time due to the vaccine there is super immunity and these viruses are not able to show effect.
Omicron is spreading its panic in South Korea. On Monday, 10 people who came here 5 thousand cases of corona have also died.
French health officials said on Monday that the number of patients hospitalized for Covid in the last 24 hours had increased from 467 to 21,073. According to reports, this is the highest daily increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations in France since February 1.
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was also found to be Covid positive on Monday. At present, he is working in isolation. Naftali is coming to India on 2 April.
America has relaxed the Covid-19 travel rules for Indian travelers. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday (local time) eased its COVID-19 travel advisory for India from level three (high risk) to level one (low risk).
There are currently 2,326 patients being treated in Scottish hospitals, a new record. The number of people hospitalized in England and Wales is also increasing.
During this time, cases of corona have decreased in some countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said about the increase in corona cases in many countries of the world that it is only a glimpse of big trouble. The corona epidemic is neither over yet nor has it become like a seasonal disease. In such a situation, the threat of a new wave remains.
