WHO predicted when the COVID-19 pandemic will end

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to completely defeat the COVID-19 pandemic in less than two years. According to the head of the WHO, Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus, the current pandemic is similar to the Spanish flu epidemic that hit the earth 100 years ago. He recalled how the world suffered in those difficult times. Writes about it with the BBC.

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“On the one hand, the world is more global, we have more connections, which means there are more opportunities to get infected faster. But on the other hand, the situation compares favorably with 1918 because we have more technology and we hope to eradicate the virus in less than two years,” the head of WHO said on Friday, August 21.

According to estimates by Johns Hopkins University, more than 23 million people have been infected with coronavirus worldwide. The pandemic has spread across the territories of 188 countries. The increase in the number of infected people in 24 hours exceeded 280 thousand. Over the entire time of the pandemic, more than 795 thousand COVID-19 cases have died.

For comparison: the so-called Spanish flu in three global waves from February 1918 to April 1920 killed 50 million people, although more than 500 million were infected with it.

Friday, August 21, on site Lebanon a two-week quarantine was introduced. The authorities fear further spread of infection and overload of local health services. Quarantine measures, including curfews, will have no impact on recovery operations Beirut after a powerful explosion in the port... In total, about 11 thousand cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Lebanon. The death toll has reached 113.

South Korean the authorities are faced with another problem, they are trying to track thousands of participants in the anti-government rally, which took place on August 15-16. Most of the protesters were parishioners of the Sarang Jail Protestant Church. It was in it that the outbreak of infection was recorded.

On Friday, August 21, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of South Korea announced 324 new infections over the past day - this is a new record since the beginning of March.

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В Beijing for the first time in months of quarantine, people can walk the streets without masks. Local authorities report that the rate of spread of COVID-19 in the capital is constantly decreasing. They do not plan to remove social distancing measures, while the Chinese are in no hurry to take off their masks.

В Hong Kong from September 1, a free coronavirus test will be available for everyone. It should be noted that the number of local residents is 7,4 million.

However, some experts believe that the new initiative of the authorities is also intended to collect DNA samples from the population for further control. In contrast, the head of Hong Kong Carrie Lam said that all the tests taken would be destroyed.

В India the number of people infected with coronavirus is rapidly approaching 3 million.On the last day alone, on August 21, the number of cases increased by 68 thousand.

Situation in Europe

В Berlin representatives of 41 schools said that among their students and teachers there are carriers of the coronavirus. Such results were collected in just two weeks of work of educational institutions.

Poland faced the largest jump in incidence. According to information provided by the Polish Ministry of Health, there are 903 new cases and 13 deaths in the country.

Most of all, the number of infected is increasing due to people traveling on vacation abroad, as well as holding major events, in particular weddings.

In total, 60 thousand people infected with coronavirus were recorded in Poland. The total number of deaths from the disease is 1,3 thousand, which is significantly less than in other European countries.

Friday 21 August, Minister of Health Spain Fernando Simon said: "Make no mistake: things are not going well." Over the past few days, about 3 thousand new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Spain. The disease spreads, as a rule, at the expense of young people who do not follow the rules of self-isolation and social distance.

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In France there is also an increase in the rate of spread of COVID-19. Over the past day, 4,7 thousand new infected were recorded, 35 large foci were identified. French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquet said that children over 11 years old will be required to wear masks on the territory of schools. In the lower grades, only teachers will have to wear masks.

В Lithuania authorities have obliged citizens to wear masks at all events, both outdoor and indoor. You will also have to wear masks when visiting public catering establishments.

Japan tests innovative door handles that are adapted to elbow pressure. Thus, the authorities are trying to reduce the rate of spread of the coronavirus. Know-how has so far been established by Tokyo-based ANA only at Haneda Airport.

The “elbow handles” consist of two components: the first is a sliding lock that allows the user to close the door with his elbow; the second is for easy door opening.

After some time, ANA will conduct a survey of its passengers, based on the results of which it will be decided whether to release the new type of door handles to the general market. Previously, such a mechanism was tested in other countries.

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, say a coronavirus vaccine they have developed could be submitted for registration by October.

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