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Although it is the new year, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in countries around the world such as Japan and the UK is the highest ever.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization’s WHO is the first to certify emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine so that it can be vaccinated in less developed countries.
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Let’s start with the news from Japan.
The number of new confirmed cases is rapidly increasing so that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is even reviewing the emergency declaration?
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Yes, the spread is steep.
Looking at the statistics of today’s public broadcaster NHK, the number of newly confirmed corona 19 confirmed yesterday across Japan was 4,520, the highest record per day.
It surpassed the 3,880 confirmed cases recorded on the 26th of last month.
The cumulative confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Japan amounted to 236,000 and the death toll was 3,500.
In particular, in Tokyo, the capital city, the spread of Corona 19 has not stopped, with confirmed cases recording a thousand people for the first time a day.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has also decided to consider asking the government for an emergency declaration, NHK said.
In April of last year, the Japanese government declared an emergency with the aim of refraining from going out and reducing restaurant business hours to 7 metropolitan local governments, where there were many corona19 confirmed cases, such as Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture, and then expanded it nationwide. They all turned off after a month and a half.
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Britain, where the’mutant virus’ was found, also recorded 50,000 new cases for three consecutive days.
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Yes, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases in the UK hit the 50,000 level for three consecutive days.
The British government announced that on the last day of 2020, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases was 5,5892.
This is the most since the outbreak of Corona 19, an increase of nearly 3,000 people compared to the previous record on the 29th.
On the 29th, 30th, and 31st, there were 50,000 people for three consecutive days.
As a result, the cumulative confirmed cases increased to 2488,000, and the cumulative death toll amounted to 73,000.
The government also demanded that individuals spend the New Year at home, saying that individuals should feel their own responsibility to prevent the spread of Corona 19.
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The World Health Organization’s WHO approved the first emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine?
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Yes, it is.
In a statement yesterday, the WHO said that Pfizer Biontech’s vaccine was certified for emergency use for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.
The WHO explained that the Pfizer vaccine met the ingredients safety and effectiveness criteria.
In addition, to prevent the deterioration of this vaccine, it said that it is reviewing measures to support countries that do not have such facilities as it requires distribution at cryogenic temperatures.
Previously, more than 10 countries, including the UK, the US and the European Union, have already approved the use of this vaccine, and you may be wondering what the WHO approved means.
Countries with drug approval organizations, such as developed countries, can approve the COVID-19 vaccine according to their own procedures, but in less developed countries, the WHO’s approval has provided an opportunity to import and distribute the vaccine.
So far, the International Department has delivered it.
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