India has the highest number of COVID cases in eight months
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More than 271 thousand new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the country per day, more than 300 patients died.
India recorded 271,202 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, an eight-month high. About it informs Al Jazeera on Sunday, January 16th.
In total, India has already confirmed 37.12 million cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, 48,066 people have died (314 the day before).
As the publication points out, a surge in the incidence may be caused by mass events in connection with Hindu holidays – on January 14, Hindus celebrated the Makarsankranti holiday, accompanied by immersion in the holy river, which washes away sins from a person. Most believers did not wear masks and did not observe any quarantine restrictions.
In turn, Indian doctors and the Ministry of Health warned that such celebrations could cause a huge number of Omicron infections. In 2021, an outbreak of infections occurred precisely after this holiday.
Recall that earlier the WHO said, When will COVID become endemic?. There are countries in the world where the level of vaccination against coronavirus covers only one percent of the total population.
It has also been reported that the COVAX mechanism delivered 1 billion doses of COVID vaccines. The COVAX Global Facility has delivered the first billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 144 countries.
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