Deaths from coronavirus on the rise worldwide after weeks of decline, warns WHO
Deaths from coronavirus on the rise worldwide after weeks of decline, warns WHOGlobal deaths due to covid-19 are on the rise following weeks of steady increases in the number of new cases, according to the World Health Organization.
Also, new infections fell around the world for six consecutive weeks in January and February but recently began climbing again under pressure from more transmissible variants and the relaxation of restrictions — a phenomenon also observed in the United States. Deaths are now catching up with a 3 percent global rise in fatalities over the past week — Southeast Asia in particular has seen a major increase of 14 percent.
More than three-quarters of all new cases and deaths were reported in Europe and the Americas. Brazil, however, has been particularly devastated, reporting a record 3,251 deaths Tuesday — four times more than the much larger United States. The global trend suggests that U.S. deaths, which have continued to fall for months, may soon rise again as well.
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Hong Kong and Macao suspended their rollout of the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, citing packaging defects related to a single batch of doses. This is creating concern among those who’ve had one dose of the vaccine co-produced by Pfizer.
Federal data says nearly half of U.S. public schools are open for in-person classes, indicating the nation is approaching the goal set by President Biden for a return to in-person learning, although still a long way from normalcy.
In his first interview since taking office, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said coronavirus vaccines must “reach people where they are,” at farm fields and construction sites, to ease profound racial and ethnic disparities.
Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia joined a growing list of states opening vaccinations to their general adult populations by the end of the month.
In an unusual rebuke, an independent review board said AstraZeneca may have only used partial data when it announced the results from its U.S. vaccine trial, in the latest set back for the British-Swedish drug company.
At least 83.9 million people have received one or both doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States. More than 544,000 people have died of coronavirus in the country, out of almost 30 million confirmed cases.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday reversed a decision to close stores and ban church services over the Easter holiday weekend, as public criticism mounts over an increasingly confused coronavirus response.
Merkel said the idea to increase restrictions over the weekend had the best of intentions, as coronavirus cases rapidly increase and new variants become dominant.
“Nevertheless, the idea of a so-called Easter rest was a mistake,” she said. “The error is mine alone.”
The decision was taken during a meeting among the heads of Germany’s 16 states that wrapped up in the early hours of Tuesday. But it was quickly criticized by churches, industry groups and some epidemiologists, who said the brief and limited additional measures would make little difference in the battle against the virus.
More general restrictions, which include restricting contacts to two households, will continue until at least mid-April, amid a sluggish vaccine rollout.
The country was once lauded for its coronavirus response, but Germans are losing their patience, with coronavirus restrictions in place since the beginning of November. That has been hurting Merkel’s party in the polls just months ahead of the country’s general election, with the Christian Democratic Union sliding more than 10 percentage points in some surveys since a peak in support last year.