On Thursday, about 155.21 million people worldwide, excluding mainland China, were infected with the Chinese Communist virus and more than 3.24 million died. India broke 412,000 new cases in a single day, with nearly 4,000 deaths, as the outbreak spread to rural areas. CDC says there is a way out to fight the epidemic. Biden supports abandoning vaccine patents.
India broke a new record Thursday with 412,262 new confirmed cases and 3,980 deaths.
A second wave of the outbreak has caused the health system to collapse, with variants of the virus rapidly spreading from urban to rural areas.
Sandeep Nayar, director of the Center for Thoracic Respiratory Diseases: “This particular new strain is really very deadly, more contagious, can catch anything, and has affected the younger generation.”
In the past 24 hours in the United States, 46,585 new cases were confirmed and 739 people died.
The CDC said Wednesday that the spread of the British variant of B.1.1.7 has accelerated, with the number of cases peaking in May and set to drop sharply in July. Meanwhile, the national hospitalization and death rates remain low.
CDC Director Varensky: “Now let’s be hopeful about what the summer might bring.”
Walensky also warned that the variant virus remains a major concern and that an outbreak could have serious consequences.
The White House announced Wednesday that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines.
U.S. Trade Representative Dyche’s statement said, “The U.S. government believes strongly in intellectual property protection, but supports waiving (patent) protection for the new coronavirus vaccine in order to end the plague.”
Shares of vaccine majors Modena, German Biotech) and Pfizer fell sharply on the news.
European Commission President von der Leyen said Thursday that the EU is ready to discuss abandoning vaccine patents.
Health Canada announced Wednesday that it has licensed Pfizer as the first vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years.
Authorities said the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective for this age group.
Alberta, which has the highest incidence of the disease, will be the first region to vaccinate people over the age of 12 starting May 10.
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