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COVID-19 Pandemic News

Other Security News

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• BA.5 becoming dominant Omicron subvariant across the world: health official People's Daily 09 Jul 2022 -- The Omicron subvariant BA.5 is becoming the dominant strain of COVID-19 across the world and is causing cluster infections in China, a Chinese health official told a press conference on Friday.

United States

• U.S. fails getting social science right in fight with COVID-19: official People's Daily 09 Jul 2022 -- U.S. scientists and public health officials have mostly nailed the medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continually adapted the safety guidelines and treatment plans accordingly, but often fail to communicate effectively about those shifts, reported CNBC on Thursday.

China

• HKSAR gov't appeals to all sectors to continue to fight COVID-19 together People's Daily 09 Jul 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday strongly appealed to all sectors of the community including domestic helpers to continue to fight the COVID-19 virus together.
• Chinese mainland reports 67 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 09 Jul 2022 -- The Chinese mainland Friday reported 67 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 25 in Anhui and 11 in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Saturday.
• Newer Omicron subvariants account for over 70 pct new infections in U.S. People's Daily 09 Jul 2022 -- The newer and most contagious Omicron subvariants, known as BA.4 and BA.5, now made up over 70 percent of COVID-19 infections in the United States, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week.

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 198.65 Cr India PIB 09 Jul 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 198.65 Cr (1,98,65,36,288) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,60,37,032 sessions.
• COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 540 India PIB 09 Jul 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 198.75 Crore (1,98,75,32,165) today. More than 8 lakh (8,95,664) Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
• Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 09 Jul 2022 --
• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 09 Jul 2022

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 2 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 09 Jul 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 141,429 with 2 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Saturday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 28,135 new COVID-19 cases, 94 deaths CNA 09 Jul 2022 -- Taiwan recorded 28,135 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday -- 28,028 domestic and 107 imported infections -- as well as 94 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

North Korea

• Epidemic Spread and Treatment Results in DPRK KCNA 09 Jul 2022 -- According to information of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, more than 1 590 fever cases, with over 1 790 recoveries, were reported from 18:00 of July 7 to 18:00 of July 8 throughout the country.
• Anti-epidemic Work Further Intensified in DPRK KCNA 09 Jul 2022 -- Efforts are directed to turning all regions of the country into epidemic-free ones at the earliest date possible in the DPRK.