Asia

In India, the disease situation was serious. The country recorded 169,899 new infections in the past 24 hours, an unprecedented high since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths recorded on the same day is also at the highest level in the past 5 months, with 904 cases.

New Delhi alone is witnessing the fourth wave of epidemics, when the number of new infections reached 10,732 cases, compared with the previous month, only less than 200 new infections were recorded each day. To respond to the situation, Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged people to be vaccinated and to comply with anti-epidemic regulations such as wearing masks, washing hands often, and not leaving the house if not needed.

In Japan, the credit data analysis company Teikoku Databank released data showing that, in the last fiscal year (ended on March 31, 2021), the rising sun island nation recorded a total of 715 attacks. production in the food service industry, is the third largest in the past 20 years. The reason is attributed to the industry struggling with labor shortages and after the consumption tax in Japan was increased by 2 percentage points, to 10%.

In Southeast Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Cambodia warned that the country was on the brink of a national tragedy caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, when the number of infections in the community as well as the number of deaths. unexpectedly high. Accordingly, if Cambodia fails to stop the ongoing outbreak, the entire health system is in danger of being overloaded, causing catastrophic consequences.

On the same day, the Cambodian government issued an 8-article ordinance on compulsory vaccination of government officials and armed forces, warning that inoculation evasion would be disciplined. However, the ordinance does not apply to individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to health reasons, but must have a certificate from a medical authority.

Meanwhile, Laos recorded a case of Covid-19 as a 41-year-old Thai business man who has been in Laos for more than a year. This is considered the first case of community infection in the country after about 1 year. This patient was exposed to a number of Thais who entered illegally about 1 week ago.

Facing the above situation, Laos has called on people to increase caution in the upcoming New Year Bun Pi May 2021; Fully comply with regulations and preventive measures of Covid-19 to minimize the risk of facing the country with a new outbreak.

Thailand also recorded a record high number of new infections in a single day since outbreaks, with 967 recorded cases in the past 24 hours. Bangkok capital alone accounts for the most with 236 cases. Thailand does not currently have a policy to allow Covid-19 patients to be treated at home and those infected are hospitalized. In case the hospital is out of bed, there will be a referral system to the field hospital and the hotel hospital system to treat patients with mild symptoms.

Europe

In Europe, France overtook Russia as the country most affected by Covid-19 with a total of more than 5 million cases. However, the UK was the country with the most deaths (127,080). Russia and the UK have both recorded more than 4.3 million cases, while Italy and Spain have more than 3.3 million. Germany and Poland have more than 2.5 million cases.

The epidemic in the UK has improved thanks to a successful vaccination campaign, whereby non-essential stores such as barber shops, beer shops and fitness centers will be reopened on April 12. , for the first time in 2021.

Due to the highest increase in new infections per day in the past two weeks, the Netherlands has abandoned plans to loosen the blockade measures ahead of time - which is expected to last until April 28.

Americas

In the Americas, apart from the US and Brazil ranked first in the world in terms of cases and deaths, Colombia and Argentina recorded more than 2.5 million cases, Mexico had 2.2 million.

Canada recorded a total of 30,108 cases of 3-variant infections with strong infectious characteristics of SARS-CoV-2, out of a total of 1,058,652 infections in the country. The spread of these variants is thought to be the cause of the third wave of epidemic going in a serious direction. Canadian Public Health Director Theresa Tam expressed concern about a variant discovered in Brazil that could reduce the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine. Theresa Tam stressed that controlling the spread of this variant is the top priority task.