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Today's "Good Morning World" includes: more than 10,000 new confirmed cases for five consecutive days, Vietnam sent troops to assist in the blockade; the Tokyo Paralympic Games will open on the 24th; Biden: The Taliban must make a "fundamental decision".
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On August 23, 2021, local time, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, military personnel stood guard in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam has deployed troops to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on the same day to assist in the city's lockdown measures. As the national business center of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City has become the epicenter of the country's new round of epidemics. At present, the epidemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City is not optimistic. Reuters quoted data from the country's Ministry of Health as saying that the number of confirmed cases of new crown in Ho Chi Minh City has reached 176,000.
Round the world at a glance
The Tokyo Paralympic Games will open on the 24th
On August 23, 2021, local time, Tokyo, Japan, the night view of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games logo is particularly conspicuous.
Biden: The Taliban must make a "fundamental decision"
On August 22, 2021, local time, Washington, D.C., US President Joe Biden said at the White House that the Taliban must make a fundamental decision. That is, whether the Taliban will unite for the well-being of the Afghan people.
Biden made this statement in his speech on the same day on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said the Taliban were seeking legitimacy recognized by other countries and "whether they are really committed to it, we will wait and see."
Due to the spread of the new crown epidemic, New Zealand's "lockdown" measures will be extended
On August 23, 2021 local time, Wellington, New Zealand, New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern announced that in view of the spread of the new crown epidemic, the government decided to extend the current "lockdown" measures in Auckland to midnight on August 31, and the "lockdown" measures in other regions to midnight on August 28, local time.
The number of new confirmed cases in a single day in the Philippines hit a new high since the outbreak
On August 23, 2021, local time, Quezon City, Philippines, people wearing masks waited for the car in Quezon City, Philippines. The Philippine Department of Health reported on the 23rd that there were 18,332 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus in the country, setting a new high for the number of confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Testing for COVID-19 antibodies in children aged 3 to 12 years has begun in Israel
On August 22, 2021 local time, a child in Richon Lezion, Israel, received a new crown serum antibody test. Israel began to test for new crown serum antibodies for children aged 3 to 12 years old on the 22nd to understand the situation of unvaccinated children who are already immune to the new crown virus.
Afghan campus
On August 22, 2021, local time, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, local female students attended classes in a school in Kunduz.
Affected by the strike of German passenger train drivers, there are few passengers at many railway stations
On August 23, 2021, local time, Berlin, Germany, the German train drivers' union went on strike, and the scope of the strike was expanded from cargo transportation to passenger transportation, and passengers were scarce at many railway stations.
Bluefin tuna returned to Danish waters after a gap of 50 years, and the crown prince helped mark it
On August 23, 2021 local time, Skagen, Denmark, Crown Prince Frederick (right) of Denmark helped mark bluefin tuna. The Technical University of Denmark is monitoring the activity of bluefin tuna, which have returned to Danish waters after disappearing for about 50 years.
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