Kyodo News Agency Tokyo reported on January 27 that as the more contagious Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly in Tokyo and other places, the daily new confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Japan set a record on the 26th, exceeding 70,000.
According to the report, the total number of new cases was 71,633, nearly 10,000 more than the number of new cases on the 25th, and hit a record high for the second consecutive day.
Japanese infectious disease expert Ryuji Wakita said at a news conference that although the number of new infections in some foreign countries is on the decline, "it is not clear when the number of infections in Japan will begin to decrease."
According to a report by Kyodo News Agency Tokyo on January 26, regarding Omi kerong, it was learned from the statistics of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan on the 26th that at least 27 subtypes of strains different from the current mainstream Omikejong strains were found in Japan.
According to the report, the subtype is BA.2, which has spread in Europe and Asia, and the nature of the part is more unclear. Kyoto University professor Hiroshi Nishiura and others summarized the results of the analysis on the same day, saying that its infectivity is 18% stronger than the So far Omicron strain, calling for the need to be vigilant against future epidemics.
According to the report, compared with the mainstream Omiljung strain BA.1, the mutation site of BA.2 is slightly different. A summary analysis of Nishiura based on Danish data said that BA.2 "has increased by nearly 20% of its infectivity, which is a big difference" and needs to be very carefully monitored for future spread in Japan.
According to Yonhap News Agency Seoul reported on January 27, at a time when the highly contagious Aomi Kerong mutant strain spread in South Korea at an unprecedented rate, the country's daily increase in confirmed cases exceeded 14,000 on the 27th, breaking the record for the third consecutive day.
The Korea Centers for Disease Management said the country added 14,518 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 14,301 locally confirmed cases, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to more than 770,000.
In addition, according to south Korea's "JoongAng Daily" website reported on January 26, due to the epidemic of TheOmetch rong virus, the prediction of a geometric increase in confirmed patients in South Korea is becoming a reality.
According to the "Short-term Forecast Results" submitted by the Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters in South Korea, assuming that the transmission rate of the Aomi Kerong variant strain is three times that of the Delta variant strain, the number of new confirmed patients will reach 27,000 to 36,800 in the middle of next month, and will increase to 79,500 to 122,200 by the end of next month.
According to the Latin American News Agency Washington reported on January 26, the Pan American Health Organization reported on the 26th that the number of new cases of new coronavirus infection in the Americas in the past week exceeded 8 million, which is the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.
Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization, said at a regular press conference on the 26th that compared with the previous week, the number of infections in the Americas has increased by 32% in the past week, and the number of deaths has increased by 37%, reaching 18,000.
In North America, the number of infections in the United States remains the highest, although the number of new positive cases in the past week has decreased by nearly 1 million compared to the previous week.
Etienne noted that as the coronavirus spreads more actively and rapidly than ever before, it is clear that the Omikejunn variant is now the dominant strain in the region.
Source: Reference News Network