【無了期唔知幾時完嘅武漢肺炎】國際疫情討論區09

蒙古新增只得44宗仲要歷史高位只係61宗，咁都排到亞洲咁高？
剩係香港個數大佢好多喎

南韓新增357宗確診 多11人不治

南韓過去一日新增357宗新型冠狀病毒確診個案，是連續兩天低於400宗，當中社區感染病例有330宗。

另外，新增11宗死亡病例，累計1573人不治。

選舉事務處一名文書主任確診 九龍灣國貿辦公室須消毒

選舉事務處今日得悉一名文書主任確診新型肺炎，該名人員於九龍灣國際展貿中心13樓工作，負責選民登記後勤工作，辦公室不對外開放。他最近一次上班日期為本月20日，目前已入院接受治療。

該名員工工作時一直有戴口罩，上班期間一直有探測體溫，體溫正常。

選舉事務處下午已關閉國貿的辦公室進行消毒，設於該樓層的查詢櫃位及選舉資訊中心暫停服務直至另行通知。而由於查詢熱線組的工作地點屬同一樓層，因此選舉事務處電話查詢服務亦受影響，只能維持有限度服務，直至另行通知。

增12宗新型肺炎確診 11宗本地個案中3宗源頭不明

本港新增12宗新型肺炎確診個案，包括1宗輸入及11宗本地個案 ，當中3宗感染源頭不明。 另外，初步陽性個案有10多宗。

新增源頭不明個案包括1名無業人士、1名於牛頭角創業街從事電話銷售工作的人士；1人於荃灣一間食肆任職廚房。

初步陽個案，當中包括1名63歲男士，有兼職為餐廳駕車，接載客人到清水灣一間食肆，患者居於杏花邨，有家人初步確診。旺角帝京餅店有售貨員亦初步確診，居於沙田。另一名初步確診者，是22歲男子，他於農曆新年期間在花墟一間花店賣花，居於長沙灣福華街的唐樓。

至於1宗輸入個案，患者由菲律賓來港，病毒株屬N501Y。

消息：午夜起放寬限聚令至4人

消息指，行政會議通過放寬限聚令至4人，午夜起生效。

政府上星期四起恢復晚市堂食至10時，容許4人一桌。食物及衞生局局長陳肇始早前曾表示，當局想放寬限聚令至4人，但有待行政會議開會才能夠修改相關法例，行政會議上周二休會。

日本東京都新增275宗新型肺炎確診個案，連續三日少於300宗。

京都府、大阪府和兵庫縣知事認為，當地的確診病例和住院患者正在減少，因此要求中央政府提前在本月底，解除三個地區的緊急事態宣言。首相菅義偉預料明日與經濟再生擔當大臣西村康稔，以及厚生勞動相田村憲久等官員磋商。

日本放送協會報道，政府對在3月7日的限期前解除緊急事態宣言態度審慎，認為醫療系統仍然面對壓力。

印度衞生官員上周六（20日）表示，全國近日出現多達240種變種新冠病毒株，部分極具傳染性，甚至會令具抗體的康復者再次染疫，因此要達致群體免疫是不可能任務。

10:52 GMT+8, 24 Feb 2021

Coronavirus Cases: 112,648,308
Deaths: 2,496,650
Recovered: 88,233,851

南韓新增440宗確診個案 累計8萬8千多人染病

南韓新增440宗新型肺炎確診個案，時隔三天回升至400宗以上，累計8萬8千多宗確診。

新增病例大部分屬社區感染。另外，再多3人染病離世，累計1576人死亡。

意大利單日增356宗與新型肺炎有關死亡個案

意大利單日錄得356宗與新型肺炎有關的死亡個案，再多超過1萬3千人確診。

當地星期二新增近200人，入住深切治療部；目前有超過2千1百人在深切治療部；當局單日為超過30萬3千人，進行病毒檢測。

自去年爆發疫情，意大利累積死亡人數在9萬6千以上，是歐洲第二多，僅次於英國；累積約280萬人確診。

Tokyo +213
***public holiday yesterday

Oman to suspend incoming flights from 10 countries amid spread of Covid-19 variants

Oman's supreme committee for dealing with Covid-19 has decided to suspend incoming flights from 10 countries for 15 days over concerns about the spread of variants, according to state-run Oman News Agency.

"The Supreme Committee studied the impact of the global epidemiological situation on health systems in different countries of the world, particularly amid the spread of mutated variants of the virus linked to travel," the report said.

The 10 countries are:

Sudan
Lebanon
South Africa
Brazil
Nigeria
Tanzania
Ghana
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Ethiopia

The report said in addition, "arrivals from any other country if the travelers happened to have visited the above-mentioned ten countries within 14 days before applying to enter the Sultanate" will also be banned.

According to the state-run news agency, the 15-day ban, with an exemption granted to Omani citizens, diplomats, and health workers and their families, takes effect from 12 a.m. local time next Thursday.

Covid-19 is likely to be a problem "for the next few winters," says England's chief medical officer

Covid-19 is likely to be a problem for the next few winters -- despite vaccination programs -- the chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, said during a news conference Monday.

“This is something that we have to see for the long term and, in my view, is likely to be a problem in particular during the winter for the next few winters,” Whitty said.

The chief medical officer for England said that other respiratory diseases, for which there are vaccines, still cause a significant number of deaths every year -- and so will Covid-19

“I am afraid, for the foreseeable future, the coronavirus is going to be added to that list of things that those who are vulnerable, even despite vaccination, can be at risk of,” he said.
“We vaccinate against flu, we vaccinate against pneumococcal pneumonia and still there are cases and there are deaths.

本港增16宗本地確診 尖沙咀一間食肆有感染個案

本港新增17宗新型肺炎個案，16宗屬本地確診個案，當中6宗感染源頭不明。

尖沙咀K11 Musea 的名潮食館涉及1宗確診和5宗初步陽性個案，衞生防護中心傳染病處主任張竹君表示，仍在調查傳播原因，但個案在相近時間光顧同一食肆，當局擔心有傳播，到訪過的食客及員工需要檢測，食肆要停業14日及大清洗。

A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report

The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said.

A new form of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in New York City, and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, two teams of researchers have found.

The new variant, called B.1.526, first appeared in samples collected in the city in November. By the middle of this month, it accounted for about one in four viral sequences appearing in a database shared by scientists.

California's coronavirus strain looks increasingly dangerous: 'The devil is already here'

A coronavirus variant that probably emerged in May and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and is associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.

In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic holiday surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UC San Francisco said the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.

Californians, along with the rest of the country, have been bracing for an onslaught of the more transmissible strain from the U.K. known as B.1.1.7. But they should know that a rival strain that is probably just as worrisome has already settled in, and will probably account for 90% of the state’s infections by the end of next month, said Dr. Charles Chiu, an infectious diseases researcher and physician at UCSF.

“The devil is already here,” said Chiu, who led a team of geneticists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other scientists in a wide-ranging analysis of the new variant, which they call B.1.427/B.1.429. “I wish it were different. But the science is the science.”

The U.K. and California variants are each armed with enhanced capabilities, and the likelihood that they could circulate in the same population raises the specter of a return to spiking infections and deaths, Chiu said. It also opens the door to a “nightmare scenario”: That the two viruses will meet in a single person, swap their mutations and create an even more dangerous strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

冇留意好耐，外國依家日日仲死緊幾百人

死幾多人已經唔想理
後生仔女 40歲以下嘅 要死都死唔到我
淨係想疫苗快啲打夠數
社會快啲回復正常

比較想知福利國家死咗幾多老人家
養老政策變相慳咗幾多錢
雖然好邪惡 但係肯定好多政客計梗條數

The deaths have been reduced, but the number of deaths are still far too high.

Furthermore, some countries are in bug trouble again.

Actually, I have like to talk about a lot of countries, such as Czechia. However, I do not have time to write.

Indian vaccine makers say can quickly adapt to tackle variants

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian pharmaceutical companies Bharat Biotech and Biological E. Ltd said on Monday they could quickly rework their COVID-19 vaccine products to fight new variants once their genetic sequence is known.

南韓增近400宗確診 民眾明天開始接種阿斯利康疫苗

南韓過去一日新增396宗新型肺炎確診個案，累計超過8萬8千5百宗，新增5名患者離世，累計1581人死亡。

隨著新年假期市民聚會增加、政府放寬防疫措施等，以及持續出現社區感染，新增確診病例可能反彈，防疫部門將於明日公布經調整的防疫響應機制。

另一方面，首批阿斯利康疫苗已經運抵南韓，今日從首爾運送到全國各地，明日開始接種工作。首爾市政府將於明日在全市療養院為院友接種，首階段的首劑接種將於2至3月展開，為9萬多人注射，期望到10月底完成為606萬人接種，相當於七成18歲以上首爾民眾。