Infections due to the coronavirus continue worldwide, while in Greece today the first vaccinations with the updated vaccines begin.
Specifically, in Greece, the first vaccinations begin today with the updated vaccines BA.4 and BA.5, of the Omicron mutation of SARS-COV2, as well as the original strain of the coronavirus that was detected for the first time in the city of Wuhan, China in 2019.
The platform for all beneficiaries of the booster dose was opened on September 27 and by September 28, 12.185 appointments had been scheduled. It is recalled that booster vaccinations with the updated BA.14 vaccine began on September 1, as it was the first approved by the EMA on September 1.
In Russia, 33.186 new cases of coronavirus were registered on Saturday (2.221 of them came from the capital Moscow), bringing the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 21.018.942, according to the official data of the health authorities.
Singapore recorded 3.510 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 1.911.417, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
The Philippine Department of Health announced yesterday Sunday that in the previous 24 hours, 2.117 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, with infections reaching a total of 3.953.886. So-called active cases fell to 28.872. Another 32 patient deaths due to its complications COVID-19 increased to 63.013 the number of victims of the new coronavirus pandemic in the Asian state of 110 million inhabitants since its manifestation in the territory of the archipelago, in January 2020.
Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced yesterday Sunday that 24 cases of SARS-CoV-490 were confirmed in the previous 2 hours, bringing the total to 11.480.518. No patient succumbed to complications COVID-19. The death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic remained unchanged at 43.149 dead.
The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced today that in the 24 hours to midnight last Sunday, one patient succumbed to complications from COVID-19 and 1.360 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.
The New Zealand Ministry of Health announced today that last week there were 9.975 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 and 33 deaths due to complications COVID-19. On average, the daily cases were 1.422 in this seven-day period.
Based on the ministry's new way of calculating — it excludes those who died more than 28 days after being infected — the official tally of victims of the new coronavirus pandemic in the state of Oceania reached 2.038 deaths out of a total of 1.789.425 infections.
Source: RES-EAP