90,000 new cases of Delta variant in America in 24 hours

For the third year in a row, 290 million people in the world will go hungry

Israel became the first country in the world to give a booster shot of a corona vaccine

An increase in the virus emergency in Japan, with tens of thousands of new cases of corona reported in a single day

The Philippines has extended its travel ban on ten countries, including India, till August 15

JERUSALEM: The Delta variant is in full swing in the United States. The Delta variant has taken on a terrifying form in America, facing the Corona Bubbe wave. In the last 24 hours, 90,000 new cases were reported in the United States. For the first time in five months, such a large number of corona cases were reported in a single day.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, on the other hand, launched a campaign to give the country a booster dose by taking a third dose of the corona vaccine. With this, Israel has become the first country in the world to give a booster dose of corona vaccine to its citizens. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recently announced that a third dose of the corona vaccine would be given to citizens over the age of 60 in the country. The government is currently offering a third dose to those who receive two doses of the Pfizer-Bioentech corona vaccine.

The government is believed to have made the decision following an average of more than 2,000 cases of corona per week, despite widespread vaccinations in Israel. However, there is no reason to believe that giving a third dose of the corona vaccine to citizens would reduce the number of new cases. The need to give booster doses indicates that the effectiveness of the corona vaccine also decreases over time.

President Harjog, who is over 60, and his wife, Mikte, took a booster dose of Corona, among others. Meanwhile, for the first time in Japan, with the number of new cases of corona exceeding 10,000 in a single day, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extended the virus emergency to Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba and Osaka.

The Philippines has extended travel restrictions on ten countries, including India, until August 15 in an effort to stem the rising spread of corona infections by Delta variants. President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a decision to extend travel restrictions on India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Oman, the UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. There are 216 cases of delta variant reported in the Philippines, according to official figures.

Residents and human rights activists have accused the military government, which seized power in civil war-torn Myanmar in February, of using the Koro epidemic to seize power and crush the opposition. Was.

It has been alleged that a large amount of oxygen is being diverted to government supporters and military hospitals at a time when the country is running out of oxygen. Meanwhile, hunger in the world will increase for the third year in a row this year due to the closure of income due to the Corona epidemic, the US Department of Agriculture said. An additional 291 million people in 76 middle- and low-income countries will not get enough to eat in 2021.