The World Health Organization’s weekly global epidemic report released on August 31 said that the WHO named the COVID-19 mutant virus B.1.621 as the Miao strain, and listed it as a mutant strain that “needs attention” on the 30th, with a lower level. The mutant strain that the delta strain belongs to. Preliminary data shows that the Miu strain is similar to the Beta strain and will weaken the effectiveness of the antibody.
According to the weekly report, the Miao strain was first confirmed in Colombia in January 2021. As of August 29, 39 countries had reported Miao strain cases. Although the global prevalence rate of the Myu strain has declined and is currently less than 0.1%, the prevalence rates in Colombia and Ecuador have been rising, with the prevalence rate in Colombia being 39% and the prevalence rate in Ecuador being 13%.
In terms of global epidemic data, in the week ending August 29, nearly 4.4 million newly diagnosed cases were diagnosed globally, a decrease of 4% compared with the previous week; there were more than 67,000 new deaths globally, a decrease of 2% compared with the previous week. At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 210 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 4.49 million.
Among the six regions of the world divided by WHO, the number of newly confirmed cases in the Western Pacific region increased by 7% from the previous week, while the number of newly confirmed cases in Africa and the Americas decreased, while the rest of the region remained relatively flat. The number of new deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the Western Pacific Region increased from the previous week, with the Western Pacific Region experiencing the largest increase, reaching 16%. In addition, Southeast Asia experienced the largest decrease in the number of new deaths, reaching 20%.
The top five countries in the world with the number of new confirmed cases last week are the United States, India, Iran, the United Kingdom and Brazil.
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