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The United States lowers the age limit for upgraded new crown vaccination Europe has entered a new wave of the epidemic

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According to the official website of the World Health Organization, as of 17:32 Central European Time on the 12th, there were more than 495,000 new confirmed cases of new crowns in a single day in the world, with a cumulative total of 619770633 confirmed cases and 6539058 cumulative new crown deaths
.

Americas: The United States lowers the age limit for upgraded COVID vaccination

Data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States shows that as of 11:22 Beijing time on the 13th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 96.
83 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has 1064058
.

According to the official website of the US Food and Drug Administration, on the 12th local time, the bureau approved the upgraded Moderna and Pfizer new crown vaccines for young age groups as booster vaccinations: the upgraded Moderna vaccine can be used for people aged 6 and above, and the upgraded Pfizer vaccine can be used for people
aged 5 and above.
The FDA has previously approved both vaccines for older age groups
.

It is reported that the upgraded version of the vaccine is a bivalent vaccine, which has a better
protective effect against the original strain of the new crown and the Omicron strain.
Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biological Product Evaluation and Research, noted that the risk of exposure to the new coronavirus may also increase as children return to school and people resume pre-pandemic activities
.
Vaccination remains the most effective measure
to prevent a rebound and the serious consequences of the coronavirus.

According to CNN reported on the 12th, a study released this month believes that if more people in the United States are vaccinated with booster shots by the end of this year, about 90,000 new crown deaths can be avoided in the United States in the fall and winter of this year
.

Europe and Asia: Europe has entered a new wave of the pandemic

According to the official website of WHO, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Krüger, Director of the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention Andrea Amon and EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides issued a joint statement on the 12th, saying that the number of confirmed cases in Europe has risen again recently, indicating that the region has entered a new wave of epidemics
.
With the arrival of autumn and winter, influenza may also re-endemic, and its superimposed epidemic with the new crown will seriously threaten the safety
of the people.

The statement stressed that vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to fight the pandemic, but millions of people in the European region remain unvaccinated
.
Countries should continue to advance vaccination and prioritize booster shots
for vulnerable groups.

The recent rebound trend of the epidemic in European countries such as the Netherlands and Italy is obvious
.
Official data from the Netherlands showed that in the week ending on the 11th local time, more than 23,000 new cases were confirmed in the country, an increase of 24%
from the previous week.
Data released by the Italian Ministry of Health on the 10th local time showed that the average number of new daily confirmed cases
in the country since October this year exceeded 36,000.

According to German official local time statistics on the 12th, the country confirmed more than 136,000 new cases in a single day, with a cumulative total of more than 34.
25 million confirmed cases; 199 new deaths and 150919 cumulative deaths
.
The German Hospital Association (DKG) has warned that hospitals across the country may face overload and staff shortages
due to the recent rise in the number of people infected in Germany and the significant increase in the number of hospital admissions.

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported that as of 0:00 local time on the 13th, more than 26,000 new cases were confirmed in South Korea in a single day, with a cumulative total of more than 25.
05 million confirmed cases and 28,748 deaths
.
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