Russia fights COVID wars while Asia-Pacific imposes sanctions | Coronavirus News Plague

Russia’s capital, Moscow, has reported daily sexually transmitted infections and Indonesia has seen the worst cases ever, as countries in the Asia-Pacific region have developed or imposed restrictions on the new COVID-19.

The plague has killed at least 4 million people worldwide. Vaccines have reduced the incidence of the disease in many rich countries, but the diversity of the Delta virus remains critical.

Delta is in 85 countries since Sunday and is the most common of all types of COVID-19 to date, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, in Europe and the United States daily barriers to daily life are dwindling as vaccination programs yield results, even as Russia struggles with a third deadly wave.

Russian cases are on the rise

Moscow on Sunday enrolled 144 COVID-19 people in 24 hours, one day Saint Petersburg became the highest-profile person.

Saint Petersburg has played six games for Euro 2020 and is expected to take part in the quarterfinals on Friday, with an audience of half and over 26,000.

Russia as a whole has seen an outbreak of a new disease since mid-June led by Delta diversity.

The increase comes as Moscow officials force Russian vaccinated Russians to enter the bloodstream after lifting the embargo at the end of last year.

“To eradicate the scourge, one thing is needed: a quick, effective vaccine. No one has come up with an answer, “Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Saturday.

The Delta variant is also increasing fresh outbreaks in Southeast Asia and Australia where authorities have brought back or extended restrictions.

More than five million Sydney residents endured their first full day of a two-week lockdown on Sunday.

Restaurants, bars and cafes were shuttered and stay-at-home orders were issued, leaving the city centre virtually deserted.

“Given how contagious this strain of the virus is, we do anticipate that in the next few days case numbers are likely to increase even beyond what we have seen today,” New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

More than 110 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Sydney since a driver for an international flight crew tested positive in mid-June for the Delta variant.

The surge has been a shock for a place that had returned to relative normality after months with few local cases.

“The Northern Territory is now facing its biggest threat since the COVID crisis began,” Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner said.

Restrictions reimposed

Similar spikes in infections have been seen across Southeast Asia, with Indonesia setting a new daily infection record of more than 21,000.

Hospitals are flooded with patients in the capital Jakarta and other COVID-19 hotspots across the region’s hardest-hit nation.

Thailand will from Monday reimpose restrictions on restaurants, construction sites and gatherings in the capital Bangkok.

The country’s latest wave began in April when a cluster was found in upscale Bangkok clubs.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha has said he plans to fully reopen the country by October, but this would require hitting a target of vaccinating 50 million Thais in four months.

Thailand’s latest wave began in April when a cluster was found in Bangkok [Rungroj Yongrit/EPA]

Pravit Rojanaphruk, a journalist, said the distribution of the vaccine in Thailand had been affected by delays.

“Only about 10 percent of people received their first dose, while only four received a second jab,” he told Al Jazeera.

In neighboring Malaysia, the Prime Minister announced that the closure of the country for almost a month would continue, and did not say when it would lift the ban.

His government also called for a reduction in the number of vaccines, as long as there was a reduction in the number of diseases, the use of critically ill patients and the increase in vaccinations.

Bangladesh has also said it will make new ones international closure as of Monday, offices have been closed for a week and only medical procedures are allowed.

The announcement encouraged thousands of immigrants to leave Dhaka, where the closure would cut off their investment.

People travel with their belongings before boarding a boat, with government officials ordering a new closure to spread coronavirus infection in Bangladesh [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

The outbreak subsided in May but resurfaced this month, with more than 5,000 people and 119 deaths killed on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Dr Mushtuq Husain, medical adviser to the Bangladeshi government, said the prevalence of disease and death of COVID-19 is growing in the country.

He told Al Jazeera: “Everything will be closed [from July 1], so that the chains of change would be laid on the ground. Within two weeks, a decrease in the number of cases is expected to decrease. ”

Meanwhile, AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Sunday launched new experiments to modify the modified vaccine against the Beta version, which originated in South Africa.

This new vaccine, called AZD2816, was designed to be used in the same way as AstraZeneca’s main shot but with smaller modifications of the hard protein model to the Beta version.