The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that within a month, the number of coronavirus infections in the world had nearly doubled, increasing by 80%. It has been reported TASS With reference to the WHO fact sheet.
According to the organization, in the period from July 10 to August 6, the number of infections amounted to about 1.5 million people, and deaths – 2.5 thousand. It was noted that the number of monthly deaths simultaneously decreased by 57% compared to the previous reporting period.
Former immunologist Kryuchkov warned about the greater contagiousness of the new variant of the coronavirus.
The outbreak was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. On January 30, 2020, WHO declared a COVID-19 outbreak.
At the end of December 2022, more than 654 million cases of the disease were registered in the world. In May 2023, WHO officially announced the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, scientists wrote a href=”https://www.socialbites.ca/social/news/2023/07/03/20801312.shtml”>warned about the growing danger of a new plague epidemic.