Since the beginning of the pandemic last year, the total number of Tokyo has exceeded 200,000.

Tokyo is in its fourth state of emergency, which will continue until the Olympics and until the Paralympic Games at the end of August.

Experts point out that Japan’s vaccination efforts have lost momentum due to supply uncertainties, so the number of unvaccinated young people is rising sharply. Many serious cases involve people in their 50s. They now control nearly 3,000 hospitalized patients in Tokyo and are gradually filling up the available beds.

The COVID-19 website maintained by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government stated that “the risk of the virus coming back is high” and that the provision of medical care unrelated to COVID-19 is “under pressure”.

“This is a variant of Delta,” said Kenji Shibuya, former director of the Institute of Population Health at King’s College London, explaining the recent rapid surge. Shibuya added that it was impossible to quantify the extent to which the Olympics contributed to the surge, but blamed “one of the main driving forces” for global sports exhibits.

“The government has signaled that people should stay at home while celebrating the Olympics. This is a completely inconsistent message,” said Shibuya, who is now promoting vaccines in a town in northern Japan.

Japan’s vaccination campaign started late and slowly, but as the supply of imported vaccines stabilized and the government of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pushed more people to vaccinate before the Olympics, vaccination campaigns in Japan rose sharply within a few weeks.

The government stated that 25.5% of Japanese people have been fully vaccinated, which is still far below the level believed to have any meaningful impact on reducing the risk of the general population.

Despite this, the number of cases and deaths in Japan is still far lower than in many other countries. As of Monday, nationwide, it had reported 870,445 cases and 15,129 deaths.

-From the Associated Press and Reuters, the last update time is 6:45 am EST

What is happening around the world

According to Johns Hopkins University’s online coronavirus tracker, as of early Tuesday morning, more than 194.7 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide. The reported global death toll exceeds 4.1 million.

inside Asia Pacific In the region, Fijian leaders are urging people to get vaccinated as the island nation is dealing with a devastating outbreak of a variant of the coronavirus delta.

Relative to its population (less than 1 million people), the Fiji epidemic is currently one of the worst in the world.

Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama stated that the country’s mission is to vaccinate 80% of adults by the end of October. Approximately 47% of Fijians received at least one dose of the vaccine.

He said that “lie, misinformation and evil madness” about vaccines are endangering people. Fiji has reported a record 1,285 new cases in its latest daily update. Since the outbreak in April, it has reported 193 deaths.

Fiji also reported another 101 deaths from COVID-19 positive patients, which were not classified as coronavirus deaths due to underlying illness. Before the outbreak in April, Fiji had only recorded 2 deaths from COVID-19.

Nanjing, a major city in eastern China, recorded another 31 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, and authorities announced that more than 1.5 billion doses of vaccine have been vaccinated across the country.

In recent days, new cases have brought the total number of cases in Nanjing to more than 106. According to local officials, the virus circulating in the city has been identified as a delta variant. The city has been conducting large-scale tests and has blocked tens of thousands of people.

exist AfricaDue to the increase in COVID-19 cases, the Libyan government has imposed a two-week curfew in some local councils.

inside middle East, Israel is considering providing its elderly population with a third dose of Pfizer’s BioNTech vaccine to help defend against delta variants before FDA approval.

inside America, Political leaders in California and New York City have ordered government workers to be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19, while President Joe Biden urged people with long-term symptoms to avoid discrimination.

The Mexican Ministry of Health recorded 5,920 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and 171 deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,754,438 and the reported death toll to 238,595.

This European UnionThe 27-nation chief executive stated that the European Union has achieved its goal of providing at least one coronavirus vaccine to 70% of adults, but she urged people to protect themselves from the rapidly spreading delta variant.

The European Union, with a population of about 450 million people, has been widely criticized for its slow launch of vaccines earlier this year. But its executive branch, the European Commission, said that 57% of adults now have a full immunization against COVID-19.

Committee chair Ursula von der Lein said on Tuesday that in terms of vaccination rates, “these figures put Europe among the world’s leaders”. Von der Lein said that the “catch-up process was very successful,” but she warned against complacency, because the delta variant has already been established in Europe.

She said: “The delta variant is very dangerous. Therefore, I call on everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated. For their own health and to protect others.”

-From the Associated Press and Reuters, the last update time is 6:40 am EST