Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

Medical Developments International

15/03/2022 13:08

March 15 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday posted a steep jump in
daily COVID-19 infections, with new cases more than doubling
from a day earlier to a two-year high, raising concerns about
the rising economic costs of the country's tough containment
measures.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VI021

    DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
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 for a case tracker and summary of news.
    
    EUROPE
    * The World Health Organization said it has since March 5
delivered 90 tonnes of medical aid to Ukraine, including
ventilators and essential medicines, though it has been unable
to reach a number of cities where people have no access.
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    * The WHO has warned of the risk of infectious diseases
including COVID-19 as millions of people flee the fighting in
Ukraine.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2VH313
    * Germany reported a record high seven-day incidence of the
coronavirus on Tuesday, days before the planned easing of
restrictions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2VI185
    * Britain's unemployment rate dropped below its pre-pandemic
rate in the three months to January while pay rose faster than
expected.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2VI1KW
    * Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who tested
positive on Monday, will join a meeting with the premiers of
Italy, Spain and Portugal via video link.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N2UM00S
    
    AMERICAS
    * The White House said on Monday the Omicron BA.2
sub-variant had been circulating in the United States for some
time, with roughly 35,000 cases at the moment, and more money
was needed to help fight it.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nW1N2US03Y
    * Mexico's president said the country would uphold existing
agreements with Russia for its Sputnik V vaccine, as well as
those with other countries.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nE1N2SA00P
    
    ASIA-PACIFIC 
    * Japan's ruling coalition officials called for a fresh
spending package to cushion the economic blow from the Ukraine
crisis and to offer payouts to pandemic-hit pensioners.
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    * The number of women who died by suicide in Japan rose for
a second straight year in 2021, after its health ministry
reported a 2020 rise in the country's suicide numbers due to
stresses brought on by the pandemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VI0HZ
    * The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will not request an
extension of COVID-19 countermeasures scheduled to end on March
21, Nikkei newspaper reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2VI25I
    * China's financial hub of Shanghai is not under lockdown,
and does not need one "at the moment", state television quoted a
city government official as saying.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nB9N2V601I
    * India plans to start administering COVID-19 shots to 12-
to 14-year-olds from March 16.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2VH1WF 
    
    AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
    * In Namibia, wearing masks in public and negative PCR tests
for vaccinated visitors are no longer required, as active cases
fall to just a couple of hundred.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VI0Z7
    * Nigerian banks have suspended individual withdrawals with
local debit cards abroad, as its central bank battles to protect
reserves that have dwindled since the pandemic triggered a sharp
fall in prices of the country's main export, oil.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2VH54O
    
    MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
    * One in four children with COVID-19 symptoms develop "long
COVID," according to data pooled from 21 studies conducted in
Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VH1TX   
            
    ECONOMIC IMPACT
    * World stocks fell for a fourth consecutive session on
Tuesday as a combination of rising COVID-19 cases in China, the
war in Ukraine and worries about the Federal Reserve raising
interest rates this week for the first time since 2018 hit
confidence.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2VI27A  MKTS/GLOB 
    * China stocks slumped to 21-month lows while mainland firms
listed in Hong Kong plumbed their 2008 lows.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VI0CX
    * Manufacturers of everything from flash drives to glass for
Apple iPhone screens are warning of shipment delays as they
comply with Chinese controls to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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    * Benchmark Dalian and Singapore iron ore futures fell as
surging infections in top steel producer China rattled traders.
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    * Moldova's economy grew nearly 14% in 2021, bouncing back
from an 8.3% pandemic-linked contraction a year earlier.
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 (Reporting by Olivier Sorgho, Sarah Morland and Rashmi Aich;
Editing by Mark Heinrich)