The World Health Organization will begin a new investigation into the cause of the Covid outbreak, investigating whether the virus originated from the Wuhan Institute.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a new team of experts will be appointed, including experts on biosecurity, laboratory safety, genetics, and how the virus spreads to humans.
They will investigate whether the coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan laboratory at the end of 2019-the allegations denied by China could also investigate with WHO whether the virus originated in other countries. I want it.
It was after US President Joe Biden ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the “Laborique” theory.
A WHO spokesman said the new team “priority should be data and access in the country where the first report was identified.”
In a previous study, China recommended investigating the earliest cases of suspected coronavirus, and the team claimed in its final report that the data provided by the country were inadequate.
Western intelligence seems to have canceled the “remote” chance that a laboratory conducting research on bat-derived coronaviruses played a role.Photo: In February 2017, a researcher in the laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Viral Sciences in Wuhan, Hubei Province, central China.
The news comes from an increase in both Covid-19 deaths and cases on Sunday compared to last week’s numbers.
The infection surged to 32,417, the lives lost by the virus increased by 3.5% compared to the previous Sunday, and 58 deaths were revealed. Last week there were 29,612 new cases and 56 deaths.
Other data suggested that Covid infections plummeted last week, despite concerns that the new semester could spur the fall surge sooner.
One in 90 people in the United Kingdom is infected with the virus, and a total of about 620,100 people are infected, as evidenced by tests by the Office for National Statistics.
This is 1 in 70 positive, an 18% decrease from 2 weeks before the estimated total infection was 754,000.
A weekly ONS survey based on a random swab test of 150,000 people is seen by the government as the most reliable measure of the epidemic.
As of today, the government said another 122 people died within 28 days of being tested positive for Covid, bringing the UK total to 136,105.
Another figure released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Covid-19 is currently registered for 160,000 deaths in the UK, which is listed on the death certificate.
As of 9 am on Saturday, the government said there were an additional 31,348 Lab-identified Covid cases in the United Kingdom.
To further boost hope that the pandemic may end, government scientists said the R rate (the average number of people infected with the virus) could have fallen below 1 for the first time since March. .. In the UK, R is between 0.8 and 1, which means the epidemic is shrinking.
Kara Steel, Research Leader at ONS, said:
“It is encouraging that the prevalence of young adults continues to decline, as it may reflect the impact of vaccination programs.”
Infection is highest in middle school, with 1 in 35 being positive, reflecting the fact that many of this age group have not yet been infected.
However, ONS reports show that cases are declining or flat in all other age groups.
Boris Johnson said last week that further restrictions could be needed under “Plan B” this winter after scientists warned that the virus could again cripple the NHS. rice field.
No10 did not say when Plan B, including forced masks, vaccine passports and telecommuting, would be introduced.
However, scientists suggest that the NHS will begin to struggle when the total number of cases in the hospital exceeds 10,000.
According to the latest data, hospitalizations have decreased by 16% in the past week, with 7,124 Covid patients admitted. This is the lowest level since August.
Currently, hospitalizations in the UK are 572 times a day, about half of the “best case scenario” of the Sage model.
Daily infections currently average 36,000, with an additional 35,623 cases and 180 deaths reported yesterday.
Experts warned that the new semester wave is still possible and England can follow the trajectory of Scotland. In Scotland, the number of incidents has surged recently to a record high.
Professor James Naismith of Oxford University and Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute said:
“I strongly hope England will not reach the level seen in Scotland,” he added.
“As a result of vaccination, we cannot return to mortality … I saw it earlier this year.”
