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Covid is already deadlier this year than all of 2020. So why do many in U.S. think the problem’s over? - CNBC

Covid is already deadlier this year than all of 2020. So why do many in U.S. think the problem’s over? - CNBC

Covid is already deadlier this year than all of 2020. So why do many in U.S. think the problem’s over? - CNBC
Jun 24, 2021 2 mins, 2 secs

pushes ahead with its reopening, easing mask mandates and lifting public health restrictions, much of the rest of the world is seeing an alarming surge in the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths.

To be sure, more people have died from Covid this year than in all of 2020, according to data compiled by the World Health Organization.

Covid cases have fallen far below the winter peak in recent weeks, with new diagnoses now down at a seven-day average of around 11,310 a day, compared to more than 250,000 at the start of the year.

In the global scramble for Covid vaccines, high-income countries, predictably, have sought to secure stocks for their own populations first.

Vaccine diplomacy has also played a significant part in the race to secure supplies, although health experts have raised questions about the effectiveness of China-made vaccines.

Ireland's Health Minister Stephen Donnelly seemed to get to the crux of why high-income countries are pursuing a me-first approach to vaccines when speaking to the country's Newstalk radio station earlier this year.

The idea that countries would be willing to give vaccines to other countries before they vaccinate their own population "obviously doesn't hold up," Donnelly said.

Health experts have cautioned that billions of people worldwide may not have access to vaccines this year, a prospect that raises the risk of further mutations of the virus emerging — possibly undermining the effectiveness of existing vaccines — and prolonging the pandemic.

"The very unequal access to vaccines between rich and poor countries is probably the most stark example of how global inequalities are manifesting themselves during the Covid-19 pandemic," Dr.

Many groups have been pushing for the waiving of certain intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines and treatments, including the WHO, health experts, former world leaders and international medical charities.

The WHO's latest figures show that while the number of new cases worldwide has declined for eight consecutive weeks, this trend masks a worrying increase in cases and deaths in many countries.

"The rate of decline in most regions has slowed and every region has countries that are seeing a rapid increase in cases and deaths.

In Africa, the number of cases and deaths increased by almost 40% in the past week, and in some countries, the number of deaths tripled or quadrupled," Tedros said at a briefing on Monday.

These cases and deaths are largely avoidable," Tedros said.

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