Vaccine

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 109 childhood cases of a mysterious form of hepatitis, including five reported deaths, the agency said on May 6. 

Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on April 28, with measles cases jumping 400 percent.

Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, eight more than in the first three months of 2021.

The number of newly infected with covid in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours is 1140, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. They were discovered in 11,615 tests, which means that the percentage of positive tests is 9.81. Of the cases for the day, the unvaccinated are 66.75 percent.

Yesterday, the new cases were 377.

Another 669 people have been infected with coronavirus in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours, according to the Unified Information Portal. Of these, 65.47 percent have not been vaccinated.

The cases yesterday were 895.

Six people died, and 83.33 percent of those who died were not vaccinated.

For the last 24 hours, 886 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in Bulgaria, according to data from the Unified Information Portal. The tests performed during this time were 13,175 (6.7 percent positive).

China is battling its biggest spike in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with millions under lockdown and the healthcare system feeling the pressure.

One of the last countries sticking to a zero-Covid strategy, China aims to stamp out every infection with strict lockdowns and by sending all cases to secure facilities.

"The morbidity is reducing, today for the first time we have fallen below 500 in intensive care units. But we cannot say that we have ended the pandemic. There is no point in talking about this from morning to night.

Serbian Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar said its country accepted the "serious responsibility" it was being given after the WHO on Wednesday approved Serbia to produce RNA vaccines, which include Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna vaccines, but also vaccines made for other illnesses besides COVID-19.

As a result of the infection, 52 people died.
There are 129 patients on respirators.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1.896.575 cases of coronavirus have been registered in Serbia, and 8.688.491 people have been tested. So far, 15.010 people have died.
The mortality rate is 0.79 percent.

The European Union and African leaders agreed to a "renewed partnership" at a summit last week with pledges of major investments, but Europe was accused of ignoring calls to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccinations.