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[WHO Plans Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub in South Africa]
The World Health Organization said yesterday that over 2.5 million COVID-19 cases and 64,000 deaths were reported globally last week.
The newly confirmed cases had been declining worldwide for eight straight weeks, and fatality rates had been declining for seven weeks in a row. In Africa, however, newly reported cases and deaths last week increased by about 40%. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the WHO is setting up a technology transfer hub for producing mRNA vaccines in South Africa, and has invited Pfizer and Moderna to join. The hub will be able to manufacture vaccines in 9 months at the earliest. The WHO said that the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in 92 countries. The Delta variant is highly contagious and can even decrease the antibody count in those that have been vaccinated, however the current vaccines are still able to prevent severe symptoms and reduce deaths.
世卫组织昨天公布的数据显示，上周，全球新增新冠确诊病例超过250万例、死亡6.4万人。全球新增病例数已连续八周下降，新增死亡人数也连续七周下降。
但过去一周，非洲的新增病例和死亡人数增加了近40%。世卫组织总干事谭德塞昨天宣布，将在南非建立首个mRNA疫苗技术转让中心，以帮助非洲国家生产疫苗。世卫组织正邀请美国辉瑞和莫德纳两家公司加入这一项目，希望他们能与非洲当地的疫苗厂商分享mRNA疫苗生产技术。该中心最快将在9个月后开始生产新冠疫苗。
此外，世卫组织专家昨天表示，新冠病毒变异毒株德尔塔目前已扩散至92个国家。虽然其传播性更强，且人体在接种新冠疫苗后针对德尔塔毒株产生的中和抗体滴度有所降低，但疫苗对预防重症和减少死亡仍然有效。
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