statement saying come september 20th, they would open boosters to the public and that apparently has really rattled or angered the leadership of the fda center tasked with approving vaccines. i mean, it is all really concerning and it comes as you point out during a pandemic. right. i emphasize the during because you got 100,000 people now according to the models expected to die in the next four months. the biden administration is monitoring oxygen supplies because sources tell cnn hospitals are seeing oxygen shortages. they don t have enough oxygen. they have liquid oxygen issues. they are saying they could run out imminently in some cases. this is stunning to see this happen in the united states of america at this point in the pandemic. remember in the spring when things were getting better in the united states and things were bad in india, what was happening in india is the hospitals all over that massive country were running out of oxygen and, you know, people in the united
and it s not looking good, and it s looking like unless we can vaccinate fast enough this is going to continue. so one study in the germ of the lancet found and this is sort to what you re saying there, found those who suffer from covid or severe covid in africa are more likely to die than patients in other parts of the world because of issues with things like equipment, supplies, health care, infrastructure. what are the immediate needs? i mean things like oxygen supplies, ventilators, hospital capacity, that sort of thing? well, i think, you know, the fact is that the covid pandemic has come to africa at a time when we already have a suboptimal health system. and that has, you know, many things around it. and the least of either one of them is actually financing. if you look at investment in health, the public expenditure health in euro is $4,000 per
oxygen supplies are running out, and health services in java and bali are woefully ill equipped to handle this surge in critically ill patients. south korea is raising its pandemic restrictions to the highest level in and around the capital, seoul, from monday. a health ministry official said that the country is in a, quote, dire situation. with the delta variant detected at an increasingly fast pace in the greater-seoul area. only 11% of the country s population is fully vaccinated. japan has, also, been hit with a sharp rise in infection. following a new state of emergency, in tokyo, olympic organizers, on thursday, said that they would ban all spectators from olympic venues in and around the city. just over 15% of japan s population is fully vaccinated. china has reported its highest-daily tally of infections, since january, with all-local cases from a city in a province which borders myanmar. parts of the city are in full
the delta variant. countries that were once success stories at containing covid now struggling to cope with es escalating infections. cnn s kristie lu stout with that. reporter: across asia, the delta variant is fueling a growing wave of new covid-19 cases. in thailand, coronavirus deaths are climbing. the country has ordered new restrictions in the capital bangkok and surrounding provinces starting on monday, including mall closures as well as limits on travel and social gatherings. cases are also spiking in vietnam. both the capital, hanoi, and ho chi minh city have tightened restrictions to contain the virus. indonesia has reported a record number of deaths fueled by the delta variant. save the children is warning that many more children will die there. its humanitarian chief in indonesia says this, quote, the health system is on the verge of collapse. hospitals are already being overwhelmed. oxygen supplies are running out, and health services in java and
andrewed provinces starting monday including mall closures and restrictions on travel. with the capitol with tightened restrictions. indonesia with a record number of deaths fueled by the delta variant with portable oxygen supplies running out in six towns. south korea with the highest level in and around the capitol seoul monday. the delta variant is ravaging the pacific-island nation of fuji, their mortgage with the mortgage u airy filled to capacity. 35 million by the end of the year. this is the first direct agreement unicief is working as procurement agency for the