Global nCoV cases are nearly 107 million, more than 2.3 million people die, experts say the AstraZeneca vaccine remains an important tool even though South Africa stops distributing.

"It is too early to give up this vaccine. It is important that we make the most of all the tools available," Richard Hatchett, head of the Alliance Initiative for Disease Response (CEPI), said on Wednesday

The vaccine produced by Oxford / AstraZeneca is an important part of COVAX, a project created to ensure equitable global access to vaccines.

South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize earlier announced the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine use indefinitely while waiting for scientists to determine the most effective way to deploy.

The United States, the world's largest epidemic region, recorded an additional 74,529 infections and 1,434 deaths, bringing the total number of infected people to 27,689,474 and 476,299 deaths.

New research on Feb. 7 found that cases of the nCoV strain, first identified in the UK, are on the rise in the US, raising concerns about a significant possibility of infection.

India, the second largest epidemic region in the world, reported an additional 8,855 cases and 78 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dying from Covid-19 to 10,847,698 and 155,192 respectively.

India's government on Feb. 6 urged states to speed up their Covid-19 vaccination program after results from an assessment showed the country had a "substantial" opportunity to accelerate the program.

India vaccinated about 3 million health workers in the first two weeks of its vaccination campaign, but needs to speed up to reach that target over the summer.

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 609 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 232,170.

Brazil on February 6 received the first shipment of 88 liters of active ingredient to produce AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, allowing the Fiocruz biomedical center to ship 2.8 million doses of vaccine.

Currently, only injections developed by AstraZeneca and Chinese company Sinovac are approved for emergency use in Brazil.

He recorded 333 more deaths, bringing the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 112,798, while the number of infections increased by 14,104 from the previous day, to 3,959,784.

UK Vaccine Implementation Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on February 7 that the country could increase its Covid-19 vaccine vaccination in the fall and then roll out annual vaccinations to deal with the nCoV strains.

He aims to give the first injection to all people over 70 years old, the vulnerable, and the frontline medical staff by mid-February.

France, the sixth largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 4,317 cases and 458 deaths, bringing cases and deaths to 3,341,365 and 79,423 respectively.

The epidemic in France has raised concerns about a third national blockade.

Iran, the most serious epidemic region in the Middle East, recorded an additional 7,321 cases and 67 deaths, bringing the total number of infections and deaths to 1,473,756 and 58,536 respectively.

In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the region's largest outbreak with 1,166,079 cases, an increase of 8,242, of which 31,763 deaths, an increase of 207. Experts say the actual number of infections in Indonesia could be 3 times higher.

Indonesia has launched a program for testing nCoV through the breath at train stations in the context of the country's increasingly complicated epidemic.

The Philippines, the second largest epidemic region in Southeast Asia, reported 538,995 cases and 11,231 deaths, up 1,690 and 52 cases respectively.

Due to the emergence of the more contagious nCoV strain from the UK in the country, President Rodrigo Duterte last month decided to re-impose a ban on children aged 10-14 from leaving home, despite fears that this will cause the background