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<keyword id="21333142" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indias-population" source="keywords">India's population</keyword> is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about <keyword id="22386427" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="1-7-billion" source="keywords">1.7 billion</keyword> and then decline by 12%, but the country will remain the world's most populous throughout the century, the <keyword id="19896118" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="United-Nations" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="United Nations" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="United Nations">United Nations</keyword> has said. The World Population Prospects 2024 report, released on Thursday, said that the world's population is expected to continue growing over the coming 50-60 years, reaching a peak of around 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s, significantly up from 8.2 billion in 2024. After peaking, the global population is projected to start declining gradually, falling to 10.2 billion people by the end of the century. India, which surpassed <keyword id="19894886" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="China" source="keywords">China</keyword> as the world's most populous nation last year, will continue to hold that position through 2100. "The population of India, which is expected to remain the world's largest throughout the century, will likely decline by 12% after reaching its peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion," the <keyword id="19898339" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="UN" source="keywords">UN</keyword> report published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), <keyword id="271075" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="population-division" source="Orion">Population Division</keyword> said. According to the report, India's population in 2024 is projected at 1.45 billion and this will peak to 1.69 billion in 2054. After this, India's population is projected to decline to 1.5 billion by the end of the century in 2100, but the country will still remain the most populous nation on Earth. Responding to a question by PTI on population projections for India, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, <keyword id="6355835" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="un" source="Orion">UN</keyword> DESA Clare Menozzi said at a press conference that "India is currently the largest country in the world in terms of population, and it is projected to stay so throughout the century. The population is currently estimated at 1.45 billion, and it's supposed to increase further to 1.69 billion. "It's supposed to peak around the 2060s in size and then it starts to slightly decline. So by the end of the century, India is projected to be around 1.5 billion, but will still the largest country in the world by a large margin." The report said that China's population, currently 1.41 billion in 2024, will fall to 1.21 billion in 2054 and further decline to 633 million by 2100. "It is anticipated that China, the country currently with the world's second-largest population, will likely experience the largest absolute population loss between 2024 and 2054 (204 million)," followed by <keyword id="6355311" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Japan" source="Orion">Japan</keyword> (21 million) and <keyword id="6358826" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> (10 million). "Longer-range population projections are more uncertain" for China, it said. "However, due to its large size and sustained low level of fertility, China is also likely to record the largest population decline of any country through the end of the century (786 million people). By 2100, China is projected to have lost more than a half of its current population and to have returned to a population size comparable to that recorded in the late 1950s (50% probability)." Responding to a question on the significantly low population projection for China, Director of the Population Division at UN DESA John Wilmoth said that "it really relates to the level of fertility that's observed currently in China. The current number is right around one birth per woman on average over a lifetime." "Given that you need 2.1 births to maintain the current population without migration, if fertility levels remain at such a low level, even if they come up slightly, any fertility level if it's below two, or especially below 1.8 or below 1.5, you're really getting into low levels of fertility and it produces a long run decline that's quite significant. And that's true for China. It's true for some other countries in this analysis," Wilmoth said. Currently, nearly one-fifth of all countries and areas, including China, Italy, the Republic of Korea and Spain, are experiencing what is sometimes referred to as "ultra-low" fertility, with fewer than 1.4 live births per woman over a lifetime. The report added that the global fertility rate currently stands at 2.25 live births per woman, down from 3.31 births in 1990. "More than half of all countries and areas globally have fertility below the replacement level of 2.1 live births per woman. This is the level required for a population to maintain a constant size in the long run (without migration), with each generation being followed by another of roughly equal size," it said. Pakistan is projected to overtake the US as the third-largest country in the world, with a population of 389 million in 2054. Currently, the US is the third largest country in the world with a population of 345 million and in 2054, it will be the fourth largest with 384 million people. Pakistan will remain the third largest country in the world, with a population of 511 million people in 2100. The report said that the estimated likelihood that the world's population will peak within the current century is very high, with a probability of 80%, a major change in UN projections from a decade ago, when this probability was around 30%. The size of the world's population in 2100 is now expected to be 6%smaller - or about 700 million people fewer - than anticipated a decade ago. In about 126 countries and areas, the population is likely to continue growing through 2054, potentially reaching a peak later in the century or beyond 2100. This group includes several of the world's most populous countries: India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the United States of America. In 2023, the global number of deaths among children under age 5 fell below 5 million for the first time in recent history. However, 95% of such deaths took place in the 126 countries with populations that are still growing, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. The report added that globally, life expectancy at birth reached 73.3 years in 2024, an increase of 8.4 years since 1995. Further reductions in mortality are projected to result in an average longevity of around 77.4 years globally in 2054. Since 2022, life expectancy has returned to levels observed before the emergence of the coronavirus disease in nearly all countries and areas. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and 2021, global life expectancy at birth fell to 70.9 years, down from 72.6 in 2019. The report said that by 2080, persons aged 65 or older will outnumber children under 18. "By the late 2070s, the number of persons at ages 65 years and higher globally is projected to reach 2.2 billion, surpassing the number of children (under age 18). By the mid-2030s, it is projected that there will be 265 million persons aged 80 years or older, more than the number of infants (1 year of age or less)," it said.

India's population to peak in early 2060s to 1.7 billion before declining: UN

<ul class="summary-list"><li>China's population shrinkage is having a big effect on its economy.</li><li>Marriage rates have halved over the last decade, with only 3.4 million couples marrying in the first half.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-china-population-falling-economy-deflation-evergrande-xi-jinping-2024-1">China's population has been shrinking</a> for the past two years, and the trend appears having a big impact on its economy, according to government data spanning the first half of 2024.Chinese consumers are pulling back on spending, a possible consequence of an aging population saving up for retirement, according to a recent <a target="_blank" href="https://rhg.com/research/no-quick-fixes-chinas-long-term-consumption-growth/">report</a> from the research firm Rhodium Group. Household savings have been rising over the last 11 years, the firm said, around the time China's working-age population peaked. Meanwhile, retail sales in the nation grew just 2% in June, well below the nation's pre-pandemic trend of 8% retail sales growth.Romance seems to be another victim of a shrinking population. Marriage rates continue to tumble, with 3.4 million couples tying the knot from January through June of this year. That's half the number of couples who got married in the same timeframe a decade ago, according to data from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs.Spending on romance looks to be particularly anemic. Diamond imports to China have slumped 28% over the first half of the year compared to the first half of 2023.Jewellers appear to be selling down their existing inventory of diamonds rather than placing new orders, De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, said in a note."In China, the ongoing economic challenges, particularly within the property market and low consumer confidence, have delayed the expected recovery from the sharp decline in 2023," the miner said of its <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.debeersgroup.com/media/company-news/2024/interim-financial-results-for-2024">financial results</a> so far this year. "Although demand in the US has been steady and India remains robust, consumers in China are buying substantially fewer luxury products. Retailers are very cautious as they restock, creating higher than normal levels of midstream inventory."Waning sales and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-aging-population-demographics-america-finance-markets-beijing-xi-2023-8">lower growth</a> stemming from an aging population could be a reason investment in the country has stalled. Foreign direct investment in China dropped $15 billion over the last quarter, the <a target="_blank" href="http://m.safe.gov.cn/safe/2023/1103/23426.html">second-biggest investment drop</a> in the last quarter century, according to government data.China's population, which is about 1.4 billion, declined for the second year in a row in 2023, with the nation losing over 2 million people as the death rate surpassed the birth rate. Its total population could halve by the end of the century, the <a target="_blank" href="https://population.un.org/wpp/">United Nations</a> projected in its latest World Population Prospects report, predicting that the nation could have just 770 million people in it by 2100.

China's population decline is having a big impact as marriages, diamond sales, and retail spending drop

The worldwide number of officially confirmed fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 31,412 on Sunday, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources. More than two-thirds of the deaths from coronavirus have now been recorded in Europe. Over 667,090 declared cases have been registered in 183 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these cases, at least 134,700 are now considered recovered. The tallies, using data collected by AFP offices from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), likely reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections. Many countries are only testing cases that require hospitalisation. Italy, which recorded its first coronavirus death in February, has to date declared 10,023 fatalities, with 92,472 infections and 12,384 people recovered. Like Italy, Spain has more fatalities than China with 6,528, as well as 78,747 infections. China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 3,295 deaths and 81,394 cases, with 74,971 recoveries. The other worst-hit countries are Iran with 2,640 deaths and 38,309 cases, and France with 2,314 deaths and 37,575 cases. The United States has the highest number of infected people with 124,686 diagnosed cases, 2,191 deaths and 2,612 recoveries. Cases there have soared from 41,511 on Monday, making it the country with the fastest progression rate. Since 1900 GMT Saturday, Uruguay, New Zealand and Mali have announced their first deaths. By continent, Europe has listed 363,766 cases and 22,259 deaths to date, Asia 104,596 cases and 3,761 deaths, the Middle East 46,596 cases and 2,718 deaths, the US and Canada together 130,120 cases with 2,250 deaths, Latin America and the Caribbean 13,544 cases with 274 deaths, Africa 4,267 cases with 134 deaths and Oceania 4,208 cases with 16 deaths.

Coronavirus global death toll crosses 31,000

<ul class="summary-list"><li>This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter.</li></ul>Happy total solar eclipse day! More than 30 million people can see the moon obscure the sun today. Here's a guide for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/solar-eclipse-map-nasa-where-when-see-path-of-totality-2024-3">where you need to be and when</a> to get the best view.In today's big story, we're looking at how China's plan for reinvigorating its economy <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-shock-explainer-us-economy-trade-dumping-supply-glut-yellen-2024-4">has the rest of the world worried</a>.What's on deck:<ul><li>Markets: Nvidia's skyrocketing stock price <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nvidia-stock-price-prediction-artificial-intelligence-gpu-earnings-forecast-rally-2024-4">might finally slow down</a>.</li><li>Tech: A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-trial-deadly-autopilot-crash-walter-huang-california-2024-4">wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla</a> starts today.</li><li>Business: Sneaky <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/credit-card-late-fees-cap-swipe-mastercard-visa-jpmorgan-rewards-2024-4">new credit card fees</a> could be on the horizon.</li></ul>But first, it's a building bonanza.If this was forwarded to you, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/insider-today">sign up here.</a><h3>The big story</h3><h2>The return of China shock</h2><div type="image" title="china shock" height="900" width="1200" msid="109139582" hostid="261" sizebytes="81514"></div>If you build it, they will come. Even if they don't, just keep building.That's the West's major concern with China these days. The country is overproducing goods and then <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-overcapacity-dumping-manufacturing-exports-economic-woes-world-yellen-2024-4">flooding global markets with them</a> to save its struggling economy, writes Business Insider's Huileng Tan.We've seen this strategy before in China. Decades ago, as the country opened up its economy, China underwent rapid industrialization, allowing it to produce cheap goods.The US and other countries cheered China on, profiting handsomely along the way from the lower production costs. But the result was US communities that relied on manufacturing jobs were decimated.The process was known as "China shock," and the rest of the world <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-shock-explainer-us-economy-trade-dumping-supply-glut-yellen-2024-4">isn't interested in a sequel</a>, Huileng writes.China shock 2.0 isn't a total repeat. This time, China's focused on green energy, which involves making electric vehicles, solar cells, and lithium-ion batteries. And it's also building out a supply chain to get the materials to produce the stuff, which is also concerning for the West.US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has already warned China shock 2.0 could destabilize the global economy, specifically <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-industrial-economic-growth-plan-global-impact-green-energy-exports-2024-3">impacting green-energy exports</a>. And a New York Federal Reserve report suggests this could <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-inflation-outlook-china-economy-crash-stimulus-package-manufacturing-investment-2024-3">ultimately lead to higher inflation in the US</a>.<div type="image" title="A box on an assembly line with the China flag on it" height="1500" width="2000" msid="109139583" hostid="261" sizebytes="310600"></div>Even as it faces global pressure, some believe China remains a good investment.Most notable among them is Ray Dalio. The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates has been a long time investor in the country, and that's not going to change anytime soon. He acknowledged <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-china-commentary-economic-geopolitical-macro-outlook-climate-storm-2024-3">China faces some major challenges</a>, describing it as a "100-year storm." But <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/ray-dalio-china-stock-market-cheap-assets-debt-geopolitics-issues-2024-4">he's not looking to exit</a>. Instead, he believes it's the best time to invest in China, citing the adage "the time to buy is when there is blood in the streets."Dalio's not alone in his optimism. Economist Nicholas R. Lardy believes <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-growth-gdp-housing-property-consumer-spending-us-issues-2024-4">experts are misreading the data</a>. He pointed to China's GDP growth outpacing the US when the numbers are adjusted for disinflation and inflation in each country, respectively.Regardless of which side you fall on, it's a topic that'll remain relevant for the foreseeable future.US-China relations will be a focus in the lead-up to the presidential election. 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China's plan for reinvigorating its economy has the West worried, but others still see an opportunity

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A video has surfaced in <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> of a <keyword id="13334419" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="samoyed" source="Orion">Samoyed</keyword> being beaten to death while its owner was in quarantine.</li><li>In the video, two workers in PPE are seen beating the whimpering dog with sticks.</li></ul>A video has surfaced on Chinese social media of a <keyword id="12291550" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pet" source="Orion">pet</keyword> Samoyed named Snowball being brutally beaten with sticks by PPE-clad <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> workers. The dog's owner, a woman living in Huizhou city in Guangdong province, posted a <a href="https://weibo.com/7726374405/Lic8UgQ8Q?refer_flag=1001030103_&amp;type=comment">statement</a> about her pet's death on March 4 on China's Twitter-like platform Weibo. In the statement, she said that her three-year-old Samoyed was "beaten to death with sticks." The woman, who posted the account under her Weibo ID Yi Zhi Xue Qiu, said she was sent into isolation at a quarantine facility on March 2 after her boyfriend tested positive for COVID-19. She was not allowed to bring Snowball with her but was told that city workers would disinfect her home.The <a href="https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4743624056045681?from=old_pc_videoshow">video</a> (WARNING: the video includes graphic audio) appears to show two workers dressed in white protective gear cornering Snowball in a room. The workers approach the dog with what look to be metal rods in hand, and the dog barks at them while backing away.For reasons that were not immediately apparent, one of the workers is seen picking up another large stick. They begin to beat Snowball repeatedly. Both workers are then seen taking swipes at the dog.As the dog whimpers and yelps, the workers continue beating the animal. Soon, the dog stops making any sounds, and the workers are seen moving out of the room.The original video posted by the dog's owner has been deleted, but it was reposted both on Twitter and by other Weibo accounts."Snowball is like family to me," the dog's owner wrote. "Without this CCTV evidence, we might still be deceived that our pet was 'humanely' put down." The woman posted chat logs that she said were records of her communication with a government official, who asked about her dog and whether it would "bite." <div type="image" title="screenshot of weibo post featuring samoyed dog Snowball" height="1571" width="2095" msid="90074781" hostid="261"></div>"I was told by anti-epidemic officials that they would just be disinfecting my home, not killing my dog. Who gave them the right to do that?" she said. "I also applied and pleaded for the dog to just be sent into quarantine with me, but no one gave me that chance." The Huizhou city government issued a <a href="https://weibo.com/2875028150/Lik3Fj6vC?layerid=4743670114553256">statement</a> on March 5 confirming the dog's death. "We have apologized to the dog owner and will counsel and suspend the workers," read the statement.The death of Snowball follows an incident in <a href="https://www.insider.com/china-city-employee-killed-dog-death-owner-coronavirus-quarantining-021-11">November 2021</a>, when a woman in Shangrao city in Jiangxi province said that city workers entered her home and beat her dog to death. Health authorities like <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html">the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note</a> that is very rare for pet animals to infect humans with COVID-19.

A woman shared a brutal video that shows 2 health workers beating her dog to death while she was in COVID-19 quarantine

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Chinese social media is awash with claims that authorities are killing the pets of COVID-19 patients. </li><li><keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> is trying to squash multiple new COVID-19 outbreaks and is imposing lockdowns again.</li></ul>A Chinese city apologized and removed an employee from his post after he beat a dog to death while the owner was quarantining in a hotel with COVID-19.China is battling flare-ups of COVID-19 cases, and its social media is awash with claims that some city authorities have turned to killing the pets of those who test positive to ensure the virus doesn't spread further.Under Chinese law, animals infected with viruses can be killed during pandemics, but the law only extends to livestock, <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3155845/coronavirus-china-killing-pets-covid-19-patients">the South China Morning Post reported.</a> However, <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1235511.shtml">the state-run Global Times newspaper said last month</a> that it was permissible to slaughter domestic animals.Health authorities like <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html">the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say</a> it is very rare for pet animals to infect humans with COVID-19.On Friday, a woman in Shangrao in the eastern Jiangxi province, <a href="https://www.whatsonweibo.com/online-outrage-after-pet-dog-gets-killed-by-anti-epidemic-workers-in-shangrao/">wrote on Weibo</a> that city workers entered her apartment while she was quarantining in a hotel with COVID-19 and beat her dog to death.A video purportedly of the incident, which has been reviewed by Insider, circulated widely on social media over the weekend. The footage, which appeared to be from a security camera inside the woman's home, showed two people wearing protective equipment repeatedly beating a small dog with a metal bar.In a <a href="https://weibo.com/u/5634737637?is_hot=1&amp;layerid=47032173694833923392">Weibo post published Saturday night</a>, the official account for Shangrao city said that the unnamed employee had been removed fom his post and issued an apology to the dog owner.The city also apologized for not telling them woman of its decision to kill the dog, and said that workers discovered the dog when they entered the apartment to disinfect it.Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202111/1238887.shtml">wrote in a Sunday op-ed</a> that the killing was deplorable, but that it indicates just how seriously China is still taking COVID-19."This specific video shows only one of countless scenes of the intense fight against the virus in Xinzhou," Hu wrote, referring to the district the woman lived in. "We should be able to review at the same time the bigger picture of the local COVID-19 battle, and understand that a bitter fight is going on there."It is not the first time that Chinese citizens have claimed that their pets were killed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.In late September, authorities in Harbin, northern China, killed three cats that had tested positive for COVID-19, <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3150551/china-coronavirus-killing-3-cats-who-tested">the South China Morning Post reported</a>. The cats belonged to a woman who had tested positive for COVID-19 on September 21, the Post said.According to the Post, a community worker told local media: "If the animal tests positive, then they cannot move back, and the whole residential area could not move back, the outbreak will never end."In November, another woman in the city of Chengdu wrote on the Xiaohongshu social media platform that her cats were killed after she was moved into quarantine for COVID-19, the Post reported.

A Chinese city apologized after an employee beat a dog to death when the owner was in COVID-19 quarantine

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ohio public health officials announced an outbreak of pneumonia in children on Wednesday.</li><li>Experts say the Ohio outbreak is unrelated to pneumonia outbreaks in China and Europe. </li></ul>Cases of pneumonia in children are increasing in Ohio, leading public health officials to declare an outbreak.The Warren County Health District in Ohio <a target="_blank" href="https://warrenchd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WCHD-media-release-pneumonia-112923-004-1.pdf">released</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://warrenchd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WCHD-Media-Release-Update-2.pdf">statements</a> on November 29 and November 30 stating that they have been experiencing "an extremely high number of pediatric pneumonia cases being reported this fall season." Since August, there have been a total of 145 cases. No deaths have been reported.The announcement comes after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-hospitals-overwhelmed-children-fall-sick-record-levels-2023-11">hospitals in China </a>started reporting increasing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-respiratory-illness-disease-children-hospitals-pandemic-spike-pneumonia-2023-11">clusters of pneumonia</a> in children in mid-October. Denmark and the Netherlands have also reported <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/pneumonia/denmark-reports-mycoplasma-pneumonia-epidemic">increasing cases of pneumonia</a>.Health officials in Ohio said that there is "zero evidence" that the Ohio outbreak is connected to other outbreaks of respiratory illness nationally or internationally.<h2>The increase in pneumonia is likely from common causes</h2><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/conditions-symptoms/how-do-you-get-pneumonia">Pneumonia</a> is a lung infection that can cause symptoms like fever, cough, or shortness of breath.Public health experts in Ohio believe that the surge is not due to a new virus; but it's an uptick of the number of normal pneumonia cases seen at this time of year.Officials have tested some of the children with pneumonia, and have found several bacteria that can cause illness, including Streptococcus pneumoniae — the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia — as well as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/mycoplasma-bacteria-walking-pneumonia-outbreak-explained-2023-11">Mycoplasma pneumoniae</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/conditions-symptoms/adenovirus-symptoms-infection-treatment-causes">Adenovirus</a>.<h2>Experts say there's no reason to panic</h2>Although multiple areas around the globe are experiencing pneumonia outbreaks, experts don't believe the cases are cause concern yet.In China, the surge in cases is likely due to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions last December and a resulting "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-respiratory-illness-outbreak-not-new-covid-who-2023-11">immunity gap</a>," according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON494">World Health Organization</a>. Children who were in lockdowns for the past several years may just be getting exposed to some respiratory pathogens for the first time.And in Ohio, officials say the number of cases is still aligned with seasonal trends."Based on our provisional assessment, we are seeing seasonal trends," a spokesperson from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a target="_blank" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/new-disease-connection-foreign-country-pneumonia-outbreak-ohio/story?id=105285445">told ABC News</a>. "Nothing is appearing out of the ordinary, but we are continuing to monitor."While there have been some hospitalizations in Ohio, the "vast majority" of children are recovering and returning to school, Dr. Clint Koenig, the medical director of Warren County Health District, told ABC News.

Ohio announced an outbreak of pneumonia. Similar outbreaks are happening in China and Europe.

The death toll in Spain surged over 5,600 on Saturday after a record 832 people died in 24 hours, and the number of infections soared over 72,000, the government said. Spain has the world's second-highest coronavirus death toll after Italy with 5,690 fatalities. The number of cases have jumped to 72,248 as the country moves to significantly increase testing. (AFP) PMS PMS

Spain counts 832 deaths in 24 hours as toll surges to 5,690

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Yum China Holdings thinks it can get half of China's 1.4 billion people to eat KFC and Pizza Hut.</li><li>The firm posted strong financial results in a Tuesday report, as the rest of China struggles.</li></ul>Yum China Holdings, the company that operates KFC and Pizza Hut in China, said on Tuesday that it hopes to soon expand its customer base to half of the country's entire population despite an ailing national economy."Currently serving just one-third of China's population, our ambitious goal is to extend our reach to half of the population by 2026," Yum China CEO Joey Wat said in the company's <a target="_blank" href="https://ir.yumchina.com/news-releases/news-release-details/yum-china-reports-fourth-quarter-results-increases-dividend-23">latest quarterly results report.</a>Yum plans to fuel its growth through restaurants in China's "lower-tier cities," which host over half of the firm's stores, Wat said.Cities in China are unofficially organized by tier based on their population size and the affluence of residents, with the highest tier including global hubs like Shanghai and Beijing.Second-tier cities, such as Xiamen and Harbin, and third-tier cities, like Luzhou, are the most numerous and contain most of China's urban population.The company said it opened more than 1,500 new KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in 2023, with a total of 10,296 KFCs and 3,312 Pizza Huts in operation by the end of the financial year.That's more than twice the <a target="_blank" href="https://locations.kfc.com/index.html">number of KFC restaurants in the US</a>, which has 4,293 stores, though only half of the around <a target="_blank" href="https://locations.pizzahut.com/">6,750 Pizza Huts in the US.</a>Both restaurant brands also have 470 million members in China, Yum said, though it didn't say if this number accounted for any overlap.Yum enjoyed a significant rebound after China's COVID lockdowns, with net profit for 2023 rising to $827 million in an 87% year-on-year increase, per its report. In 2022, as consumer spending nose-dived amid a series of stringent lockdowns and waves of coronavirus infections, Yum's net profit <a target="_blank" href="https://ir.yumchina.com/news-releases/news-release-details/yum-china-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-results">slumped 55% in 2022 to $442 million.</a>Its revenues for 2023 also rose 15% to $10.98 billion compared to the year before, it said.The jump is a rare bright spot in China's gloomy economy, which has struggled to return to form and saw its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-csrc-vows-save-stock-market-crash-investors-not-convinced-2024-2">stock market lose $6 trillion</a> in value since the onset of the pandemic."2023 was a pivotal year for Yum China," Wat said. "Not only did we demonstrate strong resilience during the pandemic, but we also seized opportunities that arose from China's reopening."Meanwhile, Yum said it's increasing dividends for investors by 23% to 16 cents per share in March.

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