China News Service, March 31. According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the world has exceeded 800,000, and the number of deaths has exceeded 38,000. In the United States, the epidemic "epicenter" of the State of New York begged for assistance; the epidemic in Spain and the United Kingdom is not optimistic; multi-country medical staff are infected, and the medical system is "urgent"; the Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that the epidemic may trigger a food crisis.

Data Map: A park in Seattle, Washington, USA, swings are tied by warning tapes and zippers.

U.S. virus detections exceed 1 million

New York governor pleads for help

According to Johns Hopkins University data, as of 18:33 Beijing time on March 31, there were more than 164,000 confirmed cases in the United States and more than 3,000 deaths. US President Trump said that the number of new crown virus tests in the United States has exceeded 1 million. He revealed that the United States has started buying personal protective equipment from overseas.

In New York State, the epicenter of the US epidemic, the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 67,000. The state government estimates that the epidemic will reach its peak in 2 to 3 weeks, at which time it is estimated that 140,000 beds and 40,000 intensive care beds will be needed, which is much higher than the existing capacity. New York Governor Cuomo issued an urgent appeal, saying New York still needs 1 million medical staff, "Please come to New York to help us now."

New single-day deaths hit record high in Spain

U.K. epidemic trends cause concern

As of the 31st, a total of 94417 cases have been confirmed in Spain, and 849 deaths have been added within 24 hours, with a total of 8189 cases. This is the highest number of new deaths in a single day since the outbreak in the country.

At the same time, the cumulative number of diagnoses in the UK exceeded 20,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 1,400. The epidemic situation has caused concern. Researchers have found that the death case curve in the UK is very similar to that in Italy two weeks ago. There are concerns that Britain may become the next Italy.

Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the well-known medical journal The Lancet, wrote recently that the UK's national medical service system has been slow to respond, and previous vaccination strategies have proven to be unsuccessful. Public opinion believes that Britain has missed the best time for prevention and control, and the current anti-epidemic measures should have been implemented a few weeks ago.

Data map: Rome, Italy, Fabia Bettini points to the son of the film "Girls in Plaza de Espana" on the building across the street. This is also one of the events of the Rome Film Festival, which aims to encourage people to stay at home during the Italian crown virus outbreak.

Signs of stabilization in Italy

Austria, Greece "hard-core" anti-epidemic

As of 18:00 on the 30th, a total of 101,739 cases have been confirmed in Italy, with a total of 11,591 deaths. Ryan, the WHO's chief emergency health expert, said the blockade and stringent measures taken by Italy in the past two weeks should stabilize the epidemic soon, but vigilant follow-up action is needed.

The Italian Ministry of Health has accepted the proposal to extend the blockade until at least April 12.

Faced with a severe epidemic, many European countries have stepped up their epidemic prevention measures. Austrian Prime Minister Kurtz announced that people can only wear masks to shop in supermarkets and drug stores; Greece announced a package of financial aid. The Prime Minister also advocated that government employees donate half of their salary in the next two months to support the fight against the epidemic.

In addition, a number of people in the German medical research community said that if all goes well, a vaccine against the new crown virus is expected to be put into use as early as the end of 2020.

The picture shows the restart of the Olympic countdown card on the streets of Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics countdown board restarts, Japan

South Korea will "zero tolerance" for violations

Japan has cumulatively diagnosed more than 2,000 new cases of new pneumonia and 59 deaths. At a meeting on the 31st, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso did not attend at the same time to prevent the risk of infection. In addition, in view of the finalization of the Tokyo Olympics new schedule, the Olympic countdown board stopped after 6 days to restart.

As of 00:00 on the 31st local time, South Korea has added 125 confirmed cases with a total of 9786 cases. On the same day, President Wen Zaiyin demanded strict prevention of outbreaks of epidemics and said that illegal measures should be taken to resolve violations.

Iran confirmed more than 44,000 cases

Strengthening prevention and control measures in many countries

The number of confirmed cases and deaths in many countries in the Middle East continues to rise. Iran has more than 44,000 confirmed cases and 2,898 deaths. Germany's foreign ministry said France, Germany and Britain had shipped a batch of medical supplies to Iran.

In addition, the number of confirmed cases in Turkey has also exceeded 10,000. There were 4,695 cases in Israel, 630 in Iraq, and 656 in Egypt. Countries continue to strengthen prevention and control measures.

Data map: March 24th news. Recently, the Madrid Convention and Exhibition Center in Spain was transformed into a square cabin hospital and began to receive patients. The picture shows the beds arranged in the square cabin hospital on March 21st local time.

Multinational health workers infected

The epidemic prevention line is in crisis

While the new crown pneumonia epidemic has put pressure on the medical systems of many countries, it has also hit the medical team. On the 30th, Italy notified that 8,358 medical staff were infected, 63 doctors died, and most of the doctors who died of the disease were in Lombardy, the worst-affected area. In Spain, about 12,000 health workers were infected.

In Romania, due to the lack of medical protective equipment for medical staff in health institutions, a large number of medical staff were infected, and some hospitals even had to be temporarily closed. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, 104 employees of a Syrian-Lebanese hospital tested positive for the new crown virus.

Epidemic or trigger food crisis?

FAO: damage must be minimized

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says the spread of the epidemic globally has caused labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, which could affect food security in some countries and regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization expects bad conditions to occur in April and May.

FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said that the world must take immediate action to minimize the impact of the epidemic on the food supply chain and cause problems such as interruption of food supply or high food prices. (Finish)