China News.com, June 5. According to a comprehensive report, real-time statistical data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States showed that as of 19:33 on June 5, Beijing time, there were more than 6.66 million confirmed cases in the new crown worldwide, and the cumulative deaths exceeded 39.1. Ten thousand cases. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called on the protesters to test for the new coronavirus; some studies said that hydroxychloroquine is difficult to prevent the new corona infection, but the conclusion still needs more verification; the number of deaths in Brazil rose to the third in the world; Stimulate the economy.
On June 1, local time, New Yorkers in the United States marched on the streets of Manhattan to protest police violent law enforcement. China News Agency reporter Liao Panshe
Director of the US Centers for Disease Control calls for testing for protesters
Studies show that hydroxychloroquine is difficult to prevent infection
At present, there are over 1.87 million new crown cases diagnosed and over 108,000 deaths in the United States. Statistics show that in the past week, the number of new cases in 19 states has increased, 13 states have remained stable, and 18 states have shown a downward trend.
The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Redfield said the protest march that erupted across the United States due to Freud’s death provided a "hotbed" for the spread of the new crown virus. To prevent the epidemic from spreading further, all people participating in the protest should be tested for viruses in the next few days.
He said that as all states in the United States have entered the stage of "restarting the economy", he is "very worried" that people will relax too quickly and the epidemic will rebound. He warned the public that at this stage, they still need to "do their best" to comply with relevant anti-epidemic guidelines such as wearing masks.
In addition, the results of a randomized controlled trial published by American and Canadian scholars on the 3rd showed that hydroxychloroquine had no significant difference in the prevention of new coronavirus infection from placebo. However, some scholars believe that the test results need further verification.
The picture shows researchers are developing a new coronavirus mRNA vaccine. Photo by Tang Yanjun
Global Vaccine Summit raises US$8.8 billion
European countries take measures to stimulate the economy
At present, many countries around the world are accelerating the research and development of new crown vaccines, and how to ensure fair access to vaccines has become one of the focuses. The Global Vaccine Summit video conference hosted by British Prime Minister Johnson Online was held on the 4th. Representatives from more than 50 countries and regions attended the meeting, calling on governments and international organizations to work together. The summit raised US$8.8 billion for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI).
At the same time, as the epidemic in Europe has slowed, many countries have recently introduced a number of measures to restore the economy as soon as possible. Germany, Italy, Portugal and other countries have recently launched economic rescue plans to help their own enterprises or low-income families through the difficulties; the Finnish government announced an additional budget of 5.5 billion euros to contain the impact of the epidemic and help economic recovery.
In addition, the German government decided to lift the travel ban on the EU countries and the five countries of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland from the 15th; Dutch citizens will be able to travel to 12 European countries including Germany, Belgium, Italy and Croatia Holiday tourism; from June 15th, Greece will open its doors to tourists from 29 countries including China.
The picture shows the people on public transportation in Brazil wearing masks to ride.
Brazil has more deaths than Italy
The epidemic situation in many countries in the Middle East is now "rebounding"
Although the epidemic situation is improving in some countries and the economy is beginning to recover, there are still many countries where the epidemic situation is not optimistic.
Currently, the number of confirmed cases in Latin America is close to 1.2 million. Among them, the epidemic in Brazil is the most serious, with a total of more than 610,000 confirmed cases, still ranking second in the world, second only to the United States; and the cumulative number of deaths exceeds 34,000, which has surpassed Italy, becoming the third country with the highest number of deaths in the world After the United States and the United Kingdom.
Recently, after many countries in the Middle East have gradually relaxed the epidemic prevention restrictions, the epidemic situation has clearly "rebounded". Among them, the number of newly confirmed cases in Iran on the 4th reached a new high. To curb the spread of the virus, Lebanon once again extended the national epidemic prevention mobilization status to July 5.
According to data from the African Centers for Disease Control on the 4th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Africa has exceeded 163,000. The epidemic situation in Rwanda, Senegal and other countries has been effectively controlled and the control measures have been gradually relaxed, but the epidemic situation in countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya is still severe.