China News Service, Beijing, September 5th. The global new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, and the number of new cases in many European countries has rebounded significantly. India has newly confirmed more than 80,000 cases in a single day for two consecutive days.

According to statistics from the World Health Organization, as of 3:38 on the 4th Central European Time (9:38 Beijing time), there were 26,171,112 confirmed cases worldwide, and 865,154 deaths.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7:28 on the 5th Beijing time, there were 26,499,512 confirmed cases of new crown worldwide, and 872,390 deaths.

  Sumia Swaminatan, the chief scientist of the WHO, said on the 4th that more than 30 new crown vaccines worldwide have entered the clinical trial stage, of which 9 are in the phase III clinical trial stage, and the situation is very optimistic.

It is expected that some vaccines will get the results of Phase III clinical trials at the end of this year or early next year, and then mass production.

U.S. primary and secondary schools started the fall semester in September. Affected by the new crown epidemic, most public schools in the U.S. still use distance learning.

The picture shows September 2nd, Arlington, Virginia elementary school students arrive at the school to receive teaching supplies for the new semester.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

U.S. promises to distribute vaccines due to controversy, Brazil outbreak shows signs of improvement

  The United States is still the country with the largest cumulative number of confirmed and cumulative deaths in the world, with 61,989,960 confirmed cases and 187,696 deaths.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously stated that it has asked all states in the United States to prepare to distribute the new crown vaccine at the end of October or early November.

On the 4th local time, Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the well-known medical journal "The Lancet", said in an interview with CNN that President Trump’s promise to distribute the new crown vaccine by the end of October was completely wrong. , Is not in line with reality.

  According to the latest data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the evening of the 4th local time, there were 50,163 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country in a single day, and a total of 4,91,801 confirmed cases; 888 new deaths and a total of 125,502 deaths.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on the same day that it will allocate 370 million reais (1 U.S. dollars to 5.3 reais) to various cities in Brazil to track close contacts of people infected with new coronary pneumonia and minimize the spread of the virus. The funds will be Distribution is based on the population of the city.

Brazilian health experts believe that the spread of the epidemic in Brazil has shown signs of slowing down, and the number of deaths has shown a downward trend from a high level.

August 11, 2020, local time, Moscow, Russia, Binnopharm's new crown vaccine production laboratory.

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France newly diagnosed a new high in a single day, Russia is expected to provide vaccines abroad in November

  In recent days, the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in many European countries is approaching the peak level during the outbreak period in March, and the epidemic has a clear rebound trend.

Among them, France has 8975 newly confirmed cases in a single day on the 4th, which is the highest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day.

The total number of confirmed cases in France was approaching 310,000 that day, reaching 309,156.

The number of inpatients and severely ill patients with the new crown in France is still increasing, and the number of cluster infections has increased significantly. In just 4 days, there were 53 new cluster infections in a single day.

  Russian Direct Investment Fund (Vaccine Cooperative Producer) President Dmitriev said at an online press conference held on the 4th that he is expected to provide foreign markets with vaccines produced outside Russia in November this year.

Dmitriev said that currently 40 countries including Brazil, Egypt, India, Uzbekistan, Mexico, and Argentina are interested in purchasing Russian new coronavirus vaccines, but Russia's vaccine production capacity can only meet the domestic market.

According to a report from the "Russia 24" television station on the 4th, the "Satellite-V" new coronavirus vaccine has begun large-scale production.

On July 23, local time, India-controlled Kashmir Srinagar, a local Urdu newspaper "Roshni", in order to raise people's awareness of the new crown pneumonia, provided readers with free masks and posted them on the front page.

India added more than 80,000 for two consecutive days, Japan began to "coexist" with the new crown as normal

  According to the latest data released by the Indian Ministry of Health on the 4th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in India rose to 3,936,748.

In the past 24 hours, India has newly confirmed 83,341 cases, an increase of more than 50,000 cases for 37 consecutive days, and an increase of more than 80,000 cases for two consecutive days.

There were 1096 new deaths and 68,472 deaths.

  Since August, the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in India has exceeded 75,000 for several consecutive days.

New Delhi TV has warned that India will become the new global epicenter.

Naman Shah, a professor at the National Institute of Epidemiology in India, said that India faces two major challenges: a large population and a poor public health system, which will inevitably become a new hot spot for the global epidemic.

  In some Southeast Asian countries, the epidemic situation has also changed. Among them, Indonesia has repeatedly reported new confirmed cases in a single day, and Thailand has also reported new confirmed cases again 100 days after the local confirmed cases were "cleared".

  According to NHK TV, as of 20:00 local time on the 4th, Japan has reported 585 new confirmed cases and a total of 70,991 confirmed cases; 17 new deaths and a total of 1352 deaths.

Recently, the Japanese government is committed to both epidemic prevention and socio-economic activities, and "coexistence" with the new crown has become the new normal in Japanese society.

  The number of new confirmed cases in South Africa slows down. WHO calls for vaccine testing on the African continent

  According to the latest statistics from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on the 4th local time, a total of 1,276,687 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in 57 countries in Africa, a total of 30,605 deaths, and a total of 1017001 cured cases; the three most severely affected countries are South Africa, Egypt and Morocco.

  Although it still ranks first in the number of cumulative confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in African countries, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in South Africa has shown an improvement since August, especially the number of new confirmed cases every day has reached a new low and achieved a recovery rate of nearly 90%.

As of the 4th local time, there were 633,015 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa, and 14,563 deaths.

South African Health Minister Mukez announced that South Africa has passed the peak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in view of the declining number of infections reported daily.

  The World Health Organization recently stated that it hopes to secure 230 million doses of vaccine for Africa in the global new crown pneumonia vaccine plan, and emphasizes that any vaccines under development should also be tested on the African continent.

Officials from the WHO African region stated that these 230 million doses of vaccine will cover 20% of the African population. First, it will ensure frontline medical staff and health care workers, and then expand to vulnerable groups.

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