(Combating New Crown Pneumonia) Global War Epidemic: More than 19,000 cases of diagnosis confirmed in 86 countries
China News Agency, Beijing, March 6th. Comprehensive news: With the spread of the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases outside China has surged. As of 19:00 Beijing time, 86 countries worldwide except China have reported confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, with cumulative confirmed cases More than 19,000 cases. Many countries have continuously upgraded their prevention and control measures by setting up anti-epidemic funding, declaring states of emergency, strengthening immigration management, and closing schools.
With newly diagnosed cases reported in Palestine, South Africa, Bhutan and other countries, new crown pneumonia has spread to 86 countries except China. South Korea, Iran, and Italy are still countries with more new cases per day.
From 00:00 to 16:00 local time, South Korea added 309 new cases of newly diagnosed pneumonia and a total of 6593 confirmed cases. South Korean Prime Minister Ding Se-jyun announced a total ban on the export of masks starting on the 6th.
The Iranian Ministry of Health informed at noon on the 6th local time that in the past day, Iran had added 1,234 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, and a total of 4,747 confirmed cases. Iran has become the country with the second largest number of confirmed cases outside China, after South Korea.
As of 00:00 on the 6th local time, the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in Italy rose to 3,927, and a total of 148 patients died. Currently, confirmed cases have appeared in 20 regions across Italy. Italian Prime Minister Conte announced that the government has allocated 7.5 billion euros for "anti-epidemic".
As of 19:00 on the 6th, Beijing time, a total of 1074 diagnoses have been confirmed in Japan. A total of 12 deaths and 248 patients were discharged from the hospital. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would require people entering China from China and South Korea to be quarantined at a facility designated by the Japanese government for two weeks.
There are more than a hundred confirmed cases in the UK and deaths have been reported for the first time. According to the latest data released by the UK's CDC on the 5th, there were 29 new infections in the UK, with a total of 116 diagnosed. In Reading, near London, an elderly patient locally infected with the new crown virus has died, the first death in the UK. In response to the spread of the epidemic, the increase in the number of quarantines, and the "panic shopping" situation of some people, the British Health Minister said that there would be no shortage of food supply across the country and "absolutely no need" to buy too much.
The 13 administrative regions of France were affected by the epidemic. According to the French Ministry of Health's data at 16:00 on the 5th local time, 138 new cases of neonatal pneumonia in France compared with yesterday, and a total of 423 cases were diagnosed. With the addition of two new patients in the Central-Loire Valley region, which have not previously detected any cases, confirmed cases have been reported in all 13 administrative regions of the French mainland.
Four states in the United States have declared a state of emergency. As of 9:00 pm on March 5, EST, there were 232 confirmed cases and 14 deaths in the United States. Due to the threat of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Maryland announced on 5th that the state has entered a state of emergency, becoming the fourth state in the United States to declare a state of emergency due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Earlier, states of Washington, California and Florida on the west coast of the United States had declared a state of emergency. (Finish)