(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Global War Epidemic: More than 150,000 cases worldwide have been diagnosed with multiple national defense “upgrades” and restrictions on entry
China News Service, Beijing, March 15th (Bo Wenwen) As of 19:00 on the 15th, Beijing time, more than 150,000 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in more than 140 countries and regions. In order to curb the rapidly spreading pandemic in the world, multi-national governments set off a new round of prevention and control climax on the 14th.
Global epidemic continues to spread
As of 18:00 local time on the 14th, 21,157 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed in Italy, and 1,441 have died. Giorgio Valoti, mayor of Ciene, Italy, who was unfortunately infected with the new crown pneumonia on the frontline of the epidemic prevention, further deteriorated on the 13th local time. He died at the age of 70 due to ineffective rescue.
A total of 13,938 confirmed cases were reported in Iran on the 15th, with 1,209 new cases in the past 24 hours. A total of 724 deaths have occurred and 4,590 have been cured.
As of 0:00 on the 15th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in South Korea has increased to 8162, with 75 deaths. There were 76 new cases in the past 24 hours.
In Spain on the 15th, there have been more than 6,000 confirmed cases and more than 190 deaths. Germany and France also had more than 4,000 confirmed cases on the day. Brunei Povalson, state secretary of the French Ministry of Ecological Transformation and Solidarity, was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia on the 14th.
According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 3:00 on the 15th, Eastern Time, a total of 2952 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 57 deaths have occurred in the United States.
India and Indonesia reported on the 15th that more than 100 cases were confirmed. Indonesian Minister of Transport Budi Karia Sumaddi confirmed infection with new crown pneumonia on the evening of the 14th.
In addition, the first cases of new coronary pneumonia occurred in the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Seychelles and Uzbekistan, and all patients had a history of European exposure.
Multi-Country Escalation Initiatives
European, Spanish, French, German, Belgian, Swiss and other European governments took further measures on the 14th, including restricting the scale of public activities and transportation, temporarily closing schools and non-essential business establishments.
Spain entered a state of emergency on the 14th and implemented a 15-day "state seal" restriction. The government requires that people not leave their homes except for specific situations such as work, medical treatment or purchase of necessities. All schools, restaurants, bars and retail stores are closed nationwide.
France announced on the 14th that it has entered the highest stage of epidemic prevention work, and will close all non-essential public places including restaurants, bars, cinemas, etc. from midnight on that day until a new order is issued. The government calls on all citizens to minimize travel and avoid intercity travel, rallies and family gatherings.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced on the evening of the 14th that a wide range of public places across the country will be closed. All cultural places, leisure and entertainment venues, restaurants, cafes, etc. will be closed for at least 5 weeks from the 15th. He called on the public to avoid unnecessary travel And recommend working from home if feasible.
Strict restrictions on entry in many countries
Many European countries that are at the “epicenter” of the global pandemic have stepped up their border control and strictly restricted personnel movements. Denmark closed the border from the 14th local time and suspended passenger traffic. Russia announced on the 14th that it will close its borders with Poland and Norway at 00:00 on the 15th. Poland announced that foreigners will be banned from entry on the 15th and will suspend all cross-border air, rail and road traffic. The Czech Republic and Slovakia prohibit all foreigners from entering the country except a residence permit.
The United States White House announced on the 14th that it will impose travel restrictions on Britain and Ireland starting at midnight on the 16th. The United States has previously announced a 30-day suspension of travel between the United States and the 26 member states of the European Schengen Area from midnight on the 13th.
In response to a possible new crown pneumonia epidemic, Prime Minister Saraje of Libya ’s National Unity Government announced on the 14th that it has entered a state of emergency and will take three weeks of preventive measures from the 16th, including closing airports, seaports and border ports.
The Yemeni government also announced on the 14th that it will suspend all flights and all land border crossings in its area of control except humanitarian relief for two weeks from the 18th. (Finish)