(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Global War Epidemic: Global "Stop Fight" Escalating Difficulty

China News Agency, Beijing, March 29 (Reporter Ma Jiajia) In the past week, the global spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not slowed down. The epidemic has spread in many places around the world, the number of confirmed cases in the United States has increased sharply, and the death rate in Europe remains high The results of multi-national defense control in Asia are being tested, and the difficulty of winning the global "blockade" has escalated. The pandemic has brought "unprecedented" challenges to the world. Solidarity and cooperation to fight the epidemic have become the actual needs and general consensus of all countries.

U.S. epidemic epidemic enters multiple disaster states

According to real-time statistical data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:30 on March 29, Beijing time, the United States has reported a total of 121,117 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, ranking first in the world, with 2010 deaths. More than 20,000 new cases. In addition, the U.S. military has more than 400 active military and civilian personnel infected with the new crown virus. Two carriers, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, have reported infections of nearly 40 people. The World Health Organization said on the 25th that the United States has the potential to become a new epidemic for the new crown virus pandemic.

On March 28 local time, people in the San Francisco Bay Area stood in long queues outside the Costco supermarket in Foster City, waiting to buy supplies. Photo by Liu Guanguan of China News Agency

According to CNN, in response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, as of the 28th local time, US President Trump has approved 17 states or regions to enter a "major disaster" state, including New York, Washington, California, New Jersey and other states .

Affected by the epidemic, along with an unprecedented number of 3.2 million unemployed people, the US economy has almost completely stalled. In order to avoid the economic disaster caused by the immunization situation, the US Congress passed a two trillion dollar rescue plan, which also became the largest economic aid bill in the history of the United States.

High case fatality rates in Italy and western Europe

As the two countries with the worst epidemic situation in Europe, the newly confirmed cases and death cases in one day remain high in Italy and Spain, and the epidemic situation is still very grim.

According to information from the Italian health department, as of 18:00 local time on 28th, the cumulative deaths in Italy exceeded 10,000, with 889 new deaths in a single day and 5,974 new cases in a single day. The Spanish National newspaper quoted the Ministry of Health's latest notification on the 28th, saying that in the past 24 hours, the country has added 8,189 new cases of confirmed new pneumonia and 832 deaths, the largest increase in a single day, with a cumulative 5690 deaths.

In the past few days, the number of newly diagnosed new crown pneumonia cases in the United Kingdom has increased by four digits. According to the report of the British Ministry of Health and Social Security on the 28th, 2546 new cases of new crown pneumonia have been diagnosed in the UK, with a cumulative diagnosis of 17,089; deaths have increased from 759 To 1019 cases.

After Prince Charles of Wales confirmed the infection with the new crown virus, British Prime Minister Johnson and Health Secretary Hancock also announced the diagnosis. Johnson also became the world's first country leader to be diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. After the diagnosis, Johnson emphasized that his symptoms were mild, and he had been isolated from home and remotely working. He also plans to send an open letter to the whole people, calling on the people to continue to strictly implement prevention and control measures.

On March 23, local time, the Milan International Exhibition Center in Italy is a temporary hospital under reconstruction.

Japan delays loss of at least $ 5.8 billion for first time in Tokyo Olympic history

Affected by the epidemic, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee President Bach reached an agreement on the 24th that the Tokyo Olympics will be postponed to 2021, no later than the summer of 2021.

It is reported that the Berlin Olympics in 1916, the Tokyo Olympics in 1940, and the London Olympics in 1944 were suspended due to war, but the Olympics have never been suspended due to infectious diseases. The Tokyo Olympics will also be the first Olympic Games to be postponed in the history of the modern Olympics.

Honorary professor Miyamoto Katsuhiro of Kansai University in Japan also made an estimate of economic losses in relation to changes in the Olympic plan. The estimate is that if the Tokyo Olympics is postponed for one year, the cost of venue facilities and organizing competitions will increase by at least 640.8 billion yen (approximately $ 5.8 billion).

On March 24 local time, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee issued a joint statement saying that in view of the current epidemic situation, the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo needs to be rescheduled to 2020, but no later than the summer of 2021. The picture shows the Olympic countdown electronic clock in front of Tokyo Station in Japan on March 25th.

G20 leaders meet for solidarity in first video meeting

As a forum for international economic cooperation composed of the world ’s largest and fastest-growing economies, on the 26th, Beijing time, leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) responded to the New Crown Pneumonia Special Summit by video.

In addition to the G20 member leaders, leaders of Spain, Jordan, Singapore, and Switzerland, as well as heads of international organizations and regional organizations such as the United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, etc. were also invited. This summit issued a special signal in the special context of the global spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and also under the actual need of cooperating against the epidemic in the world.

With the joint efforts of all parties, the summit issued the "G20 Leaders' Special Summit Statement on New Coronary Pneumonia," emphasizing that the epidemic has no borders, and G20 members should work together to respond to the threat of the epidemic. All parties are committed to taking all measures to fight the epidemic, protect lives, and revitalize the economy. They will start an economic plan worth a total of US $ 5 trillion in order to deal with the negative impact of the epidemic on global society, the economy and finance, and pass it on to the international community Positive signals of cooperation between countries to respond to the epidemic and strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination.

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the meeting on the same day and delivered an important speech entitled "Hand in hand to fight the epidemic and overcome the difficulties". A number of international mainstream media have paid close attention to this, and talked about a series of important proposals on strengthening international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control and stabilizing the world economy. People from various countries and international organizations believe that the speeches of Chinese leaders reflect China's key role and role as a major country in the war against epidemics. (Finish)