(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The US epidemic has stabilized in the west, "hot" and "catastrophic" expanded to 45 states

China News Service, Washington, April 9 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) With the White House approving Vermont to enter a "major disaster state" on the 8th, the map of the "disaster situation" of the new US coronary pneumonia has been expanded to at least 45 states and the capital, Washington, DC.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University at 10:00 pm on the 8th, more than 432,000 people in the United States have been infected with new coronary pneumonia and 14817 people have died. Among them, 151,000 were diagnosed in New York, 47,000 in New Jersey, 20,000 in Michigan, and 18,000 in California.

Data Map: On April 8, local time, people in the San Francisco Bay Area lined up outside Costco Supermarket in Foster City, waiting to buy supplies. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan

US President Trump said at the White House conference on the 8th that from May, the United States will have about 300 million masks delivered in succession, and will order another 200 million as a reserve as needed. As of the 8th, the US government has distributed more than 8,000 ventilators, and another 10,000 are ready for delivery.

Regarding when to restart the economy, Trump said that he must wait until the epidemic curve is in a clearly downward range, at which time a decision will be made based on the opinions of health experts and other professionals.

The epidemic on the east coast of the United States is still grim. In the past 24 hours, New York State has 779 deaths from New Coronary Pneumonia, which is the day when the state has the most deaths due to outbreaks. The cumulative death toll in New York State has reached 6,268. New York Governor Como said at a press conference on the 8th that he would order the flag to be lowered to mourn the New Yorkers who died in the pandemic. "Think about it, the number of people killed in the terrorist attacks on New York on September 11th was 2,753."

Last week, New Jersey announced that it would lower its flag half-way "indefinitely" to mourn the life lost to the new crown pneumonia. The governor of the state, Murphy, signed an administrative order on the 8th, requiring all "essential retail store" passenger flows not to exceed 50% of the approved store content, and all customers and store employees must wear masks.

The State of Maryland in the DC region added 1,158 new cases on the 8th, ushering in the largest increase in a single day. Prince George County and Montgomery County, which borders the state's capital Washington, are ranked in the top two, with 1,310 and 1,088, respectively.

On the west coast, outbreaks in some areas are being controlled. Washington State Governor Insley announced on the 8th that he would return a field hospital in Seattle to the federal government. But he also emphasized that this does not mean that Washington State has been "out of danger." The state is continuing to strengthen medical resources, including the purchase of 1,000 beds and more than 900 ventilators.

A minutes of the meeting released by the House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee of the US Congress on the 8th showed that 90% of the personal protective equipment in the federal government ’s strategic reserve has been distributed to the states, and the remaining 10% will be used as a reserve for the federal government ’s emergency measures.

"Now, the key medical supplies of the Federal Reserve have been exhausted." The chairman of the committee and Democratic MP Maloney criticized, "It seems that this government wants to allow states to find their own way to compete for these scarce materials in a chaotic market. Now. "

"In these frustrating figures, there is also some good news." The US "Capitol Hill" said that the data model used by the US government showed that the epidemic began to decline. Fossey, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on the same day that the death toll from new coronary pneumonia in the United States may be lower than previously estimated 100,000 to 200,000. (Finish)