(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) New South Africa's New Coronary Pneumonia cases exceeded 20,000
China News Agency, Johannesburg, May 22 (Reporter Wang Xi) The South African Ministry of Health announced on the 22nd: 988 new cases of confirmed coronary pneumonia and 28 deaths were added on the same day. The cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa was 20,125, and 397 were dead.
Only 12 days have passed since the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa exceeded 10,000 on May 10, and the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has exceeded 20,000. In particular, the number of diagnosed cases of more than 1,000 people in multiple days has triggered The outside world is generally worried.
As of press time, the Western Cape Province, which is the "severely affected area" of South Africa's new coronary pneumonia, has a total of 12,888 confirmed cases; Gauteng Province, which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria, ranks second with 2521 cases; Eastern Cape Province , KwaZulu-Natal followed with 2459 cases and 1735 cases respectively.
However, the South African government has planned to reduce the "blockade order" against the South African epidemic from the current fourth level to the third level before June 1, which means that more commercial institutions will reopen and the public will get more The opportunity to go out activities increases the risk of spreading the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. In addition, the Ministry of Basic Education of South Africa previously announced that from June 1st, South African students in grades 7 to 12 will return to school. This decision has also attracted widespread criticism. The action to "stop the reopening of South African schools" is currently More than 100,000 signatures have been collected.
In response to the outbreak of New Coronary Pneumonia in South Africa, Harry Moultrie, a senior medical epidemiologist at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NICD) in South Africa, said recently that the number of confirmed cases of New Coronary Pneumonia in South Africa will increase rapidly in the coming months The country ’s medical system will also be under tremendous pressure. (Finish)