China News Service, May 23, real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States showed that as of 18:32 Beijing time on May 23, there were more than 5.23 million confirmed cases of the new crown worldwide, and a total of nearly 340,000 deaths. The US CDC was accused of confounding virus testing and antibody testing; Russia plans to produce a new crown vaccine before the end of the summer; Iran ’s epidemic prevention and control has entered the fourth phase; and many African countries continue to strengthen prevention and control measures.
On May 22, local time, in front of the California Teachers Association in San Mateo County, California, both the American flag and the California flag were lowered to half the flagpole. The United States has lowered its flag by half a day for three days since the 22nd to mourn the death of the new coronary pneumonia. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan
US CDC confuses virus testing and antibody testing
Peru extends mandatory quarantine policy until the end of June
At present, over 1.6 million cases have been diagnosed in the United States, with more than 96,000 deaths. In New York State, where the epidemic is most severe in the United States, nearly 360,000 cases have been diagnosed.
At such a severe outbreak, the US Centers for Disease Control has been exposed to confuse virus detection with antibody detection. According to CNN's report on the 22nd, the US Centers for Disease Control and the health departments of 11 states have admitted that in the new crown epidemic detection work, there are cases of confusion between virus detection and antibody detection data.
Experts believe that mixing the above two test data may be misleading, making it impossible to accurately grasp the spread of the new crown epidemic in the United States. Taken together, these statistics have pushed up the overall number of tests in the United States, leading people to mistakenly believe that local governments have sufficient testing capabilities and are ready to "unblock."
The US CDC spokesman Nude Lund said the CDC plans to separate the data from these two tests in the coming weeks.
In Latin America, more than 330,000 cases have been diagnosed in Brazil in the "severely affected areas". Apart from Brazil, the situation in countries such as Peru and Mexico is not optimistic.
Among them, the cumulative confirmed cases in Peru have reached 111,698. Peruvian President Biscala announced on May 22 local time that in order to avoid the further development of the new crown epidemic, the government decided to adjust and extend the current mandatory isolation policy until June 30 after the national emergency on May 24. day.
The Spanish epidemic has slowed. The picture shows a man in the city of Palma de Mallorca in the country drinking beer outside a bar near Palma Cathedral in Mallorca.
Russia plans to produce new crown vaccine before end of summer
The Spanish epidemic continues to stabilize
According to the information released by the official website of the Russian new crown virus epidemic prevention agency, as of 10:35 on the 23rd local time, there were 9,434 new cases of new coronary pneumonia diagnosed in Russia within 24 hours, and a total of 335,882 cases were diagnosed. Günzburg, director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia's "Gamalya", said on the 23rd that Russia plans to start producing new coronavirus vaccines before the end of this summer.
The Spanish epidemic has gradually stabilized. The Western government confirmed on the 22nd that the severely affected capital, Madrid, and the second largest city, Barcelona, entered the first phase of the downgrade of regulatory measures on the 25th, allowing restaurants to open outdoor dining areas and meet up to 10 people. At present, Spain has accumulatively confirmed 234,824 cases and 28,628 deaths.
According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, a German disease control agency, as of 03:00 on the 23rd local time, Germany has added 638 new cases of the new crown, a total of 177850 cases; the Belgian health department announced on the 23rd that the country has newly confirmed cases 299 cases, a cumulative increase to 56810 cases; the Ukrainian Ministry of Health said that on the 23rd, the country added 432 confirmed cases, a cumulative diagnosis of 20580 cases.
Korean schools at all levels gradually resume classes. The picture shows Ulsan, South Korea, where students line up for temperature measurement.
South Korea is actively preparing for a new round of resumption
Foreign workers infected with Singapore continue to increase
The South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention Headquarters reported on the 23rd that there were 23 new confirmed cases in the country, with a total of 11,165 cases. At present, South Korea is preparing for a new round of school start. Students in the second grade of high school, the third grade of junior high school, the first and second grades of elementary school, and kindergarten will return to class on May 27. Park Linghou, Minister of Health and Welfare of Korea, said on the same day: "We will further strengthen the national emergency response system to cope with the planned resumption of classes."
The Ministry of Health of Singapore announced on the 23rd that as of 12:00 noon that day, Singapore had 642 new cases of new coronavirus infection, with a total of 31,068 cases. The vast majority of the new cases occurred in dormitory areas of foreign workers, and there were 6 infections among Singapore citizens and permanent residents.
Data map: Turkish streets under the epidemic.
Iran epidemic prevention and control entered the fourth stage
Many African countries continue to strengthen prevention and control measures
The Ministry of Health of Iran reported on the 23rd that there were 1,869 newly diagnosed new crowns in the country, with a total of 133,521 diagnosed cases. According to news from the Iranian President ’s Office on the 23rd, President Rouhani said that Iran ’s epidemic prevention and control work has completed three stages of social alienation plan, intelligent alienation plan, and opening low- and medium-risk economic activities. Enter the fourth stage.
Recently, Turkey has continued to relax related prevention and control measures. Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Karais Melloglu announced on the 22nd that from 28th local time, five high-speed rail lines, including Ankara to Istanbul, will resume operations and run daily. 16 classes. As of the evening of the 22nd local time, a total of 154,500 new crown cases were diagnosed in Turkey, and a total of 4,276 deaths.
According to the latest data released by the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 103,933 confirmed cases of new crowns in Africa, 3,183 deaths and 41,473 people recovered. In response to the epidemic, many African countries have actively strengthened prevention and control measures.
Sudan ’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Religious Fund said on the 22nd that in view of the spread of the epidemic, Muslims in the country were prohibited from gathering in Eid al-Fitr in mosques and squares, and they were required to conduct Eid al-Fitr in their homes; The curfew will be resumed from the 23rd, and the start date of each school will be postponed; the Ministry of Health of Kenya predicts that the country ’s epidemic has entered the stage of community transmission, and the peak will come in August or September. If the current prevention and control measures are continued, there may be A smoother epidemic curve.