China News Service, July 11. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 19:34 on July 11, Beijing time, there were more than 12.52 million cases of new crowns diagnosed worldwide and more than 560,000 deaths. The number of new cases in the world has reached a new high; experts say that the United States has restarted too fast and caused the epidemic to rebound; many countries have tightened restrictions and even "re-blocked"; countries have accelerated vaccine research and development.

Data Map: The people of Arizona in the United States insisted on going to the river to cool off despite the rebound of the epidemic.

　The US restarted too quickly and caused the epidemic to rebound?

　　The global epidemic situation is grim

　　The WHO's epidemic data released on the 10th showed that there were more than 228,000 newly diagnosed cases in a single day, a record high. This is also the fifth time in July that the number of new cases in the world has exceeded 200,000.

　　According to real-time data from Hopkins University, the cumulative number of diagnosed cases in the United States has exceeded 3.18 million, with more than 134,000 deaths. At present, there are over 100,000 confirmed cases in nine states in the United States, and only 400,000 cases in New York State. On the 10th, the number of newly confirmed cases in 8 more states reached the highest value since the outbreak.

　　Anthony Fudge, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted that the United States has problems confirming the spread of the virus among asymptomatic patients and young people, and failed to take appropriate isolation measures in a timely manner. He also said that the process of restarting the economy in some states was too fast and skipped the prudent measures recommended by the relevant guidelines, which was a major reason for the rebound of the epidemic.

　　At the same time, the epidemic situation is not optimistic in Brazil and India, where the number of diagnoses is second and third in the world, respectively. Brazil added more than 45,000 confirmed cases on the 10th, with a total of more than 1.8 million diagnosed cases; data released on the 11th in India showed that the country added 27,000 confirmed cases, a new high since the outbreak, with a total of more than 82 diagnosed cases. Ten thousand cases.

　　The French epidemic also faces a risk of rebound. The Public Health Department of France said that there is a new growth trend in the spread of new coronavirus in the country. From June 29 to July 5, France's confirmed cases and infection rates have increased from the previous week. In addition, the epidemic situation in Saudi Arabia, Israel and other countries has also continued to rebound.

The Atlas sculpture at the Rockefeller Center in New York City was masked. China News Agency reporter Liao Panshe

Tightening restrictions

　　"Re-block" or become a helpless option

　　Under the unfavorable epidemic situation, many countries once again tightened restrictions and even entered the "re-blockade".

　　In the Middle East, Algeria resumed its bans in 29 more severely affected provinces from the 10th, suspending interprovincial traffic, while public and private vehicles in these provinces stopped on the road during the weekend.

　　The Israeli cabinet decided to block many high-risk communities in five cities, including Jerusalem, from 1 p.m. local time on the 10th, until 8 am on the 17th. Access to these blocked areas is strictly restricted.

　　In the United States, Nevada announced on the 10th that it will re-close bars in some areas, including Las Vegas; the Governor of Texas said that if measures such as wearing masks and maintaining social distance are still unable to contain the spread of the epidemic, it may be Take stricter measures.

　　In addition, India’s Uttar Pradesh re-imposed a blockade order, Japan will discuss whether stores in Tokyo will be closed again, and Melbourne, Australia.

Data map: vaccine development equipment. Photograph by Qian Chenfei

Many countries actively develop new crown vaccines

　　Russian vaccine clinical trials will enter the second phase

　　Because there is currently no special drug for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, and the epidemic is still spreading rapidly, vaccine development has become a key part of fighting the epidemic.

　　The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the latest progress in the development of the new crown vaccine on the 10th, and the clinical trial of the new crown vaccine in the country will enter the second phase. After analyzing the physical functions of the first batch of volunteers who participated in the trial, the researchers found that the volunteers formed an immune response in the body, which confirmed the effectiveness and tolerability of the vaccine.

　　In the new crown vaccine project being developed by the University of Tübingen, Germany, about 4,000 volunteers have been registered as testers. At present, the test at the University of Tübingen clinic is the first stage. If it is successful, the number of testers will increase significantly in the future. Kremsner, director of the vaccine research and development project, said that so far so good.

　　South Africa’s new crown vaccine clinical trial team leader Ma Di also confirmed that the country’s new crown vaccine trial is being stepped up, and 2,000 volunteers have registered to participate. He expects that South Africa's vaccine trial process is expected to speed up, and expects the test results to be available in November or December.