China News Service, July 12 According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 9:37 on July 12, Beijing time, there were more than 12.68 million confirmed cases in the new crown worldwide, with a cumulative death of more than 564,000 cases. The number of confirmed cases in the United States is increasing, many states have suspended the restart plan, and President Trump has been wearing masks for the first time since the outbreak. The multinational epidemic is still spreading and facing epidemic prevention challenges. German Chancellor Angela Merkel pointed out that global cooperation can only win the epidemic.
On July 11, local time, US President Trump was photographed wearing a mask while visiting a military medical center.
U.S. confirmed cases continue to increase, Trump publicly wears masks
At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 3.24 million cases, with more than 134,000 deaths. As the number of confirmed cases and hospitalizations continues to increase, restart programs in many US states have been suspended. Some public health experts warn that if the current situation continues, the United States will enter "one of the most unstable periods in history."
On the 11th local time, Louisiana Governor Edwards of the United States announced that the state will implement a "mask order" throughout the state, targeting all people aged 8 years and over. Edwards said, "We know that wearing a mask is effective", "It's that simple."
On the same day, when President Trump visited a military medical center, he was first seen wearing masks in public. In the past few months, Trump has refused to follow the advice of experts and wear masks in public. Trump said, "I think wearing a mask is great," "I have never opposed wearing a mask, but I believe that wearing a mask is time and place."
On the other hand, the US Centers for Disease Control has recently updated guidelines for public health officials and mathematical modeling researchers. The guideline estimates that 40% of people infected with new coronavirus have no symptoms. The agency warned that "because asymptomatic cases are difficult to identify and transmission is difficult to observe and quantify, there is still a high degree of uncertainty."
On July 11, local time, the streets of Shibuya, where young people gather in Tokyo, are crowded. Recently, the number of diagnoses in Tokyo has increased by more than 200 for three consecutive days, and the majority of young infected people. China News Service reporter Lu Shaowei
The epidemic situation is grim, and many defense epidemics still face challenges
In Tokyo, Japan, there were 206 newly confirmed cases on the 11th, and more than 200 cases were added on a single day for 3 consecutive days. The Japanese Cabinet Chief Sugai Suga expressed this day that it was a "Tokyo issue." Japanese media analysis said that this was dissatisfaction with the epidemic response of the Governor of Tokyo. Recently, the number of confirmed cases in the Japanese metropolitan area is increasing, and how to prevent the second wave of outbreaks has become an urgent issue for Japan.
The state of health emergency implemented in France ended on the 11th local time, but it is still necessary to wear masks to ride the French public transportation system. Since the outbreaks in the French overseas province of Mayotte and French Guiana are still not under control, many control measures in these two areas are still in effect.
In Latin America, the Brazilian epidemic is still developing rapidly, and there is no turning point. According to statistics from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in the past three weeks, the number of confirmed cases in the country has doubled. Brazilian President's wife Michelle Bosonaro said on social media on the 11th that her new coronavirus test was negative. At present, Brazilian President Bosonaro, who has been diagnosed with infection, is still being treated in isolation in the President's residence.
In Chile, in the past two weeks, the growth rate of confirmed cases in some areas has slowed down significantly, and the domestic epidemic situation continues to show a good development trend. However, the epidemic situation in the capital Santiago and some northern provinces is still not optimistic. At present, 63 cities and towns in Chile are isolated, involving about half of the country’s 19 million people.
The epidemic situation in Africa is still grim. According to the latest data from the official website of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are currently nearly 560,000 confirmed cases in the region. Among them, the epidemic in South Africa is the most serious, and the number of confirmed cases has doubled in just two weeks, exceeding 250,000 cases.
Data picture: The golden sculpture outside the Charlotte Palace, a famous scenic spot in Paris, was put on a mask. China News Service reporter Li Yangshe
Many parties call for a joint response to the epidemic, global cooperation is the key
In the face of the new crown epidemic that is still spreading, many parties called for strengthening global cooperation and working together to deal with it.
On the 10th, the European Parliament passed a resolution on public health strategies, requesting the establishment of a European public health response mechanism as soon as possible, through better coordination and management of common strategic reserves of medicines and medical devices, to calmly respond to various health crises. The European Parliament also urged that after the advent of vaccines and treatments, all human beings should have equal access.
On the 11th, Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the United States Gates Foundation, said that the epidemic had begun to interfere with the global medical supply chain and slowed down the prevention and treatment of all other diseases, including AIDS. He said that if medicines and vaccines were obtained by the "highest bidder" rather than being provided to those who really needed them, the world would face "longer, more unfair and deadly epidemics."
On the same day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pointed out that the epidemic posed challenges not only to governments but also to the entire international community. Only when countries find answers to global cooperation for this global threat will they have the opportunity to overcome the current and future pandemic diseases.