[Global Times Special Correspondent in Germany Aoki Global Times Special Correspondent Li Jing] According to a German news agency report on the 29th, from Belgium to Spain, from Germany to France, many European countries have seen a rapid increase in confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. Fearing that there may be a second wave of the epidemic, countries have tightened their epidemic prevention measures.
Deutsche News Agency reported that the Robert Koch Institute, the German disease control agency, said on Wednesday that the country had 684 new confirmed cases in a single day on Tuesday, higher than Monday's 633. "The German epidemic is spreading rapidly." German Health Minister Span announced on the 27th that people entering Germany from high-risk areas need to be tested for the new coronavirus. According to the British "Guardian" report on the 28th, the Spanish Ministry of Health said that day that the country had 905 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, higher than the 855 cases announced on Monday. Countries including Britain and Germany issued travel warnings to Spain. The Spanish government announced that it will restrict people gatherings, and people must always wear masks in public from Thursday.
According to a report by Agence France-Presse on the 29th, French Minister of Health Verande stated that the country had 725 new confirmed cases in a single day on Tuesday. Veranden said that there was no second wave of epidemics in France, but there had been "warning signs." He urged the public to act responsibly to prevent the spread of the epidemic. According to the ratio of the number of deaths to the total population, Belgium has the highest mortality rate in Europe, with 85 deaths from new coronary pneumonia per 100,000 residents. According to Deutsche News Agency, from Wednesday, Belgium will implement new epidemic prevention regulations, including reducing the number of indoor activities and restricting travel. The Italian parliament approved on Wednesday to extend the state of emergency until October 15. The Italian government originally planned to end the state of emergency on July 31. In addition, in the early morning of the 29th local time, Bukovalevich, Minister of Veterans Affairs of the Federal Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, died of infection with the new crown virus.
As of the early morning of the 30th, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 16.79 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 660,000. According to Agence France-Presse, there were more than 60,000 new confirmed cases in a single day in the United States on Tuesday, and 1,592 new deaths in a single day. The latter figure is the highest in more than two months. As of the early morning of the 30th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 4.37 million, and the cumulative number of deaths was close to 150,000. The American Association of Medical Colleges warned on the 29th that the United States must control the epidemic, otherwise the death toll may surge to hundreds of thousands. U.S. President Trump recently reopened the news conference on the epidemic, with a big change in his attitude, supporting people to wear masks, hoping to change the election situation. However, at the news conference on the 28th, he continued to promote the "magic drug" hydroxychloroquine and also praised a doctor who believed in witchcraft. Agence France-Presse commented that Trump’s efforts to get his re-election campaign back on track were “broken” on the 28th.
In addition, U.S. media said that the Senate Republicans recently announced that the epidemic rescue plan was "contained in private goods." Some of the provisions have nothing to do with the epidemic. The most notable one is to allocate a huge amount of money to rebuild the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the original site. Headquarters building. The Democratic Party believes that this clause is Trump's profit for his hotels. Trump International Hotel is located opposite the FBI headquarters building. If the FBI building is rebuilt on the original site, it can prevent competitors from competing with Trump International Hotel. Not only did the Democrats object to this provision, but even the Republican leader McConnell believed that relevant content should not be included in the rescue plan.