Chinanews, August 6th, according to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7:35 on the 6th Beijing time, more than 18.71 million cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed worldwide, and the cumulative deaths have exceeded 70.4 Million cases. According to statistics released by Reuters on the 5th, in the past two weeks, an average of 1 person died of the new crown virus every 15 seconds in the world; after California, Florida became the second state in the United States with more than 500,000 confirmed cases; and many countries have once again strengthened epidemic prevention. Measures.
American doctor Joseph and his team of medical staff check the files of people infected with the new crown virus at daily meetings. His department receives an average of 40 patients every day.
More than 500,000 confirmed cases in another U.S. state
Fauci and his family have received "death threats"
According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, there are currently over 4.81 million confirmed cases and over 157,000 deaths in the United States. On the 5th local time, Florida became another state in the United States following California with more than 500,000 confirmed cases.
A recent U.S. joint poll showed that about two-thirds of Americans believe that the response to the new crown epidemic in the United States is not as good as that of other countries. More than 80% of Americans support government funding for free testing and expand the scale of testing; 75% support the state's legislation to force people to wear masks in public places.
Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert in the United States, revealed that he and his family have received "death threats," even to the point where security must be hired. Because people don’t like what he said about the new crown epidemic. Prior to this, Trump had repeatedly attacked Fauci, constantly questioning and criticizing his statement as "wrong."
On June 22, local time, Barcelona, Spain, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Barcelona's Liseo Theatre reopened and hosted a special concert. The auditorium in the theater is "full of" plants, in order to raise awareness of the importance of the audience.
Statistics: In the past two weeks, 1 person has died of new crown infection every 15 seconds
Many countries strengthen epidemic prevention measures
As countries begin to restart their pace, the epidemic has also rebounded. Reuters reported on the 5th that according to statistics from the past two weeks, on average, nearly 5,900 people died of the new crown virus every 24 hours worldwide, which is equivalent to 247 people per hour, and 1 person died of the new crown every 15 seconds.
As of noon on the 5th local time, Australia had newly confirmed 739 new cases of new crown in the past 24 hours, which was only lower than the highest single-day increase of 747 reported on July 30. At the same time, there were 15 new deaths from the new crown, a record high number of new deaths in a single day.
Spain notified 1772 new cases of new coronary pneumonia on the 5th, local time, setting a new record for the highest number of new cases in a single day after the national epidemic blockade was lifted in June.
Nepal’s recent daily number of new cases has not dropped significantly. The Ministry of the Interior issued a notice on the evening of the 5th to re-implement the policy of restricting motor vehicle odd and even numbers from the 6th in areas with more than 200 active cases of the new crown.
Palestine announced on the evening of the 4th that the state of emergency would be extended for another month from now on.
Jordan decided to postpone its plan to resume international flights on the 5th.
On August 3, local time, the Edinburgh International Arts Festival was cancelled due to the epidemic. Dancers and musicians wore masks and performed online in the theater.
Fight the epidemic
Many countries hoard drugs and test vaccines
The official website of the British government recently announced that it will complete millions of new coronavirus tests before winter. To accomplish this goal, the UK has introduced two new new coronavirus detection methods. In addition to getting the new coronavirus test results within 90 minutes, they can also detect whether people are infected with influenza and other winter epidemic viruses.
The United States is hoarding vaccines and drugs in an attempt to combat this epidemic. The US government will pay Johnson & Johnson (J&J) more than $1 billion for the purchase of 100 million doses of potential new coronavirus vaccines. This is the first time that J&J has provided research and development vaccines to a national government. They are negotiating with the European Union but have not yet reached an agreement.
In addition, the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan will organize a test of the domestically produced new crown pneumonia vaccine in September. The test is divided into two phases and will be carried out in Almaty, the city with the highest concentration of new coronary pneumonia patients. A total of 44 volunteers who have no antibodies to the new coronavirus participated in the test.
Although countries are stepping up the development of vaccines or looking for treatments, the World Health Organization has previously stated that there is currently no "magic bullet" for new coronary pneumonia, and it may never be. Stopping the outbreak still depends on the basic measures of public health and disease control.