Chinanews, August 8th. The latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 9:34 on August 8, Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide exceeded 19.29 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 719,000. . According to a forecast, if masks are not widely used, 300,000 people will die from the new crown in the United States by December; the number of deaths in Latin America surpasses Europe, becoming the world's largest; Russia will register the world's first vaccine.
On August 3, local time, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Cashman Center established a new coronavirus testing center, and preparations are in progress.
Will the number of deaths in the United States reach 300,000 by the end of the year?
New York State allows schools to resume classes in the fall
The total number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has exceeded 4.94 million, and the total number of deaths has exceeded 161,000. According to a forecast recently released by the Institute of Health Indicators and Evaluation of the University of Washington, if masks are not widely used, the number of deaths in the United States may reach 300,000 by December, but if masks persist, it may save about 70,000 deaths. life.
In addition, data released by the US Department of Labor on the 7th showed that the US unemployment rate in July was 10.2%. Although it fell by 0.9 percentage points from the previous month, it was still at a historical high.
On the 7th, New York State Governor Cuomo announced that New York State schools can be reopened in the fall semester. Cuomo said that currently every school district in every district of New York State has been authorized to reopen. Before school starts, they will continue to monitor the virus infection rate until the first day of school.
The number of confirmed cases in California has exceeded 500,000, and the number of deaths has exceeded 10,000. However, California Department of Health and Human Services Director Gary Gary said that as many as 300,000 virus test results in California were not counted due to system failure. Gary said that these data will be added to the statistical system in the near future, or include thousands of cases with positive test results.
On July 20, local time, due to the rebound of the new crown epidemic in some areas of France, France began to enforce the decree that mandatory people wear masks in closed public places. The picture shows a customer wearing a mask entering a shop in Paris.
The situation of epidemic rebound in many countries is grim
Latin America has the highest number of deaths in the world
Recently, the epidemic situation in many countries has shown a worrying rebound trend. On the 7th local time, the number of new confirmed cases in France broke through 2000 in a single day, and the spread of the new crown virus further accelerated. The French health department pointed out that the epidemic data indicators are "deteriorating" and that the spread of the new crown virus throughout the law is "more active", especially among young people.
As of 20 o'clock on the 7th local time, Japan has newly confirmed 1,595 new cases of new crown, which is the most one day since the outbreak. So far, the number of confirmed cases in Japan has exceeded 46,000. In addition, the number of newly infected people in Tokyo is 462, exceeding 400 again after 6 days.
The epidemic continues to spread in Latin America, and the epidemic situation in Brazil, Mexico and other countries is particularly severe. According to statistics from Agence France-Presse, on the 7th local time, Latin America surpassed Europe and became the region with the most new crown deaths.
According to the latest data from the website of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of confirmed cases of the new crown in Africa has exceeded 1 million. Countries with more severe epidemics include South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, etc. Stephen, the head of the World Health Organization in Africa, said that the African epidemic will "accelerate" because many countries have limited medical conditions and the actual number of infected people may far exceed the total number of confirmed cases.
The picture shows researchers developing a new coronavirus mRNA vaccine. Photo by Tang Yanjun
Russia will register the world's first vaccine
Japan plans to purchase vaccines from British and American pharmaceutical companies
Russian Deputy Minister of Health Gridnev revealed on the 7th that the new coronavirus vaccine developed by the Russian National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Gamalea will be registered on August 12. By then, Russia will become the first country in the world to have a new coronavirus vaccine.
D'Amato, the health director of the Lazio region of Italy, said on August 7 local time that the first batch of "Made in Italy" new crown vaccines have arrived at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and will begin human trials on August 24.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said on the 7th that it has reached a basic agreement with the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. If the company successfully develops a new crown vaccine before January 2021, it will supply 120 million vaccines to Japan from January 2021. In addition, Japan has basically reached an agreement with Pfizer in the United States to purchase vaccines from it if its new crown vaccine is successfully developed.
On the 6th, Brazilian President Bolsonaro signed an interim decree, planning to allocate 1.9 billion reais (approximately 2.48 billion yuan) for the production of 100 million new crown vaccines developed by Oxford University in the United Kingdom. The decree has been submitted to the Brazilian Congress for deliberation. At present, the vaccine has been in clinical trials in Rio de Janeiro State, São Paulo State and other places.