(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) International Review: Globally more than 30 million confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia are in urgent need of global cooperation
China News Service, Beijing, September 18th. Title: International Review: More than 30 million confirmed cases of the new crown in the world are in urgent need of global cooperation
China News Agency reporter Liu Xu
Real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 19:15 on the 18th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide has exceeded 30 million, reaching 30,205,226, and the cumulative number of deaths is close to 950,000. There were 946,673 cases.
At present, the cumulative number of confirmed countries and regions in the world has reached 188.
The Americas, where the epidemic is most severe, have accumulated more than 15.09 million confirmed cases, of which the United States has over 6.67 million confirmed cases and over 197,000 deaths.
The number of confirmed cases in the United States, India and Brazil exceeds half of the global number of confirmed cases.
In Europe, the once slowing epidemic has also rebounded, and the number of confirmed cases in more than half of European countries has risen again.
Many countries are at the juncture of deciding whether to implement a second "total blockade."
Maria van Kokhov, the technical director of the WHO health emergency project, recently reminded that what is really worrying is that the number of confirmed cases is rising at the same time as the number of hospitalized cases and intensive care cases.
As the autumn and winter flu season approaches, the medical and social systems of countries around the world will face greater challenges.
Statistics also show that while the number of confirmed cases continues to increase, the global spread of the new crown epidemic is still accelerating.
It took 43 days for the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide to rise from 10 million to 20 million, and it took only 38 days to rise from 20 million to 30 million.
In addition, the raging epidemic has also had a serious impact on the global economy.
Reuters investigation shows that the surge in new crown cases is the biggest threat to the economic recovery of the euro zone.
Zhu Min, dean of the National Institute of Finance of Tsinghua University and former vice president of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also wrote a few days ago that the new crown epidemic has a serious impact on the European economy. It is expected that the GDP growth rate this year may drop to about -10%, although it will be There has been a rebound, but the overall economy is still shrinking.
The new crown pneumonia, a global public health crisis, has brought warnings to global governance and public health.
Throughout the history of humans and the pandemic, from plague, cholera, smallpox, these diseases that killed tens of millions of people a hundred years ago, to several major infectious diseases such as SARS and Ebola in the past 20 years. , We can see that to overcome the epidemic, the most important thing is to develop science and technology, and the second is to improve governance capabilities.
Although the momentum of the new crown epidemic is fierce, the technological level of human society is completely different from that of a hundred years ago.
According to public reports, as of early September, there have been more than 175 new crown vaccine candidates being developed worldwide, of which more than 30 are already in clinical trials.
The emergence of an effective new crown vaccine will bring hope to the end of this epidemic.
However, we must realize that the emergence of vaccines does not mean the end of the epidemic.
Public health experts have long warned that the new coronary pneumonia may turn into a chronic disease and coexist with humans like influenza. This requires us to build a more complete international public health protection system and use global efforts to respond to disease challenges.
Kluge, director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, said on the 17th that European countries should strengthen coordination and cooperation to respond to the rebound of the new crown epidemic with a scientific attitude.
The British medical journal "The Lancet" recently published an editorial that pointed out that the response to the new crown epidemic requires open collaboration among countries.
Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, spoke at the Security Council's public meeting on the new crown epidemic on the 9th of this month, saying that solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapon for the international community to overcome the epidemic.
In the face of disasters and challenges, all countries need to increase trust, demonstrate responsibility, respect science, advocate cooperation, and join hands to fight the epidemic.
The global epidemic of new crown pneumonia has caused huge losses to human lives and property. It also tested the social organization and governance capabilities of various countries.
But historical experience tells us that the epidemic is not insurmountable.
Countries should work together to respond to this global "big test" concerning the common destiny of mankind with scientific concepts and a more complete public health system.
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