China News Service, September 24. According to real-time data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:23 on the 24th Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide exceeded 31.7 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 970,000.

American experts said that 90% of the population in the United States is still vulnerable to the new crown; currently, the epidemic in France and other countries is continuing to rebound; and schools are becoming the hardest hit area of ​​the epidemic, hundreds of people in a British university are infected, and 200,000 children in Ethiopia are out of school due to the epidemic.

On September 21, local time, in Washington, USA, volunteers placed 20,000 American flags on the National Mall to commemorate the nearly 200,000 deaths in the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

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90% of the U.S. population is still vulnerable to COVID-19

　　Fauci: A safe vaccine may be found by the end of the year

　　The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has exceeded 6.9 million, with more than 201,000 deaths.

As the United States is entering the flu season, the epidemic has become complicated.

In the past week, at least 22 states in the United States reported an increase in new cases, most of which are located in the heartland and Midwest of the United States.

　　On the 23rd local time, in response to the current severe epidemic situation, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Redfield and other experts testified on key issues such as the government's response to the epidemic and vaccines in a Senate committee.

　　Redfield said that the CDC is conducting a very large-scale, continuous study across the United States and is conducting serum tests. He said, "The preliminary results of the first round show that more than 90% of the U.S. population is still vulnerable ( New coronavirus) infection."

　　In response to the vaccine issue, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that “it may take some time” before the new crown vaccine approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) becomes available, because the development of a safe and effective vaccine “requires strict Clinical trials".

　　He also added that scientists believe that by the end of 2020 or early 2021, one or more safe and effective vaccines may be found.

Data map: France under the epidemic.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang

　　France restarts restrictions in many places

　　Canada experiences a second wave of outbreaks

　　In addition to the United States, the epidemic in many countries around the world is also not optimistic.

　　At present, the total number of confirmed cases in France exceeds 58,000, and there are more than 31,000 deaths.

According to data released by the Ministry of Health on the evening of the 23rd local time, the country’s positive rate of virus testing has risen to 6.2% in the past week.

French officials announced a series of new anti-epidemic regulations that night. Among them, Marseille and other places will close restaurants and bars, and Paris and other places will limit the number of parties.

　　At 20 o'clock on September 23, local time, Japan's new crown has confirmed more than 80,000 cases and a total of 1,525 deaths.

Although the epidemic situation has not completely improved, Japan still plans to include Tokyo in the scope of the domestic tourism promotion plan from October 1.

However, the parties concerned will make a final decision based on the epidemic situation in late September.

　　On the evening of the 23rd local time, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau delivered a national speech, announcing that “Canada is experiencing the second wave of the epidemic.” Trudeau also said that as a country, all citizens must unite to control the epidemic.

Since September, Canada’s daily new cases have increased rapidly, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the country has increased to 150,000.

　　According to the Ministry of Health of India, as of 8 o'clock on the 23rd local time, the total number of confirmed cases in India has exceeded 5.64 million. In the past 24 hours, the number of newly confirmed cases in India reached 83,347.

　　In all administrative regions, there have been more than 100,000 confirmed cases in 17 states and regions.

Among them, Maharashtra, the most severely affected state, has more than 1.24 million confirmed cases. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, which rank second, have exceeded 630,000 and 550,000, respectively.

Data map: school-age children.

Mass infection in a university in the UK

　　Over 200,000 children in Ethiopia are out of school

　　The epidemic continues to raging around the world, schools have become the hardest hit areas, and even hundreds of thousands of students have lost school opportunities due to the epidemic.

　　On the 23rd local time, 124 students from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom tested positive for the new crown virus, and the actual number of infections may be higher.

Currently, 600 students of the school have self-isolated.

The epidemic mainly occurred in the two student apartments of the school. The school said that the main reason was the social activities of the new students this month.

　　In Greece, on the 23rd local time, the Greek Ministry of Education stated that the number of schools in the country where some classes, grades, and departments have been suspended due to the discovery of confirmed cases of new crown has reached 73.

　　The Hungarian new crown epidemic information website was also announced on the 23rd local time. Affected by the epidemic, the government has required 7 schools and 202 classes in other schools to implement online teaching, and 22 kindergartens and 6 primary and secondary schools have been urgently suspended.

　　Recently, the United Nations Refugee Agency released the latest report that more than 200,000 refugee children in Ethiopia are out of school due to the impact of the epidemic.

The agency stated that it has received 1.8 million US dollars from the UNICEF "Education is imminent" fund to strengthen the capacity of local education institutions to respond to the new crown epidemic.

At the same time, the Ethiopian Ministry of Education is also conducting consultations on related issues.