China News Service, November 9th (Liu Danyi) According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of November 9th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide has exceeded 50 million.

  The number of confirmed cases worldwide has increased from 40 million to 50 million in just 21 days, setting a record for the shortest increase in 10 million cases.

From the United States, where one case was diagnosed in less than one second, to Europe, which was caught in the second wave of epidemics, behind the rising number of confirmed diagnoses, the death of lives and the invasion of illness were accompanied.

Data map: On October 4, local time, in Washington, the capital of the United States, 20,000 chairs were placed on the lawn on the south side of the White House to mourn the death of more than 200,000 new crowns in the United States.

United States, 100,000+

Europe, "burning"

  At the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, a huge freezer is filled with rows of samples of the new coronavirus.

A technician wearing a mask and blue plastic gloves shook the test tube and squinted at the chart on the computer screen, trying to determine if another patient tested positive for the virus.

  A machine that processes virus samples runs day and night, just as the number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States is rising every minute and every second.

  Since November, the trend of the US epidemic has continued to deteriorate.

American infectious disease expert Fauci warned on October 30 that the country may soon exceed 100,000 new cases in a single day.

  Only 5 days later, this prediction has come true.

  On November 4, local time, there were more than 100,000 new confirmed cases of new crown in the United States in a single day, and the number of cases continued to rise. On the 6th, the number of new cases exceeded 125,000, breaking the highest record for three consecutive days.

  Among them, the epidemic in the central and western regions is the most serious.

The medical systems in Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Texas are facing unprecedented pressures, with the number of hospitalizations remaining high. Local officials said that "some hospitals are on the verge of collapse."

Data map: Three patients with new crowns in Liège, a city in eastern Belgium, were transferred by helicopter to the cities of Munster and Bonn in western Germany for treatment on November 3, local time.

  The overcrowded scene in the hospital is also happening in Europe on the other side of the ocean.

  On the 6th local time, France, Germany, Russia and other European countries newly confirmed cases in a single day all hit a new high.

France has also become the first country in Europe to have more than 60,000 new confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak.

  The number of confirmed cases in Europe has increased "explosively", with more than 12 million, and many political figures such as Polish President Duda and Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov have been infected.

French Health Minister Verandre said: "The whole of Europe is burning."

  In addition, in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the epidemic situation remains severe.

Detection, curfew, lockdown

"Build a line of defense" in many places

  In Paris, France, where one person is infected with the new crown every 30 seconds, the bustling downtown districts such as the Champs Elysées and Rivoli, which have just improved slightly, have returned to silence.

  In response to the deteriorating second wave of the epidemic, France officially entered the second nationwide "city closure" on October 30, local time, for a period of one month.

Data map: On October 30, local time, France entered the second nationwide "closed city" in response to the deterioration of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

The picture shows that there were almost no pedestrians on the Champs Elysées in Paris that day, and most shops were closed.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang

  On November 2, Germany followed suit and officially implemented the second round of nationwide "city closures."

German Chancellor Merkel once stated that Germany is about to face a "four-month difficult winter."

  In the European country with the largest number of deaths from the new crown, the United Kingdom, has also entered the second total lockdown from November 5.

British Prime Minister Johnson said: “Unless we take action, our country’s daily death toll will reach several thousand.”

  Reconstruction of temporary hospitals, expansion of mask injunctions, transnational transfer of critically ill patients... European governments have once again adopted strict epidemic prevention measures, and at the same time called on the people to unite and build a line of defense against the epidemic.

  Outside of the European continent, Lebanon is also considering implementing a second "closure".

The explosion at the port of Beirut in the country on August 4 destroyed large areas of the capital, overwhelmed hospitals, and caused a surge in infections.

  "Now, we are at a very dangerous crossroads," Hamad Hassan, the Minister of Health of the Lebanese Caretaker Government, warned on November 1.

With the increase in the number of infections, Lebanon has imposed a curfew across the country from the 2nd.

  On November 5th, Japan’s 2020 "New Words•Buzzwords Awards" candidate words were released. Of the 30 candidate words, more than half are related to the new crown epidemic.

On the same day, Japan added 1,048 confirmed cases, and the number of confirmed cases exceeded 1,000 again after 76 days.

In order to curb the spread of the epidemic, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to expand the local new crown virus detection capacity by six times.

Data map: On September 23, local time, Yokohama, Japan, a Japanese designer displayed a homemade "ramen mask".

The masks are exaggerated and decorated with barbecued pork, bamboo shoots, fish plates and other decorations on the surface.

Why is the new crown epidemic increasing rapidly?

Winter holiday season may worsen the situation

  Analysts pointed out that the recent epidemic in Europe and the United States has rebounded rapidly for three reasons:

  ——With the advent of autumn and winter in the northern hemisphere, the temperature drops and the activity of the new coronavirus has increased.

The colder weather and increased indoor activities have also given the virus an opportunity to spread.

  -Medical experts warn that the arrival of the flu season has increased the possibility of people contracting the new coronavirus.

The annual flu season starts in October. If you are infected with the new coronavirus and influenza virus at the same time, the human immune system will be catastrophically affected. Infection with one of the viruses will make the body more susceptible to the other.

  -Long-term prevention and control have caused fatigue, and the "fence" of epidemic prevention is loosening.

The epidemic in European and American countries has slowed down this summer, but some areas are bored with social distancing and no longer abide by health rules.

  Therefore, one difference between the second wave of the epidemic and the first wave is that many young people are "successful" and people are tired of fighting the epidemic, so they relax their vigilance.

Data map: On October 19, local time, a home improvement supermarket in Queens, New York, USA, sold Christmas decorations. A child stopped in front of Santa Claus.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

  On Halloween just past, law enforcement officers in New York City seized several large parties where hundreds of people gathered illegally.

According to US media, as holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas are approaching, if people travel and gather intensively, it may further accelerate the spread of the epidemic.

Many countries announce "vaccine timetable"

The impact of the new coronavirus mutation has not yet been determined

  In 2020, the new crown epidemic disrupted everyone's pace of life.

The world is paying attention to the development and publication of vaccines. Recently, many countries have updated the "vaccine timetable" again.

  On October 29, local time, Fauci said that if all goes well, the first batch of new coronavirus vaccines in the United States may be available at the end of December 2020 or early January 2021.

But he also emphasized that even with effective vaccines to fight the virus, Americans will not be able to return to normal life until at least the end of 2021.

  A day later, Rakova, the deputy mayor of Moscow, the Russian capital, said that batches of vaccines will arrive in Moscow within one month, and that the city can vaccinate people on a large scale within one month.

Data map: At the "Gamalea" National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia, staff demonstrate the new crown vaccine.

  Kate Bingham, the official in charge of the vaccine procurement project of the British government, said that the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca originally scheduled to deliver about 30 million doses of vaccine to the government in September, but it has been delayed. The "best case" may be the end of 2020. Approximately 4 million doses of vaccine.

  This vaccine was developed by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and AstraZeneca in cooperation. One subject experienced adverse reactions after being vaccinated in early September, and then all global clinical trials were suspended.

In mid-September, Oxford University and AstraZeneca said that after investigation, the safety of the vaccine was recognized by the British Independent Investigation Commission and regulatory agencies.

Clinical trials in many countries including the United Kingdom have subsequently resumed.

  In addition to the unpredictable problems that will occur in the test, the mutation of the new coronavirus also brings questions about whether it will affect the effectiveness of the vaccine.

  Recently, Denmark has reported multiple cases of mink transmitting the mutated new coronavirus to humans.

The Danish health department stated that the new strain is caused by the mutation of the spike protein and will not aggravate the human condition, but it can inhibit the function of the new crown virus vaccine and there is a risk of affecting the effectiveness of the new crown vaccine.

  The World Health Organization said that it is too early to conclude that the mutated new coronavirus will inhibit the effectiveness of the vaccine, and that governments and health institutions do not need to change epidemic prevention measures.

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