Chinanews, December 9th, a comprehensive report, the new crown epidemic statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 15 million.

As Christmas approaches, health experts worry that the epidemic may continue to worsen.

　　At the same time, U.S. President Trump said on the 8th that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would approve the new crown vaccine produced by Pfizer and Modena in a few days, and signed an executive order instructing the Department of Health to give priority to the United States. People inject.

US President-elect Biden promised that within 100 days of taking office, Americans will be vaccinated with 100 million doses of the new crown vaccine.

On December 7, local time, citizens of San Francisco, California, USA traveled wearing masks.

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U.S. epidemic "lights up"

The number of diagnoses increased over 100,000 for 36 consecutive days

　　As of 13:26 on December 8th, US Eastern Time (2:26 on the 9th, Beijing time), a total of 15019092 confirmed cases of new crown in the United States and a total of 284,887 deaths.

　　Since November 3, the number of new cases in a single day in the United States has remained above 100,000 for 36 consecutive days.

Data show that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 10 million on November 9, and it took less than a month to increase from 10 million to 15 million, with an average of 1 million new confirmed cases every 6 days.

　　Doctors and nurses warn that their wards, manpower, and energy are increasingly insufficient to care for the rapidly increasing number of patients.

　　More worryingly, the researchers said that the actual number of infections in the United States may be greatly underestimated, partly because of the limited testing capacity at the beginning of the epidemic.

A modeling study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that as of the end of September, as many as 53 million people in the United States may have been infected, which is nearly 8 times the number of cases reported at the time.

　　Health experts predict that the spread of the virus will intensify as the holiday season approaches.

A few days ago, American infectious disease expert Fauci said, “The situation is that when we enter the Christmas holiday from the Thanksgiving holiday, this will be full of challenges.”

On October 5, local time, US President Trump left the National Military Medical Center in Maryland and returned to Washington. After receiving treatment for new coronary pneumonia at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, he took off his mask when he arrived at the White House.

Trump praises new crown vaccine progress

Biden: 100 million doses will be given to Americans within 100 days of taking office

　　US President Trump said on the 8th that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will approve the new crown vaccine produced by Pfizer and Moderna in "a few days."

Trump also said, "Every American who wants to get a vaccine can get a vaccine."

　　According to reports, Trump made the above speech at the "Action Curvature Speed" vaccine summit.

The summit was held at the White House, and participants included governors, government experts, private sector executives, and drug distributors.

　　Trump also signed an executive order at the event, instructing the Ministry of Health to give priority to vaccinating Americans, but it is unclear what kind of substantive difference the order will bring.

　　However, Pfizer and Modena executives did not attend the meeting.

The two companies have submitted applications to the FDA to seek emergency use of the vaccine.

According to an analysis report recently released by the FDA, clinical research results show that the new crown vaccine jointly developed by German Biotech and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. meets the emergency use authorization standards set by the FDA.

　　The Associated Press reported that FDA scientists made the above analysis before the meeting on the 10th.

The agency’s independent consultants will discuss at the meeting whether there is strong enough evidence to recommend vaccination for millions of Americans.

Maybe in a few days, the FDA will make a final decision to implement the first batch of vaccination.

　　On the other hand, according to Bloomberg News, US President-elect Biden said on the 8th when introducing his health team that he intends to administer 100 million doses of the new crown vaccine to Americans within 100 days of his inauguration, and called on Congress to pass more anti-epidemic funding. To resolve this public health crisis.

　　Biden also said that sending students back to school is also one of his top administrative tasks within 100 days of taking office, and he will also require the American people to wear masks during these 100 days.

He also said that he would rely on the advice of Fauci, an infectious disease expert.

Prior to this, the Biden transition team had nominated Fauci as the chief medical consultant.