The death toll from the new coronavirus has exceeded 300,000 in the United States.
Dr. Fouch, a virus-fighting officer under the Trump administration, expressed a sense of crisis, saying, "It's the worst public health catastrophe in 100 years."
According to a summary by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the cumulative number of people who died from infection with the new coronavirus reported from the United States was 300,267 as of 6:00 am on the 15th of Japan time, 30 Over 10,000 people.
The death toll in the United States took about four months from reaching 100,000 in late May to 200,000 in late September, but in just over two and a half months, another 100,000. The number of people has increased to 300,000.
In the United States, after Thanksgiving in the end of last month, when many people moved, the number of infected people per day exceeded 200,000 one after another, and the number of deaths averaged 2000 per day in the last 7 days. Beyond people.
Dr. Fouch, a core member of the Trump administration's antivirus team, expressed a sense of crisis at an online seminar on the 14th, stating that it was "the worst public health catastrophe in 100 years."
Vaccination began on the 14th in the United States, but there is growing concern that the movement of people will become more active and the infection will spread further before the Christmas holidays.
Many experts say that it will take time for the vaccine to reach a large number of people, and have urged them to refrain from moving or gathering in large numbers and continue to wear masks.