Chinanews.com, January 5th, according to a comprehensive report, according to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7:22 on the 5th Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases worldwide reached 85,596,589, and the number of deaths exceeded 1.85 million. .
Recently, more countries have found people infected with the mutant new coronavirus.
Among them, in the United States, New York State was the first to find a mutated new coronavirus infection, and in France, a male baby was diagnosed with the infection.
Data map: On December 14, 2020 local time, Stephanie, a nurse at the Jewish Medical Center on Long Island, New York, was vaccinated against the new crown.
On the same day, Pfizer's first batch of nearly 3 million doses of the new crown vaccine arrived in the United States.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
New York State, U.S., is the first person infected with mutated new coronavirus
The governor’s concerns may have spread in the community
According to reports, on the 4th local time, New York Governor Cuomo announced that the state has confirmed the first case of infection with the mutant new coronavirus in the state.
The patient is a male in his 60s who works in a jewelry store.
Cuomo also revealed that the man has no recent travel history, which means that the new mutant coronavirus seems to have spread in the community of New York State.
In addition, among the people who had close contact with the jewelry store where the man worked, 3 people have been diagnosed with the new crown, but it is not clear whether they are also infected with the mutant new crown virus.
The laboratory is analyzing the sample.
In the United States, Colorado, California, Florida, etc. have previously reported cases of infection with the mutant new coronavirus.
Data map: On December 4, 2020, local time, Marie-Paule and Marie-Josephe visited their 97-year-old mother through a plastic curtain in a nursing home in Remont, France.
This nursing home has set up plastic “family-visiting curtains” to facilitate the reunion of the elderly with their families during the epidemic.
More countries have found mutated new coronavirus infections
A baby boy in France confirmed infection
At present, Australia, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, etc. have successively reported the detection of people infected with the mutant new coronavirus.
Among them, in India, the Ministry of Health of the country said on the 4th that 9 more cases of infection have been found, and the country has a total of 38 confirmed cases.
The Ministry of Health of India also stated that all infected persons have been quarantined in independent wards in medical institutions designated by the governments of various states.
Their travel contacts and close contacts are also being tracked and quarantined.
In France, a baby boy born a few days old in the Loire department was diagnosed with the infection.
The baby has no respiratory symptoms and has been discharged from the hospital recently and is currently undergoing follow-up treatment at home.
On the 4th local time, Austria discovered the first mutated new coronavirus infection. The test results of samples collected at the Vienna International Airport on the same day showed that 4 samples were the same as the mutated new coronavirus announced in the UK, and 1 sample was the same as the mutated new coronavirus announced in South Africa. Three of the five patients were children.