China News Service, January 18th. According to a comprehensive report from the website of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:22 on the 18th, Beijing time, a total of 94.95 million confirmed cases of new crown worldwide and a cumulative total of 2.02 million deaths example.
The US epidemic is still in a "dark" state. Disease control experts predict that there will be 500,000 deaths in mid-February. On the other hand, the supply of vaccines in many states is tight.
The epidemic situation in Europe is still not optimistic. The UK plans to complete the vaccination plan before March and relax the blockade as soon as possible.
The picture shows the empty Sixth Avenue in New York.
US experts: 500,000 people will die from the new crown in mid-February
Government supply "unpredictable" vaccine tight in many states
According to data from the website of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:22 on the 18th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown in the United States exceeded 23.89 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 397,000.
At present, nearly 400,000 people in the United States have died of diseases caused by the new crown virus.
Dr. Rochelle Valensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nominated by Biden, said on the 17th local time that the United States will still experience "dark weeks" and is expected to die from the new crown virus in mid-February. The number will reach 500,000.
Varensky also said that the forecast does not include thousands of people who have recovered from atypical sequelae.
At present, the average daily number of deaths from the new crown in the United States has exceeded 3,000. The CDC has also issued an alert about a more contagious mutant virus. Officials predict that the mutant virus found in the UK will become the main source of infection in the United States by March.
This may cause another surge in cases and deaths.
Los Angeles County, California, the United States announced on the 16th local time that the first case of mutated new coronavirus infection was found there.
The Los Angeles County Health Department stated that the mutant new coronavirus may have spread to local communities.
At present, the county’s cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached 10,039,923, making it the first county in the United States with a cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeding 1 million.
On January 4, 2021, local time, New York, USA, nurse Sandra Lindsay received the second shot of the new crown virus vaccine at the Long Island Jewish Hospital.
On the other hand, Biden had previously set a goal to complete 100 million doses of vaccination when he took office 100 days.
Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert in the United States, affirmed this, "This goal is absolutely achievable, there is no doubt."
However, due to the continuous increase in demand, the current supply of vaccines in many states in the United States continues to be tight.
In addition to the people who have already received the first dose of the vaccine, the second dose is successively started, and now there are millions of eligible people who are preparing for the first dose.
Due to the supply gap, some medical systems must suspend appointments for the first dose when the vaccination campaign only enters the second month. A New York medical system even announced the cancellation of previously scheduled appointments.
In addition to New York State, Vermont, Michigan, South Carolina, New Jersey and Oregon all have tight supply conditions.
The governor of Oregon stated that it would postpone vaccinations for seniors and educators, while the governor of Vermont said that because federal supplies are “unpredictable”, the state will only vaccinate people over the age of 75.
On January 5, local time, the United Kingdom adopted the third strict blockade, and the streets of London were sparsely pedestrian.
The picture shows empty streets in London's financial district.
Nearly 90,000 people died from the new crown in the UK
Hope to reach vaccination target before March
The situation of the new crown epidemic in Europe is also not optimistic.
Since January 5, the United Kingdom has been the country with the highest number of deaths from the new crown in Europe, and nearly 90,000 people have died from the new crown virus.
The country is still locked down.
According to data from the British government on the 17th, as of now, nearly 3.9 million people in the country have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine.
The British Foreign Minister said on the same day that the government hopes to achieve the vaccine target and relax the blockade restrictions by March after reaching the target.
Previously, British Prime Minister Johnson set a goal of vaccinating approximately 12 million elderly people, clinical and vulnerable patients, and frontline workers by mid-February.
He said that if all goes well, he can consider relaxing the blockade restrictions from then on.
In addition, according to data released by the German disease control agency on the 17th, since the start of new crown vaccination on December 27, 2020, Germany has now vaccinated more than 1 million people.
On the 17th local time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France reached 2.91 million.
Many French epidemiologists worry that the mutated new coronavirus will further worsen the epidemic situation in the country.
Reunion, a French overseas territory, reported on the 17th that patients with mutant virus infections were found. Many French overseas territories, including Reunion, have strengthened epidemic prevention and control, requiring entry personnel to produce a negative virus test certificate and self-quarantine.