China News Service, Beijing, January 19th. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the World Health Organization website shows that as of 22:38 on the 18th Central European Time (5:38 on the 19th, Beijing Time), there were a total of 93,805,612 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide. There were 2026093 deaths.

According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 21:22 on the 18th Eastern time (10:22 on the 19th, Beijing time), there were 95,530,563 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, including 2,039,283 deaths. .

On January 13, 2021 local time, the US government placed a large temporary new crown vaccination site in the local Disneyland Resort.

The picture shows people waiting in long lines at the vaccination site.

Americas: 3 million confirmed cases of new crown in California

　　The latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University show that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crowns in the United States exceeds 24 million, of which 398977 cases have died.

CNN reported that on the 18th, California became the first state in the United States to have a cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 exceeding 3 million.

According to reports, the number of confirmed cases in California has tripled in the past two months, with a total of 3,058,830 confirmed cases, including 33,623 deaths.

On the 16th, Los Angeles County, California became the first county in the United States to have more than 1 million confirmed new crowns.

　　According to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 18th, at least 122 cases of mutant new coronavirus infections discovered in the UK have been detected in 20 states in the United States.

　　The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on the 18th that the country officially began to vaccinate the country with the new crown vaccine that day.

Brazil added 23,671 new confirmed cases of new crown that day, with a total of more than 8.5 million confirmed cases, reaching 8511,770; 452 new deaths and a total of 210,299 deaths.

On January 5, Germany extended its current nationwide "city closure" measures to January 31. The picture shows pedestrians passing by a closed flower shop in Berlin that day.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

Europe: Germany discovers new mutant strains

　　According to news from the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command on the 18th, there were 22,857 new confirmed cases in Russia, with a total of 35,91066; 471 new deaths, with a total of 66,037.

Starting on the 18th, Russians can receive free domestic vaccines.

　　According to data released by the British government on the 18th, there were 37,535 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country that day, and a total of 3,343,494 confirmed cases; 599 new deaths and a total of 89,860 deaths.

As of the 17th, 4,062501 people in the country have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine.

The British government said that the country’s new crown vaccination has now covered a large proportion of priority groups, including nursing home staff, front-line medical staff, and elderly people aged 80 and above.

Beginning on the 18th, vaccinations will be carried out for the elderly and susceptible people aged 70 and above.

　　Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, southern Germany, announced on the 18th that a variant strain of the new coronavirus has been found in the samples of 35 confirmed patients in the region.

It is reported that this strain is different from any currently known mutant strain.

Authoritative German research institutions are further analyzing this strain.

　　Portuguese Prime Minister Costa announced on the 18th that in view of the current severe situation of the new crown epidemic, more stringent prevention and control measures will be implemented, including: closing all restaurants in shopping centers; prohibiting people from staying in public places such as parks; and all companies implementing home office work.

According to statistics from the Portuguese Ministry of Health on the 18th, there were 6702 new confirmed cases of new crown in the past 24 hours, with a total of 550,000 confirmed cases; 167 new deaths, a record high in the number of new deaths in a single day since the outbreak of the country.

On January 8, 2021 local time, in Tokyo, Japan, a staff member locked the store door.

After the state of emergency takes effect, the authorities will strengthen epidemic prevention measures, including requiring restaurants in relevant areas to shorten their business hours and restrict the holding of large-scale events.

Asia: Japan may have mutated new coronavirus community transmission

　　According to Japan’s Kyodonet, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on the 18th that three people in Shizuoka Prefecture had been infected with the mutated new coronavirus discovered in the UK, but none of them had a history of travel to the UK or had contact with anyone who had stayed in the UK. Think "may be infected in the country."

　　The Indian Ministry of Health said on the 18th that 381,305 people have been vaccinated since the country’s national vaccination was launched on the 16th.

India currently has over 10.57 million confirmed cases of new crown.

　　The Pakistani Drug Administration said on the 18th that the government of the country has approved the emergency use of China National Pharmaceutical Group's new crown vaccine.

As of that day, Pakistan has accumulated over 520,000 confirmed cases of new crown.

　　According to news from the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan on the 18th, Kazakhstan has newly confirmed 1,003 cases of new crowns, with a total of 169,099 cases.

The capital, Nur-Sultan, has more than 100 confirmed cases in a single day and has been included in the “red” area of ​​the epidemic. Since that day, the operation time of various markets in the city has been strictly restricted.

Africa: Morocco reports its first case of mutated new coronavirus infection

　　The latest epidemic data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as of 5 o'clock on the 18th Eastern African time (10:00 Beijing time), there were 23,666 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the region compared with the previous day, with a total of 3,262,243 confirmed cases; new deaths There were 560 cases, a total of 78,911 deaths; a total of 2,676,896 recovered cases.

The country with the largest number of confirmed cases in the region is still South Africa, followed by Morocco.

　　According to news from the Moroccan Ministry of Health on the 18th, the country discovered the first case of a variant new coronavirus infection discovered in the United Kingdom at the airport that day. The infected person was a Moroccan citizen who had traveled to Ireland and had taken a steamer from France.

The infected person has no symptoms and is undergoing isolation.

At present, the cumulative number of confirmed new crowns in Morocco has exceeded 460,000.

　　In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Morocco announced that it will suspend flights from Australia, Brazil, Ireland and New Zealand from the 19th to prevent and control the spread of the mutant new coronavirus.

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