Author Sweet
On January 27, 2021, Beijing time, the cumulative number of people infected with the new crown virus worldwide exceeded 100 million.
This day will be recorded in history with a special meaning.
100 million people!
This is such a huge number. It means that the virus has invaded about 1/70 of the human beings on the earth, which is shocking; this is an extremely sad number, and it means that humans are in the life and death battle against the virus. Will continue to race against time, speed up, speed up again...
The United States, India, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom...So far, the total number of confirmed cases of new crowns in 18 countries has exceeded 1 million. Various variants of new crown viruses have "penetrated" everywhere, and more than 40 countries have stepped up mass vaccination.
When will we see the hope of a turnaround in this "fierce battle"?
As of now, the total number of confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide has exceeded 100 million.
Graphics: China News Network Li Xueyao Text: Sweet
[Behind every number is a living life]
The global epidemic news that has been swiped on social platforms has become a sad memory of the Internet.
#时代周刊 Cover records the growth process of new crown deaths in the United States#
In September 2020, when the number of deaths from the new crown in the United States was approaching 200,000, Time magazine published a black cover with dense white letters listing the deaths every day since the outbreak in the country.
Regarding death, Americans have successively used some ritual displays to express their grief.
On the National Mall, small flags of mourning were planted; in the lawn on the south side of the White House, 20,000 empty chairs were placed, each of which represented 10 people who died of COVID-19.
However, in a situation where political polarization and conspiracy theories about the epidemic are superimposed, and anti-racism demonstrations are on the rise, American anti-epidemic struggles are difficult and messy.
January 19, 2021 is the last day of Trump's term.
On that day, there were more than 400,000 deaths in the United States, more than the total number of Americans who died in World War II.
The University of Washington model also predicts that by May 1, there will be more than 560,000 people in the United States who will be killed by the "invisible enemy" of the new crown virus.
The picture shows the National Mall in Washington, USA, with 20,000 American flags planted in memory of the deceased of the new crown.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
#Italy newspaper obituary changed from 1 page and a half to more than 10 pages#
In March 2020, the Italian city of Bergamo was caught in the whirlpool of the epidemic. Many patients died and were buried alone.
Newspaper obituaries have changed from one and a half pages to more than 10 pages, and the death knell is ringing from morning to night.
Every sound hits the heart of the living.
As the "epicenter" of the early European epidemic, Italy implemented a nationwide lockdown until the epidemic eased.
However, since October 2020, like many European countries, this country on the Apennine Peninsula has been hit by the second wave of epidemics. A total of more than 2.4 million people have been diagnosed and have to return to blockade.
#India's largest slum may become the biggest hidden danger of the epidemic#
Taravi, the largest slum in Asia, was once regarded as the biggest "time bomb" of the epidemic in India.
Over a month after the first confirmed case, thousands of people have been infected in this densely populated land.
Outside the slums, the epidemic is also accelerating its spread-the country’s daily increase in confirmed diagnoses remains high, approaching 100,000 at one time, and India soon became the second country in the world with more than 10 million confirmed diagnoses.
Many experts are still worried, the actual situation may be worse.
The epidemic is raging, #Spanish officials cry bitterly when talking about the deceased doctor.
The third wave of the epidemic in Japan is fierce. #Tokyo Olympics may be held in an empty venue#.
In Palestine, where the state of emergency has been prolonged many times, #Men Daily Climbs the Window to Visit New Crown Mother# and accompanies her to the last moment of her life.
On April 9, 2020, the Chinese and Italian people in the closed city donated food.
["100 million is a good start"]
"Within 100 days, the United States will complete 100 million doses of vaccinations." The day after he took office, Biden reiterated this commitment and announced more than 100 pages of national anti-epidemic strategies to implement a more stringent "mask order."
The Trump administration's strategy for the new crown epidemic has made the United States the highest number of confirmed and dead cases in the world.
After he himself contracted the new crown, he also argued that the disease was a "gift from God."
Now, in the face of the "mess" left by his predecessor, when asked whether to expand vaccination, Biden smiled and said, "Forget me...100 million is a good start."
Fauci, an epidemiologist with experience in fighting the epidemic, has repeatedly called on the American people to wear masks and abide by the "home order." The old man kept reminding people that there are risks in holiday travel and gatherings.
However, he received not only gratitude and blessings, but also death threats, doubts and "silence".
Now, with Bi ascending to power, Fauci "returns", and both have been vaccinated against the new crown to encourage the public to actively vaccinate.
Their mission is far from being achieved.
On December 22, 2020 local time, American infectious disease expert Fauci received the new crown vaccine at the National Institutes of Health.
India, where the epidemic is equally severe, has launched the "world's largest" vaccination plan.
By the end of July, it is expected to inject about 300 million people.
According to the plan, 300,000 people will complete the vaccination on the first day.
How can vaccines be distributed fairly?
Who should be the priority group for vaccination?
How to ensure the cold chain transportation capacity in rural and remote areas?
Can the supply of needles and medical waste be properly disposed of?
Will everything be fine with the vaccine?
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As more than 40 countries and regions around the world begin to vaccinate, the international community is also strengthening communication, watching and helping each other to solve problems together.
On January 22, the WHO stated that the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan" (COVAX) has reached an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech of Germany to distribute 40 million doses of vaccine to low- and middle-income countries in February.
In Lebanon, the country, together with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the WHO representative in Lebanon, plans to establish a vaccination center near the refugee camp, and strive to include Palestinian and Syrian refugees and non-Lebanese residents in the vaccination plan.
The UK, which was the first to initiate vaccination, is also accelerating vaccination, striving to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February.
Prime Minister Johnson called out: "We are racing against time!"
On December 21, 2020, it was reported that London, England, was once again an "empty city" with few people on the subway.
[Mutated viruses have appeared one after another, and the enemy has become stronger? 】
British Prime Minister Johnson, who survived the new crown infection, felt that time was tight, mainly because the mutant new crown virus discovered in the country recently was not only more contagious, but also had a higher fatality rate.
Preliminary evidence shows that among 60-year-old elderly patients with early new coronary pneumonia, 10 out of 1,000 may die, and the mutated strain may cause the death toll in 1,000 to rise to 13.
The latest statistics also show that as of January 25, 2021, the UK's new crown mortality rate has reached the world's highest rate.
Before Christmas 2020, in view of the fact that the mutant new crown virus may cause the epidemic to go out of control, many places in the UK have entered the highest level of epidemic prevention and control.
On the eve of London's "closure", a large number of people fled overnight. The city's traffic was paralyzed and the train station was crowded.
Panic and anxiety continue to spread from the British Isles to the world.
Many countries urgently closed their borders with Britain to guard against them.
At least 60 countries and regions around the world have reported cases of mutant virus infections found in the UK, and some countries have also found different versions of mutant viruses.
Mutated viruses have appeared one after another, has the enemy become stronger?
It spreads quickly and may be more deadly. The mutant strains in the UK do look more terrifying.
But the good news is that vaccines developed by humans are still effective.
What worries experts even more is that the two mutant strains found in South Africa and Brazil, because of their certain characteristics, "may make it difficult for existing vaccines to be effective."
At present, the most important thing should be to slow the spread of the virus.
According to WHO Chief Scientist Swaminathan, the more the virus spreads, the greater the chance of mutation.
The more the virus mutates, the more likely it is that it will have more uncontrollable effects.
Ryan, the head of the WHO's health emergency project, once said that considering the dynamics of the spread of the virus, the future epidemic situation may be more severe.
The picture shows a medical staff in Italy doing the new crown vaccination work.
[Some people are lost, others hold on]
In less than one month after the start of 2021, the number of newly diagnosed new crown cases worldwide has approached 20 million.
Around New Year’s Eve, thousands of people gathered illegally in Rennes, France despite police dissuasion; in the Netherlands, where the situation has always been calm, riots occurred recently due to opposition to the anti-epidemic blockade, and the new crown virus detection site was burned down; London, United Kingdom Outside the hospital, hundreds of people who did not wear masks shouted that the new crown epidemic was a "scam."
Witnessing this scene, a local doctor heartbrokenly wrote on social media, "Their ignorance is hurting others."
In the United States, the new crown epidemic is even more involved in party disputes, the timing of epidemic prevention has been repeatedly delayed, and incidents of gathering and spreading occur frequently.
A year ago, doctors in a New York hospital were forced to use garbage bags as protective clothing due to a shortage of medical supplies. A year later, the place was still shrouded in "white sadness."
This war, without gun smoke, has claimed 2.1 million lives.
However, people were not crushed.
The 98-year-old French doctor Chenay insisted on online consultations and visited nursing homes every week; an 88-year-old Spanish grandmother sewed one mask after another with trembling hands and donated them to the hospital; from Britain, France to In Singapore, people who have entered the quarantine state spontaneously cheer for medical workers and social workers on the balcony and windows of the place where they are located, and applaud and cheer themselves for supporting the isolation of the epidemic.
The world is the same with this cool and hot, as WHO Director-General Tedros said, “There is light at the end of the tunnel, and we will walk this road together.” Contempt, ignorance, division, and looting are all human beings. The "stumbling blocks" moving forward, only by supporting each other and watching and helping each other can we get out of the shadow of the epidemic.
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