China News Service, February 6th, reported that as of now, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown in the United States has exceeded 26.76 million, with more than 450,000 deaths.

Affected by the epidemic, the proportion of long-term unemployed people has been increasing steadily.

According to a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on February 5, nearly 40% of the unemployed in the United States were long-term unemployed in January, which is close to the record set in April 2010 after the financial crisis.

　　To prevent and control the epidemic, the Biden government announced on February 5 that it would use the National Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase the production and supply of new crown vaccines, home testing kits and surgical gloves, and consider directly distributing protective masks to all Americans. .

On January 31, local time, people in San Francisco, the United States, were vaccinated at the large-scale new crown vaccination site at San Francisco City College.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

The U.S. long-term unemployment rate is approaching an all-time high

Biden reiterated the focus of work on the COVID-19 relief plan

　　According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 16:44 on February 5th, Eastern Time (5:44 on February 6, Beijing time), the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 26,766,400, with deaths The total number of cases reached 458,105.

In the past 24 hours, there were 123656 newly confirmed cases and 3509 new deaths.

　　According to a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on February 5th, in January, nearly 40% of the unemployed in the United States were long-term unemployed.

Since the outbreak in the spring of 2020, the proportion of long-term unemployed people has been increasing steadily, and is close to the record set in April 2010 after the financial crisis.

At that time, nearly 46% of the unemployed had not worked for at least six months.

　　On February 5, US President Biden delivered a speech at the White House, emphasizing that the new crown pneumonia relief plan will focus on strengthening the new crown vaccination work, providing relief checks and unemployment insurance for the American people, helping small businesses create job opportunities and raising the minimum Work deployment in salary and other aspects.

　　Biden said that the second focus of the rescue plan is to provide the American people with bailout checks and will extend the term of unemployment insurance.

Biden said that if the rescue plan is passed, it will bring 4 million jobs to the United States and will restore the job market before 2022.

Data map: On January 26, local time, a pedestrian wearing a mask leaving the station at Pennsylvania Train Station in New York, USA.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

The Biden government sends thousands of soldiers to assist in vaccination

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issuing masks directly to all Americans

　　According to the US Chinese website, on February 5, the Biden administration announced that it would use the National Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase the production and supply of new crown vaccines, home testing kits and surgical gloves.

　　The Biden administration also decided to deploy about 1,000 soldiers across the United States to assist in the vaccinations of the new crown vaccine. The first team will be dispatched to California next week.

　　In addition, Biden is also considering directly distributing protective masks to all Americans to help fight the epidemic.

According to US media, the Trump administration abandoned a similar plan in 2020 and instead provided masks to non-profit organizations and states.

　　Although more than 450,000 Americans have died from the new crown, studies have found that half of Americans do not wear masks often when attending multi-person gatherings.

Researchers from the University of Southern California Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research have previously reported that only 47% of Americans said they would wear masks when participating in activities with more than 10 people.

　　On the first day of his tenure, Biden issued an administrative order requiring the American people to wear masks and launched the "100-day mask wearing challenge" to deal with the increasingly serious epidemic situation.