China News Service, February 9th. According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7:23 on February 9th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally has exceeded 106 million, with more than 2.32 million deaths. example.

　　The United States is still the country with the largest number of confirmed and dead cases in the world. Experts in this country worry that the mutant new crown virus will cause a new peak in the US epidemic; in order to control the epidemic as soon as possible, the United States is promoting new crown vaccination, but President Biden said: It is difficult for the United States to achieve herd immunity.

Data map: The United States under the epidemic.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

Mutated virus or cause a new peak of the epidemic in the United States?

　　At present, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States has exceeded 27 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 464,000.

Although the number of confirmed cases in the United States on the 7th local time was less than 100,000 for the first time in more than three months, the mutated virus continued to rages, making the country’s experts worried about the development of the epidemic.

　　The latest report released by the research institution MedRxiv shows that the mutant virus is spreading rapidly. This research supports the modeling prediction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC estimates that by March 2021, the mutated virus reported in the United Kingdom may become the main virus strain spreading across the United States.

　　The researchers said that the United States still has time to take measures to slow the spread of the mutant virus.

But they warned that without "decisive and immediate public health action," this mutated virus "may have devastating consequences for the mortality and morbidity of the new crown in the United States within a few months."

　　Dr. Peter Hotz, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in the United States, also said that "the new mutant virus will attack us again."

The scene of the 55th Super Bowl.

The grim situation makes US officials "frustrated"

　　There are far-sighted things, but more near-term concerns.

-"Super Bowl" is over, fans don't wear masks to celebrate

　　On the evening of February 7, local time, after the 55th NFL Annual Finals "Super Bowl" ended, many fans in Tampa, Florida took to the streets without masks and crowded bars.

　　American infectious disease scientist Fauci has previously warned that the "Super Bowl" cannot be turned into a "super virus transmission incident" and that people should be "low-key and calm."

　　But things backfired. Tampa Mayor Custer said on the morning of the 8th after seeing a large number of fans violating the epidemic prevention regulations, "This is a bit frustrating because we have paid so much."

——About 2.93 million children in the United States have been infected with the new crown

　　The epidemic in the United States continues to spread, causing a large number of children in the country to also unfortunately contract the new crown virus.

The American Academy of Pediatrics said on February 8 local time that as of February 4, about 2.93 million children in the United States had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

　　The Society’s report stated that over 117,000 new cases of new crown children were confirmed in the United States last week alone.

In two weeks, the number of confirmed cases in children increased by 10%.

Currently, children account for 12.9% of all confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States.

Data map: US President Biden.

Biden: Herd immunity is difficult to achieve this summer

　　In order to contain the epidemic as soon as possible, the United States is promoting new crown vaccination.

However, US media previously stated that at the current rate of approximately 1.3 million doses per day, it will take about a year for enough Americans to obtain herd immunity.

　　In this regard, US President Biden said in an interview with the media on February 7 local time that "it is very difficult to achieve herd immunity before the end of this summer."

　　At the same time, Biden said in the interview that he is exploring new ways to accelerate vaccination. For example, he supports a proposal by the National Football League to use 30 stadiums owned by the league as mass vaccination centers.

However, Biden did not make a commitment to the plan.

　　According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to now, the United States has received about 42 million doses of vaccine, of which 9.51 million have completed two doses of vaccination.