WHO Announces "Six Goals" for Response to New Coronary Epidemic in 2021
China News Service, Beijing, February 19th. Comprehensive news: The latest data from the World Health Organization website shows that as of 16:22 on the 18th Central European Time (23:22 on the 18th Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide reached 109,594,835, of which There were 2424060 deaths.
According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 22:23 on the 18th Eastern Time (11:23 on the 19th, Beijing time), there were a total of 110,289,988 confirmed cases worldwide, including 24,411,12 deaths.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on the 18th that WHO officially launched the 2021 “New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Strategic Preparation and Response Plan”. The plan identified six main goals, including curbing the spread of the epidemic, reducing exposure, and combating false information. Protect vulnerable groups, reduce mortality and morbidity, and speed up the fair distribution of new response tools such as vaccines, diagnosis and treatment.
Achieving the above goals requires $1.96 billion in funding.
On February 17, local time, medical staff at Donghua Hospital in San Francisco, USA, vaccinated residents of nearby Chinese communities with the new crown.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
Americas: The number of new cases in the United States drops in a single day, but the risk of mutant viruses increases
Statistics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that since early February, the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in the United States has shown a downward trend. The director of the center, Volensky, said that the mutant new crown virus may lead to another surge in US cases and accelerated spread of the epidemic.
US experts believe that epidemic prevention behaviors such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, seasonal reasons, and new crown vaccination are important reasons for the mitigation of the epidemic.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 18th, more than 56 million people in the United States have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for about 17% of the total population.
Brazil started the new crown vaccination for front-line medical staff on the 17th. The new crown vaccine of China Kexing Company was used for this vaccination.
The head of the Brazilian Butantan Institute pointed out that after testing, it was found that the Chinese new crown vaccine is effective against mutated new coronaviruses from the United Kingdom and South Africa.
The Institute also announced the launch of a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign targeting adults in the city of Serana.
Mexican Defense Minister Sandoval announced on the afternoon of the 17th that he tested positive for the new crown virus and will work remotely from home and receive treatment.
On January 24, Mexican President Lopez announced that he was infected with the new crown virus and announced his recovery after about 10 days.
On February 1, local time, in a supermarket in the center of Paris, France that strictly abides by the epidemic prevention regulations, a sign indicating the flow of customers during daily business hours.
In order to prevent and control the epidemic, French shopping places have implemented epidemic prevention measures such as strengthening restrictions on the flow of people and strengthening shopping safety distances since February 1.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang
Europe: France's mutated new coronavirus infection rate rises sharply
French Health Minister Vérin said at a press conference on the evening of the 18th that the recent French epidemic has improved overall, but it is still in a "high plateau period", and the detection rate of mutant strains has risen sharply.
Among the new cases in France, the proportion of mutated new coronavirus infections found in the UK increased from 20% to 25% last week to 36%.
The French government has decided to continue to close public places such as restaurants and museums, and from the 22nd, the quarantine period for people infected with the new crown virus has been extended from 7 days to 10 days.
The research results released by Imperial College London on the 18th showed that the infection rate of the new crown virus in the UK fell to 0.51%, a drop of more than two-thirds from the 1.57% reported in January. “The reduction in the number of infections occurred in all age groups and across the country. Most areas".
British media reported that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will formulate a new national anti-epidemic strategy based on the latest data, and will announce on the 22nd a "road map" for the gradual lifting of the epidemic blockade and other relevant restrictions.
British experts warned that despite the downward trend of the epidemic, the number of patients in hospitals is still higher than the peak of the first wave last year, and the negative impact of the gradual unblocking needs to be closely monitored.
After keeping the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day below 10,000 for several consecutive days, Germany’s number of newly confirmed cases in a single day exceeded 10,000 again on the 18th, reaching 10,207.
German President Steinmeier called on the public to be patient and persist in fighting the epidemic.
German experts believe that the current epidemic has become a "race" between vaccination and virus mutation.
On January 12, 2021, local time, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, a local private high school entrance examination, the examination room and classroom were set up with partitions due to the epidemic to maintain social distance.
Asia: Japan and the Philippines discover new mutant coronaviruses
Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases revealed on the 18th that a new variant of the new coronavirus has been found in Japan. As of early February, 2 cases of the variant new coronavirus have been found in airport quarantine and 91 cases have been found in the Kanto region.
Kyodo News Agency of Japan and the Asahi Shimbun reported that the three mutant new coronaviruses previously discovered in the UK, South Africa and Brazil all have mutations in the protein N501Y on the virus surface, while the mutant new coronavirus discovered in Japan this time is the E484K mutation.
Japanese experts believe that the mutant virus may weaken the immune effect, but the infectivity has not increased.
The source of this mutant virus is still unclear.
The Philippine Ministry of Health said on the 18th that the Philippine Genome Center found two variants of new coronaviruses in the new coronavirus test samples collected in Cebu City last week. Among the 50 samples, 37 samples were tested for the presence of variant strains of the new coronavirus. These strains Carrying the E484K mutation or the N501Y mutation, 29 samples contained two mutant new coronavirus strains.
At present, the complete genetic sequences of these two mutant new coronaviruses need to be further studied.
Africa and Oceania: Zimbabwe begins to vaccinate China's new crown vaccine
The WHO Regional Office for Africa stated on the 18th that Africa is facing the dual challenges of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the Ebola epidemic.
In the past week, there were 77,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Africa. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 3.7 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 99,000.
The mutant new coronavirus is spreading across the African continent. The second wave of epidemics spreads faster than the first wave. The mutant new coronavirus first discovered in South Africa has been found in 9 countries in Africa, and the mutant new coronavirus discovered in the UK has been found in 6 countries in Africa .
Zimbabwe started the new crown vaccination work on the 18th.
Vice President and Minister of Health Chiwenga, as the country's "first person" to vaccinate the new crown vaccine, was vaccinated at Wilkins Hospital in Harare.
He expressed his confidence in China's vaccines by vaccinating himself.
The vaccine given to Zimbabwe this time is the China-aided Zimbabwe new crown vaccine that arrived on the 15th.
The Zimbabwe government plans to vaccinate 10 million people, about 60% of Zimbabwe’s total population.
With the arrival of the first batch of 200,000 doses of vaccine purchased by the Senegalese government from China National Pharmaceutical Group on the evening of the 17th, Senegal became the first country in West Africa to obtain vaccines in batches.
Serbian President Saleki’s wife Mary May went to the airport to greet her and delivered a speech, saying, “With the arrival of the vaccine, Serbia’s anti-epidemic work will enter a new stage.” (End)