China News Service, February 28. According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 9:23 on February 28, Beijing time, nearly 80,000 new cases of new crown confirmed in the United States within 24 hours. More than 28.55 million cases have been diagnosed.
At present, the mutated virus is continuing to spread across the United States, or it may worsen the situation that has just improved; Johnson & Johnson vaccine is approved, becoming the third new coronavirus vaccine in the United States; in order to alleviate the negative impact of the epidemic on the economy, the US House of Representatives passed 19,000 A billion-dollar bailout bill, but whether the bill will eventually be approved by the Senate remains uncertain.
On February 24, local time, the American flag in Times Square, New York, USA was lowered at half mast to mourn the death of the new crown.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
"The U.S. epidemic situation is still very dangerous"
On the 26th local time, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Valensky said that although the number of new cases in the United States has been declining in the past few weeks, the latest data shows that these declines appear to be stagnating. And it may stabilize at a very high number.
Valensky said, "We think this is a very worrying change," and warned that this may be an "initial impact" from the spread of the mutant new coronavirus.
Varensky added, "Currently, the B.1.1.7 variant accounts for 10% of cases in the United States, compared to only 1% to 4% a few weeks ago."
In addition, two new mutant viruses, B.1.526 and B.1.427, have recently appeared in the United States. All these mutant viruses may further worsen the epidemic situation.
In response to this situation, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also issued a warning on the 26th local time: The current progress in the fight against the epidemic in the United States seems to have stalled.
Fauci said that the current US epidemic situation is still in a very dangerous situation, and a little carelessness will push the US to another peak of the epidemic.
On February 16, local time, the mass vaccination station set up at Oakland Stadium, California, was opened to eligible people.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
U.S. third new crown vaccine approved
In order to control the spread of the epidemic, the United States is currently promoting new crown vaccination.
According to CDC data, so far, the United States has received about 72 million doses of vaccine, of which over 48 million have completed two doses of vaccination.
At the same time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose new crown vaccine on the 27th local time. This also means that in addition to Pfizer vaccine and Modena vaccine, the third new crown vaccine in the United States was officially approved. Batch.
Previously, Johnson & Johnson had promised to provide 100 million doses of vaccine to the US government by the end of June.
However, some federal and state health officials worry that even with strong data support, some people may think that Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is a poor choice.
According to current data, the effective rate of Johnson & Johnson vaccine in clinical trials in the United States is 72%. Although this is a number that satisfies scientists, it is lower than the 95% effective rate of Pfizer and Modena.
However, all Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials have shown that the vaccine has 85% protection against severe illness and 100% avoids hospitalization and death of vaccinators.
Data map: The United States under the epidemic.
U.S. House of Representatives approves 1.9 trillion rescue plan
In addition to vaccines, the negative impact of the epidemic on the economy is also a major problem facing the US government.
On the 27th local time, the U.S. House of Representatives voted with 219 votes in favor and 212 votes against, and voted to pass the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan to deal with the impact of the epidemic on the economy.
The economic stimulus plan adopted this time includes granting US$1,400 per person in subsidies to eligible Americans; increasing weekly unemployment benefits to US$400; and injecting US$20 billion into the new crown vaccination program.
On the same day, US President Biden gave a brief speech on the passage of the bill. He said, “Now the bill will be submitted to the US Senate. I hope the Senate can act quickly. We have no time to waste. If we act decisively, quickly and boldly now , We can finally overcome this virus and make our economy work again."
However, after the plan is submitted to the Senate for deliberation, because it may be resisted by members who oppose a substantial expansion of the fiscal deficit, whether it can be approved by the Senate remains a huge variable.