China News Service, March 8th. According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7:25 on March 8th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has exceeded 28.98 million, and more than deaths. 524,000 cases.
Recently, the downward trend of the increasing number of confirmed cases in the United States seems to have stalled. In this regard, American infectious disease expert Fauci stated that it is "unacceptable." At the same time, some states have begun to relax epidemic prevention and control, which has also triggered a rebound of the epidemic. Worry.
On March 3, local time, people received nucleic acid testing at a mobile testing station in Manhattan, New York, USA.
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The decline in new U.S. cases stalled
After several weeks of decline, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day in the United States has stabilized at a still high level.
Regarding this situation, Fauci said on the 7th local time that he was worried that the number of cases had begun to stabilize after a "very sharp" drop.
Fauci also stated that “60,000 to 70,000 new cases are added every day. It is unacceptable to be in such a'stable period'. It is really a very high level.”
Fauci also compared the epidemic in the United States with Europe. He believes that the development of the epidemic in Europe is "usually a few weeks ahead of us." Now, after the stable period in Europe, the number of cases has increased by about 9%.
On the same day, Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, also warned that the threat of mutant viruses is still looming.
He said worriedly, "Although everything seems to be going well, we are now in the eyes of the hurricane."
Up to now, according to the data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US has reported more than 2700 cases of variant virus infections found in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, of which 2672 are variants found in the UK, and this variant has been found in 46 states And Washington DC was discovered.
The CDC warned that these were only cases that were discovered with the help of genome sequencing, not the total number of cases in the United States.
Starting on March 1, Arlington County Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Virginia, USA, allow students to voluntarily choose to return to school and resume classes.
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Some states relax epidemic prevention and control, raising concerns
Although the situation of the epidemic in the United States is still not optimistic, some states have begun to relax epidemic prevention and control measures.
Recently, Connecticut, Arizona, West Virginia and other states have announced that they will lift passenger capacity restrictions on local restaurants, bars, gyms and other places; Alabama, Texas and Mississippi have also announced cancellations or plans to cancel.” Mask order".
In this regard, Warrensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the "mask order" should not be cancelled at this time; the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration Gottlieb also believes that in order to avoid a further rebound of the epidemic, the "mask order" is currently cancelled. "It's too early.
At the same time, Fauci also expressed concern about the relaxation of epidemic prevention measures in some states. He said, “We hope to slowly and cautiously remove restrictions, rather than directly, because (cases) are very likely to surge again.”
Fauci also warned people not to relax their vigilance as the weather gets warmer, he said, "We have experienced this kind of plot before."
Data map: US President Biden.
Democrats celebrate passing 1.9 trillion bailout bill
On the other hand, in order to alleviate the impact of the epidemic on the US economy, on the 6th local time, the US Senate voted with 50 votes in favor and 49 votes against it and passed the 1.9 trillion US dollar economic stimulus plan.
The plan includes granting US$1,400 per person to eligible Americans; providing US$300 in weekly unemployment benefits; and injecting US$14 billion into the new crown vaccination program.
Regarding the approval of the plan, US President Biden said, “This is obviously not easy, it is not always good, but Americans urgently need (this plan)”.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi, and former US President Barack Obama also celebrated this result after the bill passed.
However, Republicans disagree with this. The Republican Party Whip Thun also criticized the Democrats' handling of the voting process as "very messy."
Because the bill has been partially modified by the previous version of the House of Representatives, the bill will be returned to the House of Representatives for reconsideration and voting. After being passed, it will be submitted to U.S. President Biden for signing into law.