China News Service, April 20th, according to a comprehensive report, according to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 7:20 on April 20, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide exceeded 140 million, with more than deaths. 3.02 million cases.

  The number of confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide has risen for 8 consecutive weeks. The WHO said that the new crowns epidemic continues to constitute a “public health emergency of international concern”.

Vaccination in many places in the United States has seen bottlenecks, and the authorities once again urge people to vaccinate as soon as possible.

On the 19th, India’s epidemic data hit a new high again, and the capital, New Delhi, announced its closure of the city for a week.

Data map: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

The number of new confirmed cases worldwide has risen for 8 consecutive weeks

The new crown continues to constitute a "public health emergency of international concern"

  On April 19, local time, WHO issued a statement on the seventh meeting of the COVID-19 Emergency Committee.

The statement pointed out that the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to constitute a "public health emergency of international concern."

  The WHO held its seventh meeting of the New Coronary Pneumonia Emergency Committee on the 15th to assess the global epidemic situation and provide response suggestions.

The Emergency Committee recommends that all parties support the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan", share the new coronavirus vaccine, and recommend that the WHO speed up the evaluation of the new coronavirus vaccine.

  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the 19th that last week, there were more than 5.2 million new confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, the most new one week in a single week so far, and the number of confirmed cases has risen for 8 consecutive weeks, and the number of new deaths has continued. 5 weeks up.

  He pointed out that it took 9 months to reach 1 million deaths worldwide, 4 months to increase to 2 million, and only 3 months to increase to 3 million.

"The huge number will numb us, but every death case is a tragedy for its family, community and country."

  Tan Desai added that the number of diagnoses and hospitalizations between 25 and 59 years old is increasing at an "astounding rate," which may be due to the spread of the mutant new coronavirus strain and the social gathering of young people.

On the evening of March 14th, local time, the New York City Government projected the faces of patients who had died of new coronary pneumonia on the Brooklyn Bridge, expressing their nostalgia for the deceased.

That night, New York City held an event to commemorate patients who died of new coronary pneumonia.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

Vaccination in many places in the U.S. encounters bottlenecks

The authorities again urge people to get vaccinated as soon as possible

  Currently, half of adults in the United States have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine.

Beginning on the 20th local time, eligibility for the new crown vaccination in the United States is open to all people over 16 years old.

  However, the United States currently encounters a bottleneck in vaccination, and demand for vaccines is slowing down.

  In January, when the first driving vaccination clinic was opened in Mercer County, Ohio, more than 500 people came in a day for vaccination.

Nearly 3 months later, when the vaccine supply was sufficient and wider vaccination qualifications were opened, the vaccine appointment form was difficult to fill.

In early April, about 264 people received their first vaccination at clinics in the area, about half the number when the vaccination was first introduced.

  Not only in Oklahoma, but also in Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas, there is a decline in vaccination demand.

  American Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) CEO Freeman said that the current vaccination has reached a "critical point."

"We want to reach those who are difficult"-people who are uncertain about the vaccine, who are on the sidelines, who do not have enough information, or who are directly unwilling to vaccinate.

  Experts predict that 70% to 85% of people in the United States need to be immune to the new coronavirus to contain the epidemic.

But the United States is far from reaching this level, and the current slowdown in demand means that the task of reaching this level may be more difficult than some local officials expected.

  On April 19, local time, Valensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stated that the average number of deaths in the United States in the past seven days was about 695, and the number of deaths continued to increase.

  She said that "vaccinations are working" and urged people who have not been vaccinated to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Data map: India under the epidemic.

India's epidemic data hits "double highs", capital is closed

A surge in confirmed cases in Tokyo near the Olympics

  The Ministry of Health of India announced on the 19th that there were 273,810 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country, and the total number of confirmed cases exceeded 15 million.

There were 1619 deaths in a single day, with a total of nearly 179,000.

On the same day, both confirmed cases and deaths in a single day set records.

  India is now diagnosed with one out of every six people tested. The severe epidemic has severely inadequate hospital beds and oxygen equipment.

The Ministry of Health of the country announced that it will convert some wards in hospitals originally reserved for employees of government departments or public enterprises into wards for receiving patients with new coronary disease.

  New Delhi, where the epidemic is the worst, announced that it will be closed for a week starting on the evening of the 19th.

Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal said: "If we do not implement the blockade now, we will face even greater disaster."

  On the other hand, it has been less than 100 days since the Tokyo Olympics was held, but in the past weekend, the number of new cases in Tokyo reached a new high in more than two months. The city government does not rule out the implementation of an epidemic prevention emergency.

  Recently, the number of new cases in a single day in Osaka has been surpassing one thousand, which is a record high.

The Governor of Osaka Prefecture said that the central government will be required to declare a state of emergency in the city again to reverse the surge.

  Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced in early April that the epidemic prevention restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka and other regions would be tightened, but the epidemic has not slowed down but has increased.

The Japanese industry believes that the fourth wave of epidemics is about to break out in the country.

  The epidemic situation in other Asian countries is not optimistic.

  Last week, South Korea’s daily average number of confirmed diagnoses continued to rise, and the proportion of non-capital areas also increased to more than 40%.

The authorities said that the recent rapid spread of the epidemic in the metropolitan area and other areas this week will be the key.

  In Thailand, where the third wave of the epidemic has occurred, there is a serious shortage of hospital beds everywhere.

The outbreak site Bangkok has stepped up the establishment of temporary hospitals to increase the number of beds to treat patients with mild illnesses to reduce the burden on the medical system.