China News Service, August 11, reported that the US epidemic continued to worsen due to the invasion of the Delta variant.

Statistics show that the average number of new cases in the United States in seven days has reached 100,000 for three consecutive days, an increase of 35% from the previous week.

American infectious disease expert Fauci warned that if vaccination is not accelerated, new and more aggressive variants of the virus are likely to emerge in the United States in the future.

On August 3, local time, customers were shopping in a mall in San Francisco, California.

Officials from seven counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco County, and the city of Berkeley announced on the 2nd that the mandatory regulations for wearing masks in indoor public places will be restored from the 3rd.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

  [Newly added 100,000 cases in a few days, ICU overcrowded in many places]

  According to the statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the transmission rate in 38 U.S. states is currently at a high level, with at least 100 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents in these states; or the positive rate of testing is as high as 10% or more , That is, at least 10 out of every 100 people tested carry the virus.

The transmission rate in the other 12 states and Washington, D.C. is also at the second most severe level.

  According to statistics, in the past week, the number of hospitalizations in the United States increased by 40%, while the number of deaths from the lagging indicator increased by 18%.

The southern multi-state health system with lower vaccination rates has been the hardest hit.

In Arkansas, there are only 8 ICU beds left in the state; Mississippi state officials also confirmed on the 9th that there are no vacant ICU beds in the state, and there are currently 200 patients waiting in the emergency room.

The Governor of Texas, Abbott, has also ordered the hospital to postpone non-emergency operations and concentrate resources to respond to the peak of the epidemic.

  However, the more transmissible Delta mutant strain has also penetrated into states with higher vaccination rates and strong anti-epidemic measures.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the seven-day average number of new cases in 23 states and Washington, DC, has increased by at least 50% in the past week, including states with high vaccination rates such as Vermont, Washington, and Hawaii.

  Overall, according to Reuters statistics, the average number of new cases in the United States in seven days has reached 100,000 for three consecutive days, an increase of 35% from the previous week.

  Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned that the longer the virus spreads and replicates in unvaccinated people, the greater the chance of mutation.

He warned that in the future, the United States may appear more aggressive and may escape the existing vaccine-protected variant viruses. By then, the United States will truly "get into trouble."

And this is not only about people who have not been vaccinated, it will be about everyone.

Data map: In 2020, the USS Kidd (USS Kidd) had an outbreak of new crown pneumonia.

  [U.S. Department of Defense intends to force military personnel to vaccinate]

  Affected by the Delta variant virus, the US military's recent epidemic has increased.

US Secretary of Defense Austin issued a memorandum on the 9th, announcing that he would seek approval from President Biden before mid-September to force 1.3 million active US military personnel to be vaccinated against the new crown. Biden issued a statement later strongly supporting this decision.

  Some military legal experts pointed out that once the Pentagon orders mandatory vaccination, refusal to vaccinate or constitutes a violation of military order, relevant personnel will be subject to military law.

  According to the memorandum issued by Austin, he will seek Biden’s approval before September 15 to force all U.S. military officers and soldiers to receive at least one dose of the new crown vaccine; if Pfizer vaccine is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early September, the U.S. military The mandatory vaccination plan will be implemented sooner.

  Austin emphasized, "We need a healthy, ready-to-mantle army." The Department of Defense is paying close attention to the infection rate of the Delta variant virus among military personnel. Once it affects combat readiness, it will take action as soon as possible to promote vaccination without hesitation.

  Since 2020, U.S. military bases at home and abroad, major fleets, and aircraft carriers have frequently exploded.

According to data from the US Department of Defense, as of August 4, 2021, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the US military has exceeded 212,000, of which 28 have died of the disease.