China News Service, November 1 reported that the new crown epidemic has once again carved a painful stroke in human history.

Just today, more than 5 million lives have been ruthlessly taken away by the new crown virus.

The picture is a screenshot of Johns Hopkins University in the United States.

　　The latest statistics of the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States on November 1 show that the cumulative number of deaths from new crowns worldwide has reached 5,000,425; the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crowns has increased to 246,721,929.

　　The United States is still the country with the largest cumulative number of confirmed cases and cumulative deaths of new crowns in the world, reaching 45,970,881 and 745,836 respectively.

　　Countries with more cumulative confirmed cases include India, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, and France. Countries with more cumulative deaths include Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia and Peru.

Data map: On October 8, local time, a civil organization in Rio, Brazil, to commemorate the 600,000 Brazilians who died of new coronary pneumonia, erected a mast in the Copacabana Sea and hung 600 white handkerchiefs on it. The organization organized the event The author said that these 600 white handkerchiefs were in addition to commemorating the 600,000 compatriots who died of illness.

　　What is more worrying is that some experts believe that the actual number of deaths from the global new crown is higher than official statistics, and the winter epidemic is expected to worsen again.

　　Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the new crown virus has repeatedly mutated, causing the epidemic to fluctuate in many places around the world.

　　Among them, the highly infectious Delta strain has now become the mainstream strain in Britain, the United States and other countries.

　　Its sub-variant strain AY.4.2 is also spreading in many countries.

According to data released by Outbreak.info, an epidemic tracking data website, 42 countries and regions around the world have reported cases of AY.4.2 infection.

Data map: People line up for vaccinations at the new crown vaccination site at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets baseball team.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

　　And behind this group of cold epidemic data and facts are broken families one after another, the lives of which the "pause button" is pressed, and countless unimaginable griefs...

　　As we all know, the new crown vaccine is currently one of the powerful weapons against the epidemic.

However, some countries are still hoarding and even wasting vaccines.

　　US media broke the news that the number of wasted vaccines in the United States far exceeds the number of vaccinations in many developing countries.

Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also show that from March to September this year, the United States wasted at least 15.1 million doses of the new crown vaccine.

　　On the other side of the world, only about 77 million people in Africa, or 6% of the population, have completed the new crown vaccination.

Data map: WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

　　In this regard, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus once again warned recently that the main reason why the new crown epidemic continues is that the unequal distribution of anti-epidemic tools still exists.

　　The WHO has also launched a new strategy, calling on the international community to raise funds to address the global inequality in access to the new crown vaccine and the detection and treatment of the new crown virus.

　　The new crown epidemic is the "public enemy" of the world.

No country or individual can be alone.

Only through unity and cooperation can we overcome the epidemic!

　　Today, the weather is getting colder.

Let us be more patient and move forward together.

　　I believe that the epidemic will eventually dissipate, and we will certainly be able to wait until the warmth of spring blossoms.