WHO Says US May Launch Vaccine in October for Single Case of New Crown Secondary Infection | US Finance News

Original caption: WHO said the second infection of the new crown is a single case, the United States may launch a vaccine in October

China News Service, September 8. According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at 8:28 a.m. on September 8, Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new corona worldwide exceeded 27.24 million and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 890,000. The WHO emphasized that the secondary infection of the new crown remains an “individual case” and cannot explain the general situation; US President Trump said the US could launch the vaccine starting in October; Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is currently ill after being infected with the new corona virus. Improved.

　WHO: The second case of new infection of the crown cannot explain the general situation

Will COVID-19 be the last pandemic?

At the 7th local time, Maria Van Kokhoff, technical director of the WHO health emergency project, responded to the secondary infection of the new corona virus, saying that at present, WHO has only received very few reports, indicating that some people’s immunity may be reduced. But more research is still needed. She emphasized that in the current more than 20 million cases, “there have been several cases of secondary infection, which indicates that this is possible, but this does not tell us how the situation is based on the general level of the population.”

Ryan, director of the WHO health emergency program, called on decision makers to increase transparency and “admit their mistakes” when possible. He said information about the epidemic is sometimes “political” and hinted that it takes years to build trust, but it only takes seconds to lose it.

WHO Director-General Tan Desai said the new coronary pneumonia has taught everyone many lessons. One of them is that health is not a luxury for those who can afford it, but a necessity.

He said: “The new coronary pneumonia will not be the last pandemic. History tells us that outbreaks and pandemics are the reality of life. But when the next pandemic occurs, the world must be prepared, even more than now.” Get ready. “He called on all countries to invest in public health as an investment in a healthier and safer future.

　　Can the United States Launch a Vaccine in October?

　　Frequent infections from university groups raise concern

The latest statistics released by the WHO show that, compared to other parts of the world, the Americas remain the most severely affected areas. In the last seven days to September 6, the number of new confirmed cases in the Americas was almost 3.5 times higher than in Europe. Among them, the total number of confirmed cases in the United States and Brazil accounted for almost three-quarters of the total number of confirmed cases in the Americas.

Currently, there are more than 6.3 million confirmed cases of new corona in the United States and a total of more than 189,000 deaths. Recently, more and more American universities have started introducing face-to-face teaching, but cluster infections caused by student gatherings have continued to increase. The New York Times reported on the 7th that so far, more than 1,000 universities in the United States have reported more than 51,000 confirmed cases.

Some of these students have faced serious consequences for violating epidemic prevention regulations. Northeastern University in Massachusetts expelled 11 students last week. New York University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, etc. have their students suspended for violating epidemic prevention regulations.

On the other hand, the president of the United States, Trump, declared on the 7th that the United States could develop a vaccine starting in October. But this claim has been disputed.

An official familiar with vaccine research and development in the United States said: “As far as I know, none of the scientists involved in this work believe that we will receive the vaccine before Election Day.” Speaking about the vaccine schedule, Democrat Sanders noted that the vaccine development process should not be politicized and “should provide physicians and scientists with the resources to complete their work.”

The image shows the new corona vaccine developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology “Gamalea” of Russia.

In Russia, the Press Service of the Federal Ministry of Health reported that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Federation for Health and Social Development has passed the necessary approvals in various laboratories. of the Russian Federal Agency for Supervision of Health and Social Development. The quality inspection of the product has been put into civil circulation and it is expected to be delivered to various regions in the near future.

　　The condition of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi improves

　　More than 200 UN officials in Syria infected

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has recently been diagnosed with the new corona virus and is receiving treatment in hospital. Italian media broke the news on the 4th that Berlusconi is in the early stages of bilateral pneumonia. At the seventh local time, the head of the intensive care unit at Hospital San Rafael in Italy said that Berlusconi was admitted to the hospital for four days after being infected with the new corona virus and his condition is improving.

On the 7th, the French Football Federation announced that the team’s forward, Mbappé, tested positive for the new corona virus and will miss the Franco-Croatian match on the 8th. It is said that Mbappé is also the seventh player for Paris. Saint-Germain on testing positive for the new corona virus.

Due to the rapid spread of the epidemic around the world, the United Nations is stepping up its contingency plan to help combat the epidemic. Reuters revealed on the 7th that several medical officials and UN officials said that more than 200 UN staff members in Syria have been infected with the new corona virus. According to aid workers and medical staff, the actual number of infections is much higher than this number.

Imran Riza, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, said that two months after notifying his employees about the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases reported in Syria has been 10 times higher than at the moment. According to data from the Syrian Ministry of Health, the country reported its first new crown on March 23. Today, the total number of new crowns has reached 3,171, and the total number of deaths is 134.

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