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(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) International Review: Worldwide, more than 30 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia urgently need global cooperation
China News Service, Beijing, September 18. Title: International magazine: More than 30 million confirmed cases of the new crown in the world urgently need global cooperation
China News Agency reporter Liu Xu
Real-time statistics published by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that at 7:15 p.m. on the 18 Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world has exceeded 30 million, reaching 30,205,226, and the cumulative number of deaths is approaching 950,000. There were 946,673 cases.
Currently, the cumulative number of confirmed countries and regions in the world has reached 188. The Americas, where the epidemic is most severe, has accumulated more than 15.09 million confirmed cases, of which the United States has more than 6.67 million confirmed cases and more than 197,000 deaths. The number of confirmed cases in the United States, India and Brazil exceeds half the world number of confirmed cases. In Europe, the once-slowing epidemic has also picked up, and the number of confirmed cases in more than half of European countries has risen again. Many countries are at the juncture of deciding whether to implement a second “total lockdown.”
Maria van Kokhov, technical director of the WHO health emergency project, recently recalled that what is really worrying is that the number of confirmed cases is increasing, while the number of hospitalized and intensive care cases is also increasing. As the fall and winter flu season approaches, the medical and social systems of countries around the world will face greater challenges.
Statistics also show that while the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, the global spread of the new corona epidemic continues to accelerate. It took 43 days for the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide to increase from 10 million to 20 million, and it only took 38 days to increase from 20 million to 30 million.
Furthermore, the devastating epidemic has also had a serious impact on the world economy. Reuters research shows that the increase in new corona cases is the biggest threat to the euro zone’s economic recovery. Zhu Min, dean of the National Institute of Finance at Tsinghua University and former vice president of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also wrote a few days ago that the new corona epidemic has a serious impact on the European economy. The GDP growth rate this year is expected to fall to around -10%, although it will be. There has been a rebound, but the overall economy is still contracting.
The new corona pneumonia, a global public health crisis, has brought warnings to global governance and public health.
Throughout human and pandemic history, from the plague, cholera, smallpox, these diseases that killed tens of millions of people a hundred years ago, to several major infectious diseases such as SARS and Ebola. , in the last 20 years. We can see that to overcome the epidemic, the most important thing is to develop science and technology, and the second is to improve governance capacities.
Although the momentum of the new corona epidemic is fierce, the technological level of human society is completely different than it was a hundred years ago. According to public reports, as of early September, more than 175 new corona vaccine candidates have been developed worldwide, of which more than 30 are already in clinical trials. The emergence of a new effective corona vaccine will bring hope to the end of this epidemic.
However, we must realize that the appearance of vaccines does not mean the end of the epidemic. Public health experts have long warned that novel coronary pneumonia can become a chronic disease and coexist with humans like influenza. This forces us to build a more comprehensive international public health protection system and use global efforts to respond to the challenges of disease.
Kluge, director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, said on the 17th that European countries should strengthen coordination and cooperation to respond to the rebound in the new corona epidemic with a scientific attitude. The British medical journal “The Lancet” recently published an editorial stating that responding to the new corona epidemic requires open collaboration between countries. Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, spoke at the Security Council’s public meeting on the new corona epidemic on 9 this month, saying that solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapon for the international community overcome the epidemic. In the face of disasters and challenges, all countries must build trust, demonstrate responsibility, respect science, promote cooperation, and work together to combat the epidemic.
The worldwide epidemic of New Crown pneumonia has caused enormous loss of life and property. It has also tested the social organization and governance capacity of several countries. But historical experience tells us that the epidemic is not insurmountable. Countries must work together to respond to this global “great test” of the common destiny of humanity with scientific concepts and a more comprehensive public health system. (Finish)
