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Global report on epidemics: the number of confirmed cases in Africa exceeds 2 million, Germany modifies the laws for the prevention of epidemics
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 20Global report on epidemics on the 19th: the number of confirmed cases in Africa exceeds 2 million and Germany changes the laws for the prevention of epidemics
Global data
World Health Organization: At 5:13 PM on the 19th Central Europe (12:13 AM on the 20th Beijing time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 59,542 compared to the previous day, with a total of 55,928,327 confirmed cases; a total of 9,989 deaths and a total of 1,344,003 deaths. example.
Johns Hopkins University in the United States: At 6:25 p.m. Beijing time, there have been a total of 56724621 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide and a total of 1356952 deaths. The United States remains the most affected country in the world, with a total of 11,674,074 confirmed cases and a total of 251,970 deaths.
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According to data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 19, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has exceeded 2 million and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 48,000. The African Union and the health departments of African countries call on the public to be more vigilant and prevent the epidemic from rebounding.
The German Bundestag approved an amendment to the “Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act” on the 18th, providing a legal basis for the government to further implement the new corona epidemic prevention measures. The most important content of the amendment to the “Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases” is to include specific restrictions against the epidemic that the German government can implement in legal provisions.
According to data published by the Slovenian government on the 19th, there were 2,064 new confirmed cases of new corona in the country in the last 24 hours, with a total of 60,887 confirmed cases; 45 new deaths, the most deaths in a single day since the epidemic, with a total of 964 deaths.
According to statistics from the Japan Broadcasting Association television station, at 8:30 p.m. local time on the 19th (7:30 p.m. Beijing time), Japan recently confirmed 2,377 new cases of new crowns, a new record. since the outbreak, with a total of 125,921 confirmed cases; There were 16 deaths and a total of 1950 deaths.
The city of Seoul in South Korea will increase the social distancing and epidemic prevention level from level 1 to level 1.5 from 0:00 on the 19th, and will be tentatively maintained for two weeks. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced a series of new measures on the same day to strengthen the prevention and control of epidemics and reduce the spread in the community.
The Prime Minister of the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, Tuilaepa, announced on the 19th that the country had discovered the first confirmed case of the new crown. The confirmed case was a sailor returning from New Zealand. The sailor who returned to Samoa from Auckland, New Zealand, on the 13th tested positive for the new coronavirus on the night of the 18, but tested negative again on the morning of the 19th. Despite this, the man is still considered an infected person with the new corona virus and is currently isolated in a hospital in the capital, Apia.
