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Xinhua News Agency, Washington, Jan 24, report: More than 25 million confirmed cases of new corona in the United States, the new government faces severe challenges
Xinhua News Agency reporter Tan Jingjing Yang Shilong
Statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of the 24th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has exceeded 25 million, and the cumulative number of deaths is nearly 420,000. According to data from the National Epidemic Tracking Project started by Atlantic Monthly, there are currently more than 110,000 COVID-19 patients in the United States.
According to CNN, on January 21, 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first confirmed case in the United States. So far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has risen to more than 25 million. Approximately 68,000 confirmed cases of new crowns were added and a new case was added every 1.2 seconds.
“Despite the alarmingly high number of infections, experts still believe they have seriously underestimated the actual number of infections in the United States and the degree to which the United States has failed to prevent and control the spread of the virus,” the New York Times reported.
The new forecasting model issued by the University of Washington Institute for Health Statistics and Evaluation shows that by May 1 of this year, even if the new corona vaccination can save the lives of more than 42,000 Americans, the Cumulative number of new corona deaths in the United States may exceed 569,000 by then. This means that between January 19 and May 1, there will be approximately 168,000 deaths from the new crown in the United States.
Licensed US epidemiologists said in an interview with the Xinhua news agency that while the recent rise in the US epidemic rate shows signs of slowing down, it is still at a high level. It is a “race” between the spread of the epidemic, the appearance of mutant viruses and vaccination. The new US government faces serious challenges.
Eric Topol, a geneticist at the Scripps Research Institute in the United States, said on social media that the United States, the richest country in the world, is “one of the countries most blind to respond to the epidemic.” Chapters “, for For example, there was no virus testing for two months at the beginning of the outbreak, inaccurate and inconsistent information from the public health department, and lack of digital tracking of vaccination.
The new president of the United States, Biden, listed the response to the epidemic as one of his main tasks after taking office. After taking office on January 20, Biden announced a national strategy to deal with the new corona epidemic and signed a series of administrative orders related to fighting the epidemic, such as the “100-day mask, which requires for the American people to wear masks for 100 days beginning January 20. “Order”; Increase production and supply of new corona vaccines, virus detection equipment and personal protective equipment; Improve virus detection capabilities; increase research and development of new corona treatments; guide schools to resume safe operations, etc. Before taking office, he also announced that he planned to achieve 100 million doses of the new vaccination corona within 100 days to assume office.
“These new anti-epidemic plans can help control the current dire situation. Leaders can clearly understand the severity of the epidemic. This is the basis for an effective response to the epidemic.” Stanley Per, professor of microbiology and immunology, University of Iowa Erman told reporters from the Xinhua News Agency.
But he also stressed that the United States urgently needs to solve the problem of increasing the production of new corona vaccines and, more importantly, providing greater support for the distribution of vaccines by state and local governments.
Moncef Slavi, former chief adviser to the new US crown drug and vaccine research plan “Operation Speed”, previously stated that he plans to complete the vaccination of 20 million people (40 million doses) by the end of December 2020. However, data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website shows that, as of January 23 of this year, a total of approximately 21.848 million doses had been vaccinated in the United States. , well below expectations.
The New York Times cited a report from a Columbia University model study saying that even if the launch of the new corona vaccine brings hope to the United States to control the epidemic, the vaccine alone is not enough. The new corona epidemic has been “out of control” in the United States for far too long. Even if millions of people are vaccinated, millions of people will remain infected. Unless the public can continue to strictly enforce measures such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, until this summer or later.
