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Original title: Situation of the global epidemic[17 de febrero]: The number of deaths exceeded 2.42 million. The WHO issued an Ebola outbreak warning. Source: Cailian Press
Statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that at 10:22 p.m. on February 17 Beijing time, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide rose to 109,617,818, of which 2,421,592 deaths .
(Overview of the global epidemic, source: Johns Hopkins University)
The number of recently confirmed cases in the United States has improved in a single day and has recently hovered below 100,000. A total of 27,757,609 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have been reported and 488,103 patients have died.
The new wave of epidemics in Europe improved significantly during the peak period. As of press time, a total of 4,070,334 cases have been confirmed in the UK, 3,548,963 cases in France, 3,096,343 cases in Spain, 2,739,591 cases in Italy and 2,357,299 cases in Germany.
Among the major emerging market countries, India (10,937,320 cases), Brazil (9,921,981 cases) and Russia (4,066,164 cases) are the most affected. United States Colombia (2,202,598 cases), Argentina (2,033,060 cases), Mexico (2,004,575 cases) are among the main confirmed cases.
The following is the daily trend of recently confirmed cases in relevant countries:
(Source: Financial Association, Wind)
Epidemic dynamics
[La OMS emitió una advertencia sobre el ébola a seis países africanos]
On Tuesday local time, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said rounds 12 and 13 of Ebola outbreaks occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Margaret Harris noted that the Ebola epidemic shows that the new corona pneumonia is not the only health threat facing the African continent. WHO has sequenced the local Ebola virus to re-understand the origin of the outbreak. Potential cases still have new animals for human transmission. The WHO has issued warnings to six neighboring countries such as Sierra Leone and Liberia.
[China-Europe Express se opone a la tendencia durante la epidemia, y los puertos alemanes establecen nuevos récords de carga y descarga]
According to data released by the port of Duisburg, Germany on Wednesday, despite the impact of the epidemic, the container handling volume of the port of Duisburg in 2020 has increased by 5% to 4.2 million TEUs, a new record. . Data shows that the port’s rail freight volume from China in 2020 has increased by about 70% compared to 2019. The number of China-Europe trains arriving in Duisburg in 2019 is an average of 35-40 trains per week , and from the second quarter of 2020, the number of China-Europe trains will increase to 60 trains per week.
[Vacunación pospuesta en tormentas invernales en Estados Unidos]
Severe weather and power outages caused by snow storms in many states in the United States have also affected the distribution and vaccination of the new corona vaccine in many places. On the 16th, due to vaccine delivery delays and power outages in hospitals, many places in Texas, Missouri and Nevada announced the postponement of some vaccines.
[PfizeryBioNTechsuministrarán200millonesdedosisadicionalesdelavacunaCOVID-19alaUE]
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they have reached an agreement with the European Commission to supply them with an additional 200 million doses of Coirnaty, the new crown vaccine. Under the first supply agreement signed last year, the two companies agreed to supply 300 million doses of vaccine to the EU this year. An additional 200 million doses are expected to be delivered in 2021, with an estimated 75 million doses to be delivered in the second quarter. Currently, the total dose of vaccine supplied to EU member states by the end of 2021 is 500 million doses. Depending on the additional purchase option in the new agreement, it can be further increased to a total of 600 million doses.
[Kexing espera que el primer lote de 1 millón de dosis de la nueva vacuna corona llegue a Hong Kong este viernes]
According to media reports on Wednesday, Kexing expects to ship the first batch of 1 million doses of the new Kerlafor crown vaccine to Hong Kong this Friday (February 19). Previously, the Hong Kong Vaccine Expert Advisory Committee asked Kexing to submit more data before considering whether to approve the vaccine’s emergency use in Hong Kong.
[Los dos principales parques temáticos de Hong Kong, Disney y Ocean Park, reabrirán uno tras otro]
In response to the slowdown in the epidemic, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region decided to relax the epidemic prevention measures on the 16th, and some listed facilities, including theme parks, may resume their operations of limited form. On the 17th, Hong Kong’s two main theme parks, Ocean Park and Disneyland, respectively, announced that they will reopen on the 18th and 19th.
Market performance
High US bond yields continued to suppress the market. On Wednesday, the three major US stock indices collectively fell. At press time, the S&P 500 Index fell 0.41%, the Nasdaq Index fell 0.97% and the Dow Jones Index fell 0.11%. . The main European stock indices also fell slightly.
(Source: Investing)
