Financial Associated Press (Shanghai, Editor Wu Bin) News , statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 23:22 on January 7, Beijing time, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide has risen to 87,384,218. Among them, the number of deaths reached 1,886,921.
(Global epidemic overview, source: Johns Hopkins University)
The number of new confirmed cases in a single day in the United States continues to remain above 200,000. A total of 21,314,415 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported so far, and 360,820 patients have died.
The new wave of epidemic in Europe is still not under control. As of press time, a total of 2,845,269 cases have been confirmed in the UK, 2,763,251 cases in France, 2,201,945 cases in Italy, 1,982,544 cases in Spain, and 1,859,903 cases in Germany.
Among major emerging market countries, India (10,395,278 cases), Brazil (7,873,830 cases), and Russia (3,297,833 cases) are severely affected. The epidemic situation in Colombia (1,719,771 cases), Argentina (1,676,171 cases), and Mexico (1,479,835 cases) is also not optimistic.
The following is the daily trend of newly confirmed cases in relevant countries:
(Source: Financial Associated Press, Wind)
Epidemic dynamics
[U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 21 allergic reactions have been reported after Pfizer vaccine vaccination]
U.S. Disease Control and Prevention A report released by the center on the 6th showed that as of December 23, 2020, a total of 1,893,360 people in the United States had received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and a total of 4,393 adverse reaction events were reported (the adverse reaction rate was approximately 0.2%), of which Including 21 cases of allergic reactions.
[WHO experts: Mutated new coronavirus will become a new challenge in 2021]
Kluge, director of the World Health Organization’s European Regional Office, held an online press conference in Copenhagen on the 7th and said that entering 2021, the world has vaccines and other responses. A new tool for the COVID-19 epidemic, but it also faces new challenges such as virus mutation and . Kluge said that mutated new coronavirus strains have been found in 22 of the 53 countries under the responsibility of the WHO European Regional Office. The mutated virus is more contagious and causes no change in the severity of the disease. If controls are not tightened to slow its spread, it will have a greater impact on an already stressed healthcare system.
[Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued an "emergency declaration"]
According to media reports, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga officially issued an "emergency declaration" on Thursday. One city and three prefectures in the capital area where the new coronavirus epidemic is severely affected will be lifted from 8 A one-month state of emergency has been entered into since 2020 and is expected to last until February 7.
[ Czech Minister of Health: Extend COVID-19 prevention measures until January 22]
Czech Health Minister Blatny announced at a press conference on Thursday that the Czech Republic has extended COVID-19 prevention measures until January 22. The current epidemic prevention measures in the Czech Republic were implemented on December 27, 2020, and were originally valid until January 10. The main measures include: prohibiting gatherings of more than two people in public places; implementing a curfew from 9 pm to 5 am the next day; closing most shops and service facilities; and implementing remote teaching in schools.
[ Peru announced the purchase of China’s Sinopharm new crown inactivated vaccine ]
Peruvian President Sagasti announced in a televised speech to the country on the 6th that Peru has reached an agreement with China’s Sinopharm Group to purchase the vaccine produced by the group. Agreement on the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine. The Phase III clinical trial of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine conducted by China Sinopharm in Peru has shown the effectiveness of the vaccine. The first batch of 1 million doses of the vaccine will arrive in Peru this month. Sagasti also announced that Peru also signed a contract to purchase the new crown vaccine with the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on the 6th. According to the contract, AstraZeneca will provide 14 million doses of vaccine starting in September this year.
[China is formulating a development plan for the vaccine industry]
html On the 7th, Feng Duojia, president of the China Vaccine Industry Association, said that the first vaccine industry development plan (the 14th Five-Year Plan) that is integrated into the overall national strategy is now being formulated. The development of this industry highlights its strategic and public welfare nature, and it is increasingly playing an important role in serving global public health and serving the "Healthy China" strategy. The core driving force for the development of this industry is technological innovation, and the overall level of China's vaccine industry has ranked among the world's advanced ones.Market performance
The three major U.S. stock indexes rose across the board on Thursday after the election results were settled and the Democratic Party unified both houses of Congress. As of press time, the S&P 500 index was up 1.43%, the Nasdaq index was up 2.30%, and the Dow Jones index was up 0.88%. Major European stock indexes generally closed higher.
