According to real-time statistics from the WHO, as of 18:00 on the 30th Central European Time, there were 697,244 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and 33,257 deaths.

epidemic is still spreading overseas.

According to real-time statistics from the World Health Organization, as of 18:00 on the 30th Central European Time (0:00 on the 31st Beijing time), there were 697,244 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 33,257 deaths worldwide. Currently, cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 203 countries and regions around the world.

According to the People's Daily, the real-time global COVID-19 statistics system released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6 p.m. Eastern Time on March 30, a total of 161,367 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,956 deaths were reported in the United States. 5,595 cases were cured. In the past 24 hours, there were 21,692 new confirmed cases and 520 new deaths in the United States. Among them, 66,497 were confirmed patients in New York State and 37,453 in New York City.

Trump: Controlling deaths within 100,000 is considered good

As the epidemic spreads rapidly across the United States, Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia, USA, issued a "home quarantine order" on the afternoon of the 30th, unless working, seeing a doctor, or shopping. If necessary, such as outdoor exercise or outdoor exercise, you should stay at home as much as possible. According to statistics, at least 29 states and Washington, DC, have issued similar "stay at home orders".

On the 30th local time, the official website of the White House stated that US President Trump approved disaster declarations for Kansas and Alabama. On the same day, Trump said in an interview with Fox News that the current COVID-19 epidemic in the United States is expected to reach its peak around Easter (April 12), and the number of deaths will not gradually decrease until June. US media reported earlier that Trump proposed resuming work on "Easter" on April 12 on March 26, but on the 29th he changed his statement and said he hoped to resume work on June 1.

Trump also said at the press conference that if the United States does not take any measures, 2.2 million people may die from the new crown epidemic. Therefore, he believes that if the number of deaths can be controlled within 100,000, or between 100,000 and 200,000, Although the time is also a terrible number, it can be considered a good job.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the top infectious disease expert who has been warning about the outbreak, spoke to CNN before Trump made his most serious assessment of the outbreak to date. interview. Fauci said that if efforts to prevent the spread of the virus are unsuccessful, as many as 200,000 Americans could lose their lives.

At the White House press conference on Sunday, Fauci further explained that this prediction is based on a model and is the worst-case scenario assuming that people do not comply with the "home order". But "we believe that the measures currently being taken are working," Fauci said, adding that the decision to extend "social distancing" measures until the end of April is wise and prudent.

"There is nothing worse than declaring victory before you win it." Trump told Americans: "The better you do, the sooner this nightmare will be over."

Trump posted the ratings of the White House press conference , American netizens were angry

According to CCTV News, on March 29, local time, US President Trump quoted a report on social media that said the White House’s daily epidemic briefing had high ratings. The quote states that "Trump is a ratings hotspot" and the White House's daily epidemic briefings attracted an average of 8.5 million cable TV viewers, equivalent to the ratings of the last episode of the popular American reality show "The Bachelor", and this number is still growing. rise.

Trump's citation also said that last Monday's White House epidemic briefing attracted more than 12 million viewers.

Screenshot of comments from American netizens Picture/CCTV News

Many American netizens were angry about Trump’s behavior of showing off the ratings, saying that Trump should not confuse heavy reality with entertainment reality shows.

Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett wrote, "So many people are dying and everyone is scared. So many heroes are selflessly keeping us healthy and safe and providing us with necessary goods and services. This is about you The ratings have nothing to do with it, Mr. President!”

Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett commented on the picture/CCTV News

Former President Bill Clinton’s press secretary Joe Lockhart also said, “Seeing an American president like this Behavior, so sad."

Even Brit Hume, a senior political analyst at Fox News who frequently supports Trump, said this time that he could not support the president's views. He wrote in a post, "With so many things going on at the moment, why mention this alone? Something? "

U.S. oil fell below $20! Goldman Sachs: Demand has plummeted due to the epidemic, and we are facing historic challenges.

In the night trading on March 30, international oil prices fell sharply again. Among them, U.S. oil futures once fell below the $20 mark during the session, and set a record A new low of US$19.85/barrel. During the same period, Brent crude oil futures fell nearly 8%, not far from falling below US$25/barrel. According to CCTV, the Saudi National News Agency released news on the afternoon of the 30th local time, citing the Saudi Ministry of Energy. Officials said that Saudi Arabia plans to increase its daily crude oil exports by 600,000 barrels in May this year, which means that Saudi crude oil exports will reach a high of 10.6 million barrels per day.

reported that the main reason for the increase in exports. It was Saudi Arabia's increase in natural gas power generation that led to a reduction in domestic crude oil demand. After the oil production reduction agreement negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Russia and other countries broke down at the beginning of this month, Saudi Arabia announced that it would lower crude oil export prices and expand production capacity.

International oil prices have fallen by nearly 10% this month. Two-thirds, at the same time, it is possible that U.S. oil prices will enter the "10 dollar" era.

Goldman Sachs said in a newly released report that oil companies may be forced to shut down oil wells due to the sudden drop in demand caused by the new coronavirus epidemic. The agency also pointed out that the crude oil industry, as an important medium of social interaction and globalization, is facing historic challenges and is therefore likely to suffer twice as much as the overall economy in the short term, as oil transportation networks have been made redundant. As inventories are overwhelmed, production bases, especially onshore oil wells, will be shut down. But the global economy is a complex system, and energy is near the top of that complexity so it is almost impossible to respond to that loss of demand. All are closed, and oil must be stored in the limited space of about 1 billion barrels around the world.

In addition, affected by the plunge in oil prices, oil exploration companies shut down 40 drilling rigs across the United States last week, which was the largest contraction since April 2015.

Data released by the services giant Baker Hughes on Friday showed that the number of U.S. crude oil rigs decreased by 40 to 624, and the number of natural gas rigs decreased by 4 to 102.

The U.S. President said on Monday that he would have a call with the Russian President to discuss crude oil. and other issues.

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