The latest data released by the World Health Organization on the 9th showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide has exceeded 50 million. On the same day, the latest statistics on the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 10 million. The two "mileage sadness" figures came on the same day.
With the advent of autumn and winter, the global epidemic has again shown a rapid upward trend. Experts warn that if the spread of the new crown is not controlled, the number of epidemics may rise "exponentially" when the population gathers and flows on Thanksgiving and Christmas in the United States. The WHO called on the same day that to fight the epidemic, global unity and scientific fight against the epidemic must be required.
Autumn and winter "surge wave" struck
According to WHO data, as of 10:45 Central European Time on the 9th (17:45 Beijing Time on the 9th), the global cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown has reached 500,030,121, and cumulative deaths 1252072 cases. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States, India, and Brazil ranks among the top three in the world.
Among them, the US epidemic is particularly eye-catching, with the cumulative number of confirmed cases and cumulative number of deaths ranking first in the world. The latest statistics on the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University on the 9th showed that as of 13:25 Eastern Time on the 9th (2:25 on the 10th Beijing time), there were a total of 1,018,278 confirmed cases in the United States and a total of deaths. There are 237,742 cases.
In addition, the United States has not only set a continuous world record for the increase in new crown cases, but also the highest growth rate since the outbreak. It took only 10 days from the diagnosis of over 9 million cases on October 30 to the over 10 million cases on November 9.
The resumed session of the 73rd World Health Assembly opened on the 9th. World Health Organization Director-General Tan Desai called on all countries to unite and fight the epidemic scientifically. In his opening speech, he said: "Our only hope is science, finding solutions and unity."
Expert: Worry!
Stanley Perlman, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Iowa in the United States, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the reasons for the recent sharp deterioration of the epidemic situation include the colder weather, which has caused more crowds to gather indoors. Many People feel "fatigue" about the epidemic. Even if the number of deaths due to the new crown continues to rise, there are still a large number of people who do not recognize the reality and have no sense of urgency.
“The epidemic has developed to such a bad stage. If large-scale prevention and control measures are not taken, it is difficult to see the increase in cases decline.” Perlman believes that more stringent prevention and control measures should include a wide range of “mask orders” and strict Social distancing policies, partial "closure" of high-risk areas, more effective tracking of close contacts of confirmed patients, etc.
Currently, many countries in Europe, Asia, etc. have begun to adopt strict epidemic prevention measures to prevent the epidemic from intensifying in autumn and winter.
Cohesion is required to deal with the ferocious epidemic.
In the face of the ferocious epidemic, all countries can only unite more firmly.
To carry out international joint prevention and control, it is necessary for countries to increase extensive exchanges and cooperation. Whether it is epidemic information notification, prevention and control and diagnosis and treatment experience sharing, drug and vaccine scientific research, or border port control, maintaining unimpeded trade and global industrial chain supply chain stability, all countries need to actively coordinate actions. Any country, especially a major country, "drops the chain", it is possible that the international joint defense and control efforts will fall short.
Ultra-high acceleration
Currently, the epidemic is spreading at an ultra-high acceleration: it took more than half a year for global confirmed cases to exceed 10 million, from 10 million to 20 million in 44 days, from 20 million to 30 million in 37 days, and from 30 million to 30 million. 40 million took 31 days, and from 40 million to 50 million took only 20 days.
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Reporter: Tan Jingjing Zhang Mocheng Guo Shuang Chen Junxia Liu Qu
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