US media reported on the 9th that two more White House officials who were in close contact with President Donald Trump tested positive for the new crown virus. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows confirmed the infection last week. Trump recently went to various states to hold re-election rallies. Meadows often accompanies him and rarely wears a mask.
Presidential aides and ministers are infected with the new crown
Deputy Director of the Office of Housing and Urban Development Coult Baker told National Public Radio that Secretary Ben Carson was diagnosed with the new crown but was "in good spirits." ABC reported that Carson received brief treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Trump also received three days of treatment there after contracting the new crown earlier last month.
Baker said that Carson felt "lucky" because "be able to receive effective treatments will help significantly speed up recovery."
The East Room of the White House held an event on the evening of the 3rd to focus on the progress of the presidential election. There were more than 100 people on the scene, including Trump's die-hard supporters, family members and government ministers. Carson, Meadows, and the president's assistant David Bossi were all present. Bossi also tested positive for the new crown on the 8th and has since been isolated at home.
Meadows tested positive for the new crown for the first time on the 4th, and the time of infection is unknown. The Washington Post reported that Trump addressed about 150 people at the White House earlier that day, and Meadows was also in the crowd.
The White House avoids talking about the internal epidemic
The Associated Press reported that the White House has repeatedly refused to specify who else has tested positive for the new crown. Several officials disclosed that the latest batch of White House cases included a senior official on the Trump campaign and several undisclosed White House employees.
The White House avoided talking about the internal epidemic. Before the media disclosed the confirmed cases, many officials and those who attended the event on the evening of the 3rd were ignorant of someone infected on the relevant occasions.
The White House did not respond to media reporters’ inquiries about the latest epidemic, saying that the White House medical team has followed the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track close contacts. The
Center for Disease Control defines close contact as "the patient has been with the patient within 1.8 meters for at least 15 minutes from two days before the patient is diagnosed or has symptoms."
The Associated Press reported that the people at the White House on the evening of the 3rd did not maintain social distancing and only a few people wore masks. Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist at George Mason University, believes that this activity constitutes a "mature environment for (virus) transmission." If a large number of people spend a long time in the same room without wearing masks, "out of a high degree of caution", everyone should be informed and urged to stay at home.
Experts said the White House's epidemic prevention is loose
Some public health experts in the United States say that the White House's epidemic prevention is loose, and it is not surprising that the virus has spread now. Joshua Schafstein, a professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University, said: “The government does not care about the risk of the new coronavirus... is one of the reasons for so many cases.”
Meadows has been trying to The media downplayed the severity of the epidemic. He rarely wore a mask in public, and only wore a mask for a period of time after Trump was diagnosed with the infection. During the event on the evening of the 3rd, he did not wear a mask again.
Meadows attended dozens of campaign rallies in various states with Trump in the days before voting, often interacting with Trump supporters without wearing a mask. The Trump team even organized large-scale campaign rallies in severely affected areas, which made it difficult for local governments to do so because of violation of local epidemic prevention regulations that limit the number of gatherings.
More than a week ago, several assistants of Vice President Mike Pence were infected with the new crown virus. Trump, his wife Melania, and his youngest son Barron were diagnosed with the new crown last month.
The United States has so far accumulated more than 10 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with a total of approximately 238,000 deaths. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that in the week ending on the 8th, the United States had an average of more than 100,000 new confirmed cases per day, a record high since the outbreak.
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The US emergency authorization to use Eli Lilly's monoclonal antibody drug for the treatment of new crowns
The US Food and Drug Administration approved on the 9th Eli Lilly's application for emergency use of new crown antibody therapy. During the validity period of the authorization, this experimental therapy can be used in the United States for patients with new coronary disease who have not been hospitalized but may develop severe illness due to age or underlying diseases.
The FDA authorizes this therapy to be used for mild and common new coronary patients over 65 years old and patients 12 years old and over who may be aggravated due to a history of underlying diseases; it is not suitable for new coronary patients who have been hospitalized or need oxygen therapy.
A project sponsored by the U.S. governmentThe trial found that the injection of bamlanivimab antibody has no obvious effect on hospitalized patients and has potential safety risks. The trial was suspended last month. The Drug Administration stated that the injection of Eli Lilly antibodies in the late stage of the disease may worsen the condition, because the human immune system is already in an abnormal working state and will attack normal tissues. The
monoclonal antibody is a commonly used drug category in biopharmaceuticals. The human immune system produces natural antibodies when it resists the new coronavirus. Eli Lilly’s program artificially synthesizes bamlanivimab by "replicating" the effective antibodies in a recovered patient.
Another monoclonal antibody drug being developed in the United States is the "antibody cocktail therapy" that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals uses a combination of two antibodies. US President Donald Trump was hospitalized for three days after being diagnosed with the new crown virus at the beginning of last month. His medical team used regenerative antibody therapy with the hormone dexamethasone and the antiviral drug Remdesivir. Regenerative antibody therapy is still awaiting approval from the China Drug Administration for its emergency use authorization application.
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The senior Palestinian official passed away due to the new crown
Chief Palestinian negotiator on the Palestinian-Israeli issue and Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee Saib Erekat died on the 10th at the age of 65.
Errekat’s family said in a statement that Errekat “passed away peacefully” in the hospital that day, and the cause of death was “complications caused by the new crown virus infection”.
The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement that Erekat is a "brother, friend and fighter". His death is a great loss to Palestine and its people. "It makes us deeply sad to lose him. , Especially when the Palestinian cause is experiencing difficulties." Abbas announced that Palestine will mourn Erekat for three days.
Erekat tested positive for the new coronavirus on October 8. As his symptoms worsened, he was picked up by an ambulance from his home in the West Bank on the 18th of that month and sent to the Israeli Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem for treatment.
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General tested positive for the new crown.
The spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General Dijaric said at a regular press conference on the 10th that the UN Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix tested positive for the new crown virus. Positive. Z1z
Dijaric said that the diagnosis was made in Portugal. Lacroix originally planned to attend a meeting on Security Council Resolution 1325 in Portugal. Z1z
Dijaric said that after receiving a positive test result, Lacroix immediately notified the Portuguese local authorities and quarantined them in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. Lacroix "has no symptoms" and will continue to be isolated in accordance with relevant regulations. According to Dijaric, after Lacroix was diagnosed, the United Nations immediately took corresponding measures. At present, all contact tracing has been completed. Lacroix entered the United Nations headquarters in New York for the last time more than a month ago, and has not had face-to-face contact with Guterres for more than a month.
Source: Beijing Evening News
Process Editor Wu Yue
