Cumulative number of confirmed cases of new corona in US exceeds 100 million as Japanese PM calls on local groups to help fight outbreak|New Coronary Pneumonia_Sina News

(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in the United States exceeds 100 million. Japanese Prime Minister calls on local groups to help fight the epidemic

China News Agency, Beijing, December 21. Full news: According to the official website of the World Health Organization, as of 16:54 Central European Time on the 20th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide reached 649,753,806, and the number cumulative number of deaths has reached 6,648,457.

　　Americas: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 100 million

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 11:21 on the 21st Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 100 million, reaching 100,003,814, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 1.088 million.

The US ‘Fortune’ magazine website reported on the 20th that as the “triple threat” of the new corona virus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus continues to sweep across the United States, the US medical system is being pushed brink of collapse.

According to forecasts from Johns Hopkins University, more than three-quarters of intensive care beds in the United States will be occupied during the Christmas season, which is about the same as when the new corona infection was severe two years ago, when the number of new corona patients was higher Many beds.

The report also quoted Ashish Jha, the coordinator of the White House’s New Crown Response Task Force, as saying that the US is currently in flu season and that the spread of flu this season is also “the worst in a decade”.

According to the report, as one of the signs of the widespread spread of the disease, the level of the new coronavirus in wastewater in the United States has risen again, and the level of the new coronavirus in wastewater is currently at the third-highest level since the outbreak of the new epidemic. crown.

According to the expert analysis, the unsatisfactory vaccination of influenza and the new corona vaccines is an important reason for the rapid spread of the epidemic. Additionally, the cold climate in the northern hemisphere prevents people from going outside, which leads to more opportunities for indoor exposure and reduced immunity.

　　Asia: Japanese prime minister asks local groups to help fight coronavirus

According to statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, on the 20th in Japan more than 185,000 new cases were diagnosed in a single day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 27.37 million.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with the National Association of Japanese Governors and other groups on the 20th at the prime minister’s residence. Kishida said that the end of the year and the beginning of the year when the epidemic is most likely to spread is approaching and hopes that various groups in various places can assist in emergency delivery, provision of resources medical and invites the public to ventilate frequently.

Shinji Hirai, chairman of the National Council of Governors, said that he will work with the Japanese government to deal with the epidemic, and also hopes that the Japanese government can change its response strategy in due course according to the current epidemic situation.

South Korea’s central headquarters of epidemic prevention countermeasures reported on the 21st that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had just diagnosed more than 88,000 cases compared to 0, according to Yonhap News Agency. :00 the previous day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 28.39 million. (use)

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