Who officials confirmed that COVID-19 could be infected twice and 150 million full-time jobs around the world would be lost？
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) According to the latest statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8: 28 on the 27th, Beijing time, there were more than 24.03 million confirmed cases and more than 822,000 deaths in COVID-19. According to WHO, there will be secondary infection in Covid-19, but it does not necessarily happen frequently; After the US "started school with an epidemic", there were confirmed cases in universities in at least 24 states. In view of the current situation, Germany, Ukraine and Nepal have extended epidemic prevention measures again; The global economy continued to slump, and the gross domestic product (GDP) of OECD members recorded the largest decline in the second quarter.
Data map: World Health Organization logo.
WHO official: There will be a secondary infection in COVID-19.
The intensity and duration of human immune response have not yet been determined.
Recently, many places reported cases of secondary infection in rehabilitation patients in COVID-19. On 26th local time, Kokhov, technical director of WHO’s health emergency project, said that both asymptomatic infected patients and severe patients will have immune response after being infected with Covid-19, but the intensity and duration are not fully understood.
It pointed out that, based on the research experience of other human coronaviruses, it is indeed possible to infect Covid-19 for the second time, and there may be other undiscovered cases of secondary infection, but it does not necessarily happen frequently.
Kokhov stressed that the existing tools can avoid infecting Covid-19, such as keeping your body at a distance and wearing a mask. Even if you have been infected with Covid-19, you should still take these measures. This is a new normal life and will continue for some time.
Data map: the United States under the epidemic. China News Service reporter Liao Panshe
Outbreaks occurred in colleges and universities in at least 24 States after the start of school in the United States.
Cdc downplays the importance of virus detection, which leads to dissatisfaction.
In the United States, where the epidemic is the most serious, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 5.82 million and the number of deaths has reached nearly 180,000. At present, many universities in the United States have started school, and the spread of the epidemic on campus is not optimistic.
As of the 25th local time, since students returned to school, colleges and universities in at least 24 states in the United States have reported relevant cases, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases of college students and faculty has exceeded 3,300, which has brought no small challenge to the resumption of classes and epidemic prevention and control in the United States.
Among them, the University of Alabama has reported more than 500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since 19th, and school officials said that the growth rate of confirmed cases in the university has reached an "unacceptable level". At present, the university has announced that social gatherings are prohibited inside and outside the school, and those who violate relevant regulations will be punished.
In addition, the University of Southern California said that just after the first week of school in autumn, there was an "amazing increase" in the number of infected people in our school. Since the 10th, 90 students and 10 faculty members have been infected with Covid-19. Only one week after the opening of Iowa State University, 130 people tested positive for the virus. Texas A&M University also reported more than 400 confirmed cases.
With the outbreak in many universities in the United States, many universities have been forced to resume online teaching. However, when the epidemic situation is so severe, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its COVID-19 guidelines on 26th local time, and the revised guidelines played down the importance of Covid-19 testing for people without symptoms.
In this regard, New York Governor Cuomo said that "the latest guidelines of CDC are essentially self-contradictory, which is completely contrary to what he said before". He also said that "updating the guidelines is for political purposes" and that New York State will not follow the latest guidelines. New York State Health Commissioner Zach also revealed, "I have talked with CDC scientists, and they said that this change is related to politics."
The busiest Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, is now deserted, and many shops in the business district of the terminal have closed down. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei photo
German travel warning extended to mid-September
Ukraine will ban foreigners from entering the country in the next month.
At present, the epidemic situation in many countries around the world has not improved. In this regard, some countries and regions have decided to extend epidemic prevention measures.
On the 26th, the German government announced that it would extend the travel warning to more than 160 countries and regions except most EU member countries and Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein until September 14th, and residents should cancel all unnecessary travel to these countries and regions.
The Ukrainian Cabinet recently decided to ban foreigners from entering the country from August 29th to September 28th. Ukrainian Prime Minister megal said that the resolution will be officially released on August 27th.
The official of Kathmandu Valley in Nepal decided on 26th to extend the existing blockade policy to midnight on September 2nd in order to continue to prevent and control the epidemic. During the blockade, all personnel and vehicles are not allowed to go out and general shops are not allowed to open unless there is an urgent need.
Kenyan President Kenyatta made his 11th televised speech since the outbreak of the epidemic on 26th. At the meeting, he announced that the current national curfew from 9 pm to 4 am the next day would be extended for another 30 days.
Data Map: Davos Forum venue in 2019. China News Service reporter Yu Haiyang photo
The GDP of OECD members fell the most in the second quarter.
The 2021 annual meeting of Davos Forum was forced to be postponed for half a year.
The "cloud" of the epidemic has been lingering for a long time, and the global economic situation is hard to see.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a press release on the 26th, saying that according to a preliminary assessment, its members’ real GDP in the second quarter fell by 9.8% month-on-month, the largest decline on record.
On the same day, the International Labour Organization also said that due to the epidemic, 150 million full-time jobs were lost in the first quarter of 2020, and millions of people will lose their livelihoods in the coming months.
At a time when the world economic situation is in urgent need of a "prescription", the World Economic Forum was also forced to postpone due to the epidemic. The organization announced on the 26th that it decided to postpone the 2021 annual meeting scheduled to be held in Davos, Switzerland in January 2021 to the early summer of 2021.
The World Economic Forum said on the same day that it was not easy to make a decision to postpone the meeting, because "we urgently need global leader Qi Xin to work together to discuss the road to revitalization and realize the world’s rejuvenation in the post-epidemic era".