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Since the new coronavirus first appeared in China in December 2019, at least 4.8 million people have died globally. However, the number of people diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in the world has dropped significantly recently. However, WHO experts still warned that it is not out of danger and it is still far from the end.
A recent analysis by The New York Times pointed out that since September 1, the number of new diagnoses in the United States has fallen by 35%, the number of hospitalizations has also fallen by about 25%, and the number of daily deaths has been since September 20. , A drop of more than 10%. The number of confirmed cases worldwide has dropped by more than 30% since late August. People believe that this may be the mysterious “two-month cycle” of COVID-19, which means that after the epidemic heats up for two months, it will cool down for two months, and so on. This rule is more obvious in countries such as India, Thailand, Britain, and France, but there are many exceptions. As we are about to enter the autumn and winter seasons, the increase in indoor activities may cause the number of diagnoses to rise again. In any case, with the increasing popularity of vaccines, the pandemic is almost certain and has passed.
Why has the number of people diagnosed with new crowns dropped significantly? Possible factors are: vaccines are becoming more popular, the virus is seasonal, and people keep social distance and wear masks. It takes about 2 months for the new variant virus to spread in medium-sized communities and so on.
Maria Van Kerkhove, an official in charge of the World Health Organization (WHO), an epidemiologist, and a technical officer in charge of COVID-19, expressed her opinion on October 5, but said: Many people think that the epidemic is nearing its end, but In fact, we are “not out of danger.”
She said: “What I really feel entangled is that in some cities, we see intensive care units and hospitals overcrowded, and people are dying, but in some streets, people behave as if everything is over.” But in fact, “the world is over.” Wei received a notification last week of 3.1 million newly diagnosed cases and another 54,000 deaths. The real data may be much higher than this.
The expert said in a live briefing on the WHO social media channel: “The situation is still changing, and the reason why it is changing is because we can’t control this virus.” “We are not out of danger yet, we are in this big It’s in the pandemic. But whether it’s in the middle… is not sure. Frankly speaking, we didn’t use the tools we have now to get us closer to the end.” “Covid-19 will not be eradicated because of the way countries handle the crisis, and Will continue to exist.”
Fankhov said that most of the deaths occurred in people who had not been vaccinated. At the same time, she also criticized the misinformation and false news related to COVID-19 circulating on the Internet. She said: “This has caused people to die. Words to beautify.”
She also said: “We will still have a small number of people who have not been vaccinated. Either they will not be able to get the vaccine, or they will refuse to be vaccinated, or they will not be vaccinated, and we will still see an outbreak.”
Fankhov said that the new coronavirus will continue to exist. She said: “The possibility of eradicating or even eliminating this virus at the global level has long been missed.” “The reason for the miss is that we did not attack this virus as strongly as possible at the global level.”
In addition, Agence France-Presse also reported on the 5th: A high-level European Union official stated that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) may begin to review the COVID-19 (coronavirus 2019) produced by Merck in the next few days. Disease) Oral medicine. Merck Group has stated on the 1st that it plans to submit an application for molnupiravir to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory agencies around the world.
The company said: its experimental drug molnupiravir has proven to reduce the risk of hospitalization by 50%, and it is closer to the dream of oral medication for COVID-19. The results of the clinical trial for 770 subjects showed that there were no deaths in the patients taking the oral drug, and 8 deaths in the control group taking the placebo.
The oral antiviral drug used in Merck’s experiment was hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19. Up to now, the treatment of COVID-19 has been carried out by intravenous injection.
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