China has exported 37.7 billion masks to the United States!
According to the global real-time statistics system of new coronary pneumonia data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6 p.m. Eastern Time on October 26, a total of 8,690,143 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 225,588 deaths have been reported across the United States. In the past 24 hours, 62,869 newly diagnosed cases and 391 new deaths were reported in the United States.
On October 26, local time, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the current surge in new crown cases is not a manifestation of the second wave of epidemics, because the first wave of epidemics has never ended. "I think this is a manifestation of the first wave of the epidemic that continues to prolong and increase in magnitude," Fauci said. No matter what people want to call the epidemic is the third wave or the first continuous wave, "No matter how you look at it, this is not a good news".
Fauci believes that the United States has never been able to reduce the number of new confirmed cases in a single day to the low level he hopes, which is about 10,000; on the contrary, the current average number of new confirmed cases in the United States has broken the record twice in recent days. , More than 80,000 cases. Fauci said: "We have never seen the epidemic data drop below a good baseline. The data has been rising and fluctuating, until now we have reached an unprecedented high record, which is indeed very dangerous."
On October 23, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference. Part of the content is as follows.
Question from the reporter: Recently, New York State Governor Cuomo published a new book "American Crisis", reviewing New York State’s difficult anti-epidemic course since March this year, criticizing the United States for “shoveling” its own anti-epidemic mistakes, China and WHO, expressing the new crown virus It is not a "Chinese virus". It condemns discrimination and violence against Asians, positively evaluates China's achievements in fighting the epidemic, and thanks China for donating a large amount of epidemic prevention materials to the United States in times of crisis. what opinions do the Chinese have on this issue?
Zhao Lijian said that Governor Cuomo said very well. After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, China has adopted the most comprehensive, strict and thorough prevention and control measures to safeguard the lives and health of the people, and is open, transparent and responsible. The attitude, timely notification of information to the international community, including the United States, and policy communication and anti-epidemic cooperation have been fully affirmed and highly praised by the WHO and many countries. At the beginning of the outbreak in China, all sectors of the American society gave China valuable support and assistance. With the spread of the epidemic in the United States, many enterprises and organizations in China's provinces and cities have also donated anti-epidemic materials to the United States.
According to Zhao Lijian, China is also actively assisting the US in purchasing anti-epidemic supplies. I can tell you the latest figures: According to China Customs statistics, from March 1 to October 18, China exported 37.7 billion masks to the United States. In other words, there are more than 100 masks per American on average. In addition, there are 740 million pairs of surgical gloves, 560 million sets of protective clothing, 41.54 million pairs of goggles, and 11,701 ventilators.
People from all walks of life in the United States positively commented on China’s anti-epidemic support. Dozens of governor and mayor and congressmen, including New York Governor Mr. Cuomo, thanked China in various ways for providing anti-epidemic supplies, and supported the friendly cooperation between China and the United States. A true portrayal of the people of China watching and helping each other and fighting the epidemic together. I want to emphasize once again that the virus is the common enemy of mankind. It stigmatizes other countries and stigmatizes other countries. The virus cannot be driven away and the patient cannot be saved. China and the United States should unite to fight the epidemic and jointly safeguard the lives and health of the people of the two countries and the world. China sincerely hopes that the United States will control the epidemic as soon as possible. We are willing to continue to provide assistance and support within our capacity to the American people in their fight against the epidemic.