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Written by: Cui Zheng Zheng
2020-03-14 22:50
Last updated: 2020-03-15 01:51The outbreak of a new type of coronavirus pneumonia (also known as Wuhan pneumonia) has spread globally. The World Health Organization announced on March 11 that the epidemic had become a "global pandemic." The number of confirmed diagnoses in the United States has risen sharply recently, and today (14th) has exceeded 2,000.
After analyzing relevant data, the US news review website Vox pointed out that the number of confirmed cases in the United States has increased very rapidly, and the virus detection rate is very low. It seems that it is not ready for infectious diseases. The trend is similar to Italy, Iran, and South Korea. On the contrary, Hong Kong and Singapore The government responded more quickly, bringing the number of confirmed diagnoses.
Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of the Department of Respiratory Diseases of the Chinese University, pointed out that although the United States has resources to respond to the epidemic, this time the testing reagents are being dispensed too slowly, and many confirmed patients have been missed, so that the virus continues to spread in the community, and Americans are not used to wearing masks. It is less protective; on the contrary, most people in Hong Kong wear masks, and the government is doing its best to retrieve all close contacts, and the epidemic is well controlled.
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U.S. news review website Vox analyzed Johns Hopkins University's data on new pneumonia, compared figures from seven countries or regions in the United States, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. A chart showing the rate of rise of cases in these regions from the 100th case. From the chart, it can be seen that the number of confirmed diagnoses in the United States has risen to nearly 2000 after 8 days after reaching 100 cases. Fourth, it is second to Italy, Iran, and South Korea. In Hong Kong, the rate of increase in cases in the seven regions is "tail-tailed", that is, the number of confirmed patients is rising slowly, while the rate of cases in Singapore is slightly higher than Hong Kong.
It can be seen from the chart that since the number of confirmed diagnoses in the United States has reached 100, it has risen to nearly 2,000 after 8 days. The number rises fourth, behind Italy, Iran, and South Korea. (Website screenshot)
Vox also pointed out that the amount of virus detected in the United States is lower than in other countries and regions. According to the chart it produced, as of March 11, of the more than 300 million people in the United States, 7695 were detected, that is, only one million people 23 people were tested. The chart compares the amount of detection in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Guangdong Province of China. It is found that the amount of virus detection in the United States is the lowest among these nine countries or regions; as of March 4, In Japan, only 66 people are tested per million people, only more than the United States. South Korea has the highest number of tests. As of March 8, South Korea has 51 million people, of which more than 180,000 have been tested. That is, 3,682 people per million people have been tested.
According to Vox, the data reflects a rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases in the United States, while the detection rate is very low, lower than in other developed countries. Vox pointed out that compared with other countries, the United States does not seem to be prepared for infectious diseases. The current case development trend is similar to that of Italy and Iran. On the contrary, the Hong Kong and Singapore governments have responded more quickly.
The chart shows that as of March 11, more than 7695 people in the US's 300 million population were tested, that is, only 23 people were tested per million people. (Website screenshot)
Xu Shuchang pointed out that although the United States has resources to respond to the epidemic, it is too slow to distribute test reagents this time, and it is only possible to distribute reagents to different hospitals recently. Therefore, many early diagnoses were missed and the virus continued to spread in the community. Americans are not accustomed to wearing masks. They only wear masks when they are ill, with less protection.
On the contrary, most people in Hong Kong wear masks, and the Hong Kong government is doing its best to retrieve all close contacts, so that early isolation can be achieved. The Hong Kong government has cancelled large-scale activities, and the school has suspended classes. The implementation of compulsory quarantine in the Mainland has been able to successfully block cases imported from the Mainland, making the epidemic situation better controlled. He added that after SARS in 2003, the Hong Kong Government set up negative pressure wards in hospitals, and medical staff have also faced different infectious diseases such as H7N9. "Preparation is habitual and the working environment is safe."
Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of CUHK Respiratory Department. (Profile picture / Photo by Lu Yiming)
Xu Shuchang believes that the U.S. underestimated the epidemic in the early stage, so that the virus spread rapidly in the local area, and "Zhonglian was buried in Canada." He believes that the actual number of patients in the United States reaches at least thousands, and the United States has fewer epidemic prevention equipment stocks than Hong Kong. Whether to strengthen entry quarantine measures on the east coast of the United States.
The number of confirmed diagnoses in the United States has risen sharply recently, and today (14th) has exceeded 2,000. (Profile picture)
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