Be alert! Another mutant strain of the new coronavirus is spreading across the United States.
The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the new coronavirus mutated virus-Mu strain has been detected in 49 states in the United States, and the spread rate is faster than Infectious disease experts expected much sooner. According to a statement from the local public health department, the Mu variant strain is more contagious and has the potential to evade the protection of certain antibodies.
From a global perspective, Mu mutant strains have spread to more than 40 countries and may become resistant to vaccines. Among the confirmed patients related to the Mu variant strain discovered in Hong Kong and Taiwan, China, they have received 2 doses of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The WHO warned that Mu’s mutations suggest it can evade immune protection provided by natural infection or vaccination.
The spread of Mu mutant strains may make the epidemic in the United States more complicated. In the past week, there have been an average of more than 161,000 new cases and 1,560 new deaths every day in the United States. The medical systems in many places in the United States are under heavy pressure. What is even more worrying is that the number of child cases in the United States is still rising. As of now, more than 5 million children in the United States have been infected with the new coronavirus, accounting for 15.1% of the total number of infections.
The ongoing raging COVID-19 epidemic has cast a shadow over the U.S. economic recovery. First, a dismal employment data triggered market pessimism; in addition, U.S. offline consumption data fell sharply, and the University of Michigan consumer confidence index in August also fell to the lowest level in 10 years, which worried Wall Street institutions , becomes pessimistic.
The endless epidemic abroad
Textile The risk of foreign trade orders still exists
“Currently, it has the greatest impact on the textile market Yes, it is still the epidemic at home and abroad. If the epidemic eases, there will definitely be more orders. Now that the global epidemic is serious, there will definitely be fewer orders.” said a textile foreign trader. The epidemic is still the biggest uncertain factor in the current textile foreign trade market. Currently, textile foreign trade orders have been canceled and postponed in the domestic market due to the epidemic.
Other our important textile exporting countries India, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia etc. are also in “dire straits” of the epidemic. Various countries have continued to implement city closures and curfews, and normal industrial production and shopping consumption have also been hit. This has also led to a lack of confidence among terminal textile and garment enterprises, and the frequency of new orders and inquiries has been slow. Due to the epidemic, foreign trade shipping costs are easy to rise but hard to fall, and export problems have become more difficult. Downstream gray fabric factories are really suffering, so reducing their operating hours and operating in a low-key manner has become the norm.
Originally, the traditional textile peak season in September is not prosperous, but this news is of great significance to textile people. It’s a “blow in the face”. With the arrival of the peak market season in September and October, the uncertainty in the foreign trade market has made the market even more confusing.
2021 has entered September. At present, the foreign trade situation is still Due to uncertainty, most export textile companies are cautious about orders in the second half of the year. According to analysis, the positive factors facing my country’s textile and apparel exports mainly include further improvement in global economic growth expectations, and international market demand is expected to continue to pick up. At the same time, the risk factors we face still exist: the foreign epidemic has not yet been fully and effectively controlled, and local rebounds may have an impact on the recovery of the international market; international commodity prices fluctuate significantly, increasing the procurement risk of front-end products such as textile raw materials; international shipping prices The rise will also have a profound impact on transportation costs; in addition, factors such as trade frictions and exchange rate fluctuations will also have an impact on the outlook. Whether textile foreign trade companies can successfully resolve uncertain risks, stabilize orders, and gain a foothold in the market is a crucial issue at present.
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