The WHO’s official announcement on April 12 was: “We are at a critical moment in the epidemic.” The number of new coronary pneumonia cases is “growing exponentially”, increasing for the seventh consecutive week, and the number of deaths surged by 5%…
India: the country with the most new confirmed cases in a single day in the world
As of 8:00 a.m. local time on April 16, according to data from the Indian Ministry of Health, in the past 24 hours, there were 217,353 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India, a record-high single-day increase, with the total number of cases reaching 14.29 million. This is the highest number of new infections in a single day in India since the outbreak of the epidemic. It is also the eighth time in the past 9 days that India has set a record of new infections in a single day.
How did it happen? One of the most likely super-spreading routes is their recent celebration of the Kumbh Mela (Kumbh Mela) in the Ganges River. This festival is known as the world’s largest religious celebration. Hindus believe that bathing in the “holy Ganges” can “forgive people’s sins”, so they push down the Ganges regardless of any epidemic restrictions.
On April 12, the arrival of the “Holy Bath Day” pushed this religious ceremony to a climax. Within three days, millions of believers immersed themselves in the Ganges to bathe. On the 14th alone, 943,000 people “went into the water”.
Indian media predicts that this event will attract a total of 100 million to 150 million Hindu believers. Come take part and it lasts until April 30th. An Indian pilgrim said in an interview with the media: “We are not afraid of (the new coronavirus), God will bless us. We want to celebrate the festival, and the atmosphere of the festival is very good.”
New Delhi, the capital of India, and Mumbai, the economic metropolis, are both hardest hit by the epidemic, and have begun to re-implement prevention and control measures such as curfews and bans on large gatherings. New Delhi will enter a lockdown this weekend, with shopping malls, gyms, restaurant dine-in services and some weekend markets closed, with only essential services remaining operational.
The government of Maharashtra, the state with the worst epidemic in India where Mumbai is located, also announced that the state will implement stricter epidemic prevention and control measures starting from April 14, local time. It will be implemented at 8 p.m. today and end at 7 a.m. local time on May 1.
In view of the severe outbreak of the epidemic, British Prime Minister Johnson, who was originally scheduled to pay a four-day visit to India at the end of April, has announced that the visit will be shortened to one day.
Brazil: The country with the highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the world
The country has the largest population in the world With a population of less than 3%, Brazil’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus already accounts for about one-third of the global daily death toll. At the beginning of this year, Brazil’s average daily death toll was less than 1,000, but the number has risen sharply since the end of March. The current daily death toll is as high as 3,000, and about 90% of new infections are caused by the P.1 variant.
Comes from a set of horrific data: Rio de Janeiro, one of the areas with the most deaths from the new crown in Brazil and the second largest city, has had more deaths than births for six consecutive months, while the population in Brazil has exceeded At least 10 other cities with a population of 500,000 registered more deaths than births last month.
The latest famous quote from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is: “Which country in the world does not see death? Unfortunately, people die everywhere.”
In order to block the Brazilian variant of the virus, Chile closed its land border with Brazil on April 5; Bolivia also closed its border with Brazil. In addition, Brazil’s neighbor Argentina has suspended all flights to and from Brazil starting from March 27. France announced on April 13 that it would cut off flights to Brazil. Although previously entering France from Brazil required a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours before boarding, unlike Germany and Italy, France does not require mandatory quarantine for judicial reasons, nor will it supervise and inspect quarantine. It is true that the only way to stop the highly contagious Brazilian variant is to cut off flights. Portugal, the EU country with the closest ties to Brazil, suspended flights to Brazil as early as the beginning of the year and implemented a 14-day quarantine for all arrivals starting from April 1. Italy’s request is to ban all persons who have been to/transited through Brazil within 14 days from entering/transiting through Italy.
United States: The total number of confirmed cases has exceeded 32 million
The epidemic in the United States is also rebounding. The total number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 32 million, and continues to rise at a rate of about 70,000 new cases every day.
According to a report on the US “Capitol Hill” website on March 30, US health experts and officials stated that the fourth wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic The epidemic is hitting states across the United States, and Americans should remain vigilant. But according to the latest CNN survey, many Americans seem to have prepared their minds to “pretend” that the COVID-19 epidemic is over.
CNN cited a latest poll from Gallup in the United States, which showed that more and more Americans are no longer willing to restrain themselves, stop traveling and suspend participation in large and small gatherings. .
According to the poll, after being investigatedIn the previous seven days, only 57%, 45% and 62% of people chose to avoid traveling, attending and holding small gatherings and large crowd gatherings. These three values are lower than at any time since the domestic epidemic began in the United States. The reality is that not only is the epidemic in the United States not over yet, but the seven-day average number of confirmed cases and hospitalizations in the United States is on the rise.
Biden is earnestly advising Americans that the United States is not at the end, and everyone is still in a life-and-death struggle with the virus.
Japan: New coronavirus infection data continues to rise
Currently, Japan has The risk of a fourth wave of COVID-19. Recently, the country’s new crown infection data has continued to rise.
According to Japan’s Kyodo News, Yoshimura Hirofumi, the governor of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, said on the 19th that the local new crown epidemic situation was “very serious” and expressed to the media his intention to request the central government to issue an emergency declaration. A countermeasures headquarters meeting will be held on April 20 and a formal decision will be made. Hyogo Prefecture Governor Toshizo Ido also said: “It is best to keep pace with Osaka.” If the central government decides to issue a declaration, it will be the third time for both prefectures.
Japan’s “Mainichi Shimbun” reported on the 19th that a confirmed patient with the highly contagious mutant new coronavirus “N501Y” appeared for the first time in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. A mutated new coronavirus was first discovered in Japan in December last year (2020). Since then, the epidemic has continued to spread. So far, patients with mutated new coronavirus have been found in 47 prefectures across Japan. Yamagata Prefecture stated that a total of three confirmed patients appeared on the 18th and 19th. “N501Y” is a mutated new coronavirus discovered in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, and most of the strains spreading in Japan are strains discovered in the United Kingdom. Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases believes that the “effective reproduction number (indicating how many people each infected person may infect)” of the mutated virus is 1.32 times that of the original new coronavirus. According to data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of April 13, the number of patients suspected of being infected with the mutated virus was 3,564.
According to NIID data projections, the infection rate involving the N501Y mutant virus in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures is expected to increase from half now to 80% to 90% by early May. . In the Tokai region of Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures, the Kansai region of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefecture, and the southernmost Okinawa prefecture, the proportion is expected to exceed 95% by early May.
The epidemic has repeatedly disrupted the rhythm of demand return
Recent regrets The single phenomenon is relatively serious
At present, the epidemic situation in overseas countries such as India and Bangladesh is serious. The Islamic Ramadan holiday in the main selling country and the Suez Canal ship blockage incident have all affected the rise in shipping freight. Limit the recovery of foreign trade orders.
The printing and dyeing operation rate in Jiangsu and Zhejiang remains at 70%, which is still ten percentage points lower than in 2019. The epidemic has repeatedly disrupted the pace of demand return, resulting in “gold, three, silver and four” and “slow peak seasons”. At present, in terms of terminal orders, only woolen textile printing and dyeing products have been boosted by the colder weather this year, and the order volume is slightly higher; in terms of domestic trade, most of the demand for spring and summer brand clothing and replenishment orders for online and market hot sales are still the main ones. Market orders There is no sign of starting stocking; foreign trade is affected by the Xinjiang cotton issue, and most of the orders made are for old customers who just need to make up for the orders in the early stage, and new orders are placed sporadicly. At present, the incoming warehouse volume of dyeing factories has begun to decline, and the waiting time is usually 2-3 days, so the sustainability of orders is not good.
Operation rate of circular knitting machines in Xiaoshao area from 2019 to 2021:
Shaoxing area circular knitting machine starts up The rate remains at around 60%, ten percentage points higher than the same period in 2019 and 2020. Local loom orders are highly divergent, and sample starts are highly differentiated. There are certain difficulties in the implementation of foreign trade orders. Negative factors such as high shipping costs and the still severe overseas epidemic situation still exist. The phenomenon of order regrets has been relatively serious recently. Although the development of new fabrics in the first quarter was relatively strong, the order volume currently implemented is difficult to meet expectations. There is still resistance to mass production, and there is no turning point in the market. </p
