The number of detected cases of coronavirus infection in the United States increased by more than 24 thousand per day and reached 6,301,451. This is evidenced by data from Johns Hopkins University.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States, 189,221 people have died with coronavirus, RT reports.
On September 7, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus said that the world must prepare in advance for a new pandemic of the disease caused by the coronavirus.
On September 5, US President Donald Trump announced that the coronavirus vaccine, which is now being created in the United States, could be ready in October, reports the 360 ​​TV channel. Three large pharmaceutical companies are developing a vaccine against COVID-19 at once, the Zvezda TV channel clarifies.
Earlier, on September 1, Ghebreyesus said that the reopening of countries after the quarantine must take place with the necessary precautions to prevent a disaster. He stressed that the organization fully supports the efforts of countries to open up economies and communities, but it is important to do this with deliberation and caution.
In addition, the organization named important conditions for returning to normal life, namely: limiting crowds in public places, reducing the risk of mortality in risk groups, monitoring the authorities to identify and isolate sick people and individual responsibility of each.
According to the Worldometers portal, 27.5 million cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the world, 19.6 million patients have recovered, and 897,476 people have died. The USA remains the leader in the number of cases. This is followed by Brazil and India.
An outbreak of COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus occurred in Wuhan, China at the end of December, then the virus began to spread in other countries.
On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the coronavirus pandemic.