American churches ring 1,000 bells in memory of 1 million deaths due to COVID-19

Tourists wearing face masks and others waiting in line at the counter of Delta Airlines after the order to wear masks in public places was removed on April 19, 2022 – Photo: REUTERS

According to AFP news agency, on May 9 (US time), Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC rang 1,000 bells in memory of the martyrs. people who have died from COVID-19. Each bell represents 1,000 Americans who have died from the disease.

Randolph Marshall Hollerith, head of the church, said before the bell rang: “Today, we have reached a tragic national milestone, one million Americans have died as a result of COVID-19 “.

On May 9, the White House said the US will celebrate the country’s milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.

Previously, at a time when the US had half a million deaths from COVID-19 in February 2021, US President Joe Biden noted that this was a heavier loss of life than “World War I, World War I”. World War II and the Vietnam War combined”.

In the past few weeks, because the mask regulation has been lifted, whether to wear or not to wear a mask depends on the choice of the people, the US has begun to see an increase in the number of daily infections. However, the number of deaths related to COVID-19 has slowed in recent months.

According to statistics website worldometers.info, after the US, Brazil and India are the two countries with the second and third highest number of deaths in the world with 664,248 and 524,093 cases, respectively. Worldwide, COVID-19 has killed more than 6.2 million people.

Currently, according to ourworldindata.org, 65.5% of people globally have received at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Global health authorities and the administration of US President Joe Biden are working to bring SARS-CoV-2 virus tests and COVID-19 drugs to low- and middle-income countries.