The US commemorates over 1 million people who died from COVID-19
The President of the United States ordered the flags to be flown at half-mast in memory of over 1 million Americans who died from COVID-19. (Photo: AP)
At the same time, the President America Joe Biden urged people to remain cautious amid the still raging pandemic.
President Biden acknowledged that the loss had an impact on the families left behind. He called on the whole country to quickly overcome this pain of loss, and emphasized the need to continue to prevent the disease and do everything possible to save as many lives as possible, when the United States is facing a difficult time. capacity to conduct testing, vaccination and treatment is at a higher level than ever before.
In addition, the US leader also called on the US Congress to spend billions of dollars more on aid activities COVID-19 in order to continue to prevent the pandemic in the context of many new variants appearing.
US President Joe Biden. (Photo: AP)
Previously, on May 11, the US recorded a “sad milestone” of more than 1 million cases death due to COVID-19 about two years from the time of reporting the first case of death from the disease. The above number is more than the population of the capital Washington DC, equivalent to one in 327 Americans dying from COVID-19.
The US President emphasized that: “We must remain vigilant with this pandemic and do everything we can to save as many lives as possible. And it is important that Congress maintains these resources through these months. next”.
American experts are working on another round of booster shots as more variants of COVID-19 emerge. And more investment in the pandemic is needed now, health experts say, to prevent future outbreaks that could cause even greater losses.
According to statistics of Worldometers.info website updated to 6 am on May 13 (Vietnam time), the total number of COVID-19 acute respiratory infections globally has reached 519,558,094 cases. including a total of 6,283,775 deaths.
The pandemic after two years has appeared and spread in 225 countries and territories. Countries also recorded more than 471 million patients being cured, the number of active cases being over 38 million and over 39,000 cases currently in critical condition.
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