据美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)报道，截至当地时间4日晚，美国新冠肺炎确诊病例增至159例，其中有49个病例来自撤侨人员。美国本土病例中，在15个州共确诊110个病例。就在疫情不断加剧之时，美国疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)却停止发布新冠肺炎检测人数和各州确诊人数等数据，遭舆论指责“隐瞒疫情”。更令人担忧的是，加州一艘载有2500人的邮轮上21人出现感染症状，可能会像“钻石公主”号一样暴发集体感染。
邮轮疫情再告急
继“钻石公主”号、“威士特丹”号等大型邮轮之后，美国“至尊公主”号邮轮(如图)近日爆出新冠肺炎死亡案例，且潜在病毒携带者已遍及多地。与“难兄难弟”遭遇相仿，“至尊公主”号目前受困于公海，等待接受病毒测试。
据美国哥伦比亚广播公司5日报道，当地时间4日，美国加利福尼亚州普莱瑟县一名七旬老人因感染新冠病毒不幸去世，引发州政府高度重视，州长纽森随即宣布加州成为继华盛顿州和佛罗里达州后全美第三个进入紧急状态的州。报道称，这名死者2月11日至21日期间曾乘坐美国嘉年华邮轮集团的“至尊公主”号邮轮在海上旅行，当时船上约2500名乘客中有一多半是加州本地人，而这些乘客均可能与死者有过接触。
相比之前的邮轮案例，“至尊公主”号的情况要更为复杂：这艘从旧金山出发的邮轮上月21日在结束墨西哥之行后返美，很快又在旧金山接上新一批乘客;而上一批乘客中仍有62人留在船上，与新一批旅客又踏上为期15天的夏威夷之行。换句话说，因疫情排查不及时，“至尊公主”号接连造就了两批“高危人群”。经官方证实，邮轮从夏威夷返航时，船上已经出现21例疑似病例，包括11名乘客和10名船员。之前62名“续期”乘客也已被隔离在各自的房间。另有一名重症患者已在夏威夷接受紧急救治，经检测并非新冠肺炎。
根据航程，“至尊公主”号本应在5日靠港旧金山，但加州官方要求邮轮“延迟航程”，等待疫情排查。在工作进行时，该邮轮被迫停留在加州海岸以外的公海，检测人员乘直升机登船、并展开测试，然后再把样本送回实验室进行检验。舆论担心，若检测效率欠佳，这艘邮轮恐怕又要重蹈覆辙，像“钻石公主”号那样沦为“病毒邮轮”。
CDC停发数据遭质疑
CDC 3日傍晚发推特说，CDC将停止发布新冠肺炎检测人数和检测结果呈阴性的数据，声称随着各州独立进行更多的检测，CDC发布的数字将不能代表全国的检测情况。《环球时报》记者5日登录CDC网站发现，CDC仍在周一至周五中午时，发布截至前一天下午4时美国的全国确诊病例数、死亡病例数和确诊州的数量，但每个州的确诊人数只提供大致数字范围，各州居民只能去州疾控中心网站查询本地确诊人数。此外，全国新冠肺炎检测总人数也从网站消失。
CDC这条推文一发，立刻在美国国内引发轩然大波。美国知名独立记者贾德·勒格姆成为第一个公布这一消息的媒体人士，他在推特上写道，“CDC已经停止公布在美接受新冠病毒检测的人数……这是掩盖，这是丑闻”。还有网民把矛头指向特朗普，表示：特朗普当局“隐瞒疫情”，完全是为了总统大选。
这一事件也惊动了美国政界，美国威斯康星州民主党众议员马克·波坎立刻致信CDC主任罗伯特·雷德菲尔德，要求疾控中心公开数据。波坎在其个人社交媒体上这样写道：“美国人民有权获得答案……你(CDC)的沉默震耳欲聋!”
国会紧急拨款堵缺口
美国国会众议院当地时间4日表决通过一项83亿美元的预算案，用于应对新冠肺炎疫情。该预算案得到共和党和民主党的共同支持，在当日的表决中以415票赞成、2票反对的结果顺利通过，远高于此前特朗普要求的25亿美元。该预算案包含的83亿美元将用于疫苗、治疗方法研发、各级政府预防和应对新冠肺炎威胁、储备医疗物资和其他预备措施等。
美国卫生与公共服务部(HHS)4日表示，如果新冠肺炎在美国大流行，那么美国目前的口罩库存只能满足医疗专业人员所需的1%;美国国家药品和医疗用品紧急储备目前只有约1200万个医用N95口罩和3000万个外科口罩，而据HHS估计，如果新冠肺炎在美国大流行，美国医疗系统在一年内最多将需要35亿个N95口罩。另据美国CNBC电视台报道，HHS 4日宣布将在未来18个月购买5亿个N95口罩。
除了防疫物资，病毒检测也让美国政府颇为头痛。美国《纽约时报》称，此前，由于CDC仍坚持使用自研有缺陷的核酸试剂盒，美国新冠检测工作进展迟缓。为此，美国食品药品管理局2月29日授权各州实验室独立检测。但CDC对于“谁可以接受检测”的标准大大限制了各州实际检测量。“标准太严格了，没什么人能符合要求接受测试。”美国约翰·霍普金斯医院急诊医学助理教授劳伦·绍尔2日接受《纽约时报》采访时吐槽道，“我从很多同事那里听说，许多检测申请被拒绝了。”英国广播公司(BBC)称，截至2月底，美国只进行了约500个检测。
当地时间4日，美国人迎来一个好消息。美国副总统彭斯宣布联邦卫生官员将放宽核酸检测限制，并表示将有大批核酸检测试剂盒在本周内分发到美国各地，以确保提供150万份检测。CDC随后发布了新指导方针，明确任何美国人都可以接受核酸检测，唯一门槛是听从医嘱，除此之外不再设任何限制。
Worried about another "virus cruise ship", the 2500 people "supreme Princess" in California is trapped in the high seas
Novel coronavirus pneumonia confirmed to 159 cases in the evening of 4 hours local time, according to the CNN (CNN), of which 49 cases were from overseas Chinese. In the United States, 110 cases have been confirmed in 15 states. The novel coronavirus pneumonia (CDC) stopped issuing new crown pneumonia tests and the number of confirmed cases in the epidemic situation. What's more worrisome is that 21 people on a California cruise ship carrying 2500 people are suffering from infection symptoms, which may cause a collective infection like the diamond princess.
Cruise epidemic again
Novel coronavirus pneumonia and death toll have been reported in the US following the large cruise ships such as Diamond Princess and weistaid. Similar to what happened to the "brothers and sisters", the "supreme Princess" is currently trapped on the high seas, waiting for a virus test.
A 70 year old man died of the new crown virus in preser County, California, Thursday, local time, causing the state government to attach great importance to him, CBS reported Friday. Governor Nathan Newson immediately announced that California became the third state in the United States to enter a state of emergency after Washington and Florida. According to the report, the deceased took the "supreme Princess" cruise ship of Carnival Cruise group to travel at sea from February 11 to 21. At that time, more than half of the 2500 passengers on the ship were Californians, and these passengers may have had contact with the dead.
Compared with the previous cruise case, the situation of the "supreme Princess" is more complicated: the cruise ship from San Francisco returned to the United States after its trip to Mexico on the 21st last month, and soon picked up a new group of passengers in San Francisco; while 62 of the last group of passengers remained on board, and embarked on a 15 day trip to Hawaii with the new group of passengers. In other words, due to the untimely investigation of the epidemic, "the supreme Princess" has created two groups of "high-risk groups". When the ship returned from Hawaii, 21 suspected cases, including 11 passengers and 10 crew members, were confirmed by authorities. The previous 62 "renewal" passengers have also been quarantined in their respective rooms. Novel coronavirus pneumonia is not detected in a severe patient who has received emergency treatment in Hawaii.
According to the voyage, the "supreme Princess" was supposed to be in San Francisco on the 5th, but California officials asked the cruise ship to "delay the voyage" and wait for the epidemic investigation. At the time of the work, the ship was forced to stay on the high seas off the coast of California. The inspectors boarded the ship by helicopter, carried out tests, and then sent the samples back to the laboratory for inspection. Public opinion is worried that if the detection efficiency is not good, the cruise ship may have to repeat its mistakes, like the diamond princess, which has become a "virus cruise ship".
CDC stop sending data questioned
Novel coronavirus pneumonia will be released by CDC on 3 evening, twitter said. The number of new crown pneumonia tests and negative results will be released. It is stated that the number of CDC released will not represent the national test situation as the States independently conduct more tests. CDC will not be able to detect the situation. Reporters from Global Times found on the CDC website Friday that the CDC still released the number of confirmed cases, deaths and confirmed states in the United States as of 4:00 p.m. the previous day from Monday to Friday noon, but the number of confirmed cases in each state only provides a rough range of figures, and residents in each state can only go to the CDC website to check the number of local confirmed cases. In addition, novel coronavirus pneumonia detection population also disappeared from the website.
As soon as the CDC tweeted, it immediately caused a stir in the United States. Jude legham, a well-known independent journalist in the United States, became the first media person to announce the news. He wrote on twitter, "CDC has stopped announcing the number of people who have been tested for new coronavirus in the United States It's a cover up, it's a scandal. ". Other netizens pointed the finger at trump, saying that the trump authorities "hide the epidemic" for the sake of the presidential election.
The incident also shocked American politics. Representative mark pocan of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin immediately sent a letter to CDC director Robert Redfield, asking CDC to disclose the data. "The American people have the right to an answer Your silence is deafening! "
Congressional emergency funding to close the gap
Novel coronavirus pneumonia was voted on by the house of Representatives on 4 March, and voted for a $8 billion 300 million budget. The budget was supported by both Republicans and Democrats. It was passed by 415 votes and 2 votes in the same day's vote, far higher than the previous $2.5 billion requested by trump. The budget includes novel coronavirus pneumonia, which will be used for vaccine, treatment, research, government at all levels to prevent and respond to the threat of new crown pneumonia, to reserve medical supplies and other preparatory measures, etc.. 8 billion 300 million
Novel coronavirus pneumonia is popular in the United States, the US Department of health and public service (HHS) said on 4 May. The current US mask can only meet 1% of the medical professionals' needs. Novel coronavirus pneumonia and emergency medical supplies are currently only about 12 million medical N95 masks and 30 million surgical masks. According to HHS estimates, if the new crown pneumonia is in the US pandemic, the US medical system will need 3 billion 500 million N95 masks in most cases in one year. HHS announced Thursday that it will buy 500 million N95 masks in the next 18 months, according to CNBC.
In addition to anti epidemic materials, virus testing is also a headache for the U.S. government. According to the New York Times, previously, CDC still insisted on using self-developed defective nucleic acids
