In recent days, novel coronavirus pneumonia has been spreading in the United States. The federal government and at least 32 states and the Columbia Special Administrative Region of Washington have declared a state of emergency. A large number of public activities in the United States have been canceled or postponed. According to CNN, novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were diagnosed in 2795 cases in the evening of March 14th, including 57 deaths.

US President trump declared a state of emergency Wednesday because of the outbreak. Trump said the move will add $50 billion to the U.S. government's response to the outbreak, and the U.S. Department of health and human services will be able to give doctors, hospitals and other health care providers more flexibility during the outbreak. Trump acknowledged that the U.S. outbreak "could get worse" and that "the next eight weeks are critical.". He said that the United States will improve the detection capacity of new coronavirus through public-private cooperation. In the early morning of the 14th, the house of representatives of the United States Congress voted to pass an economic rescue bill to deal with the epidemic, and it is expected that the Senate will soon pass the bill, which proposed various rescue measures including free new coronavirus testing, support paid sick leave during the epidemic, expansion of unemployment insurance and food supplement.

The U.S. government further upgraded its travel ban, suspending travel between the United States and 26 European Schengen countries for 30 days from midnight on the 13th, and restricting travel to and from Britain and Ireland from midnight on the 16th. In addition, the U.S. government is considering the implementation of travel restrictions in some areas of the country seriously affected by the outbreak.

At present, a large number of public places in the United States have announced temporary closure, and various public activities have been cancelled or postponed. Congress, the White House and the Pentagon are closed to the public. At least 46000 schools in the United States had been closed or planned to be closed as of the evening of the 13th, affecting 21 million students, according to education weekly. Many large enterprises encourage employees to work remotely, and some large sports events are suspended or cancelled.

Many U.S. public health experts believe that in the past few weeks, the detection of new coronavirus in the United States has lagged behind seriously, delaying the overall prevention and control of the epidemic. 11, novel coronavirus pneumonia was first recognized by Robert Redfield, director of the US CDC. Some cases of previously believed to be killed by seasonal influenza in the United States may actually die from the new crown pneumonia. At a hearing in the house of Representatives, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases, said, "the virus detection system is not adapted to our needs now" and "this is a failure, we recognize it.". The New York Times reported that in the early stage of the outbreak, when the outbreak is relatively easy to control, the federal government has repeatedly missed the opportunity to conduct more extensive testing.

It is pointed out that the complexity of the medical insurance system in the United States and the high cost of medical treatment make it more difficult to prevent and control the epidemic objectively. Medical experts warn that novel coronavirus pneumonia will be the burden of many Americans. According to time magazine, more than 27 million Americans do not have any form of health insurance at present, and more do not have adequate health insurance.

Source: People's daily