4 million infections worldwide
The new Corona virus, which has so far infected 4 million people worldwide, continues to spread unabated in some regions, while several European countries live on Sunday, their last day of isolation, but amid fears of a second wave of the virus.
According to a global count calculated by him, according to official sources, on Saturday evening, the Covid-19 epidemic has infected four million people in four months, and caused the death of more than 277 thousand since its emergence in late December in central China. But these numbers are much lower than the real outcome of the virus.
In South America, Brazil crossed the Saturday threshold of ten thousand deaths from 155 thousand and 939 injuries, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The Health Commission estimates that the number of real injuries and deaths is 15 to 20 times higher.
With the epidemic developing in this country at a high rate, Brazil, with a population of 210 million, can turn into the epicenter of the epidemic by June. The states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro will extend the isolation measures imposed from March to late May.
The Supreme Court and the House of Representatives declared three days of official mourning for those who died due to the virus. Meanwhile, President Jaime Bolsonaro was practicing water skiing on a lake in Brasilia, according to websites
At this time, President Jair Bolsonaro was skiing at a lake in Brasilia, according to the Metropolis news website. The Mexican Presidency stated that the President has not decided to address any word to the Brazilians.
The new Corona virus crisis since March has led to continuous confrontations between the head of state who rejects isolation measures in the name of protecting economic activity, and state governors and mayors who imposed these measures with support from the Supreme Court.
The most severely affected state in Brazil is Sao Paulo (southeast), whose governor, João Doria, has announced to its 46 million people Friday the extension of the quarantine until the end of the month.
The second major focus in the country is the state of Rio de Janeiro, in which the number of deaths (1653) and the injured (16 thousand and 929) have increased dramatically in recent days, to the point that its authorities are considering isolation, especially in its capital, Rio.
“An absolute catastrophe” –
In North America, the United States of America still records the largest part of the global number of deaths, as it announced Saturday 1,283 deaths until the moment, bringing the number of deaths to 79,898 people, thus maintaining its lead over all countries of the world in terms of the number of deaths, as well as a number The injuries, whose outcome so far amounted to approximately one million and 342 thousand people, including 20,018 new injuries so far. And the numbers coming from America are expected to increase at any moment, due to the time difference factor between them and the Middle East.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has been criticized by his predecessor Barack Obama. Obama denounced an “utter anarchy catastrophe”, during a phone call to one of his former aides, which was obtained by “Yahoo News”.
In Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for caution in loosening restrictions to avoid a return. He expressed concern about the situation in Montreal, which is a key focus of the epidemic in Canada.
And in Europe and other countries around the world
Some countries are re-enforcing strict preventive measures when an unexpected rise in the number of injuries occurs, as happened in Seoul on Saturday evening, where the authorities decided to close all nightclubs tonight until further notice after a young man transmitted the infection to dozens of people after visiting during the weekend several nightclubs In a trendy neighborhood in the capital of South Korea, the country is often mentioned as a positive example of how it is managing the health crisis.
There is no doubt that many European countries will take this experience into account. The decline in injuries and deaths recorded over the past weeks allowed the launch of a lifting of the two restrictions, especially in France, Italy and Spain, after the large economic price paid by European countries.
Lifting restrictions will be gradual and varied according to regions. In France, more restrictions will be lifted in “green” areas. As for the “red” areas, i.e. the most dangerous ones, the lifting of restrictions will be more limited.
In Spain, the new stage of defenseless lifting will not include the two main cities, Madrid and Barcelona.
Elsewhere in the old continent, some restrictions will be eased in Belgium, Greece, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Ukraine, Albania, Denmark and the Netherlands, after Turkey, which starts to lift the restrictions on Sunday.
On the other hand, Russia, which records nearly ten thousand cases daily, finds itself forced to tighten its restrictions.
– “Second Peak” –
The United Kingdom remains the European country with the highest number of deaths (at least 31,000 deaths). On Sunday, its Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who was personally infected with the epidemic, will speak.
However, he is not expected to announce more than a slight relaxation of restrictions, such as opening gardening and gardening stores, a hobby that is popular in the United Kingdom. In this worrying phase, “people have begun to realize the importance of this hobby for mental health,” notes Joe Thompson, the award-winning horticulturalist.
The possibility of a 14-day mandatory quarantine for travelers arriving in the United Kingdom is being explored, which worries the aviation sector, which was severely affected by the epidemic.
“We cannot risk reaching a second peak” of casualties, calling on citizens to “continue” their efforts to prevent this, he wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
In fact, many countries fear a “second wave” of infections in the absence of a vaccine or drug to treat the emerging coronavirus, while preparing to loosen its restrictions.
In Germany, for example, a country that was relatively untouched by a wave of major epidemics and deaths, and began to raise isolation before other European countries, new infections in three provinces still exceed the threshold of fifty injuries per hundred residents.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of the regions have put in place a mechanism to re-impose isolation at the district level if the number of casualties rises again.
However, a normal return to activity remains very fragile in this country. Germany was the first European country to give the green light to resume the Football League, but Dynamo Dresden’s second-class football team put all members of its first team and technical staff in quarantine after discovering two injuries in its ranks.
The virologist and former deputy director-general of the World Health Organization, Marie-Paul Kenny, who is also a member of the panel of experts advising the French government, stressed the “absolute necessity” of people to apply “prevention and spacing measures,” meaning that they cross from the stone stage at home, to self-quarantine, And thinking about the need to protect themselves and others. ”
In Malaysia, the Malaysian government extended restrictions on movement and business for another four weeks until June 9, amid a gradual reopening of economic activity that was virtually halted due to the Corona virus pandemic.
Earlier, companies were allowed to resume work as normal, but under strict health guidelines, after being forced to suspend business for two months while health authorities worked to contain the epidemic. Malaysia reported 6,589 cases of corona, including 108 deaths.
Prime Minister Mohieldin Yassin said in a speech broadcast on Malaysian television on Sunday that the current rules will remain in effect until the new date in June, and include adherence to the rules of strict hygiene and social separation.
In Japan, the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported that about 15,777 cases of emerging coronavirus were recorded in Japan as of Sunday and 624 deaths, but that does not include cases on a cruise ship that was being quarantined in the Yokohama Port.
Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said today, Sunday, that the government is considering lifting the state of emergency “in many of the 34 provinces” that were not severely affected by the emerging corona pandemic, before the deadline for the nationwide measures on May 31.
“The lifting of the state of emergency in many of the 34 provinces, which excludes those that are subject to specific warnings, will likely be implemented in the absence of new cases of infection being recorded in many provinces recently,” Nishimura added, in a discussion broadcast by Japan Radio and Television.
Last week, Japan extended the state of emergency nationwide until May 31. But she said she would assess the situation at a meeting of the disease control working group on May 14, meaning that the measures could be lifted early in some areas.
In Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei supervised, from his home room, on Sunday, via video, a meeting of the National Committee to Combat the Corona Virus.
The committee held its meeting at the headquarters of the President, Hassan Rouhani, with the participation of members of the committee, governors, and provincial committees across the country and officials in the presidency.
The Khamenei website stated that the President of the Republic, the Minister of Health and the Interior and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces informed the meeting of the latest developments of the epidemic and the various measures and programs that are being implemented to contain it.
On the Arab level, 14 countries announced, on Saturday, the death of 49 people affected by the virus, and the detection of 5,417 new confirmed infections, a decrease in the daily death toll and injury compared to Friday’s death toll of 64 deaths, and 5,728 confirmed cases, In 15 Arab countries.
On Friday, Kuwait announced the implementation of a “comprehensive ban” from four in the evening (1300 GMT) on Sunday, May 10 to 30 of the same month to limit the spread of the Corona virus.
In a statement read by the government spokesman, the Kuwaiti Cabinet affirmed in a press conference broadcast by the TV, limiting the work in government agencies to the necessary facilities only or replacing them by remote work and stopping all private sector activities except for what is specified by a ministerial committee that specializes in following up the Corona crisis or emergency teams.
