More than 20 million cases of Covid-19 have been officially reported worldwide, more than half of which are in the United States. Many countries fear a second wave. World
More than 20 million cases of Covid-19 have been officially reported worldwide, more than half of which are in the United States. Many countries fear a second wave.
The world has to prepare for a pandemic “for a long time”, according to the World Health Organization. More than 20 million cases of Covid-19 have been officially reported worldwide, more than half of which are in the United States. The pandemic has claimed at least 736,828 lives around the world since late December, according to a report by AFP late Tuesday. The United States, the country with the most deaths (164,480 deaths), ahead of Brazil (101,752 deaths), Mexico (53,003), Great Britain (46,526) and India (45 of 257).
But in the population ratio, excluding microstates, Belgium has the highest mortality (852 deaths per million inhabitants), followed by the United Kingdom (685), Peru (645), Spain (611), Italy (582) and Sweden . (571).
Britain in ‘record’ recession
The United Kingdom, hit by the Sars coronavirus crisis, suffered a “record” drop in its economy of 20.4% in the second quarter and, in the first six months of this year, the worst recession on record. According to data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this Wednesday, this is the first technical recession: two consecutive quarters of contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) since 2009 and the financial crisis. According to the NSO, the bulk of the contraction, which began to be felt in March, occurred in April, a full month of shutdowns during which output fell 20%.
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The use of masks becomes mandatory in Brussels
The use of masks will be mandatory in public spaces, starting this Wednesday, throughout the territory of the Brussels region in order to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the regional government announced. Since July 11, most public places have been closed to everyone age 12 and older.
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The general obligation in the 19 municipalities of the region is explained by crossing the threshold of 50 infected per day per 100,000 inhabitants (more than 600 new infected per day in this area of about 1.2 million inhabitants), says the Press release.
Russia claims to have the first vaccine, doubt in the world
Russia announced on Tuesday that it was the first country to have a registered vaccine, dubbed “Sputnik V” (V for vaccine) in reference to the Soviet satellite. “I know it’s quite effective, because it provides long-term immunity,” said President Vladimir Putin, who said one of his daughters had been vaccinated.
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The government hopes to start vaccination in the medical corps from September and deliver the vaccine to the general population on January 1, 2021. According to the authorities, 20 countries have ordered one billion doses in advance. The World Health Organization (WHO) reacted cautiously, noting that the “prequalification” and approval of the vaccine had gone through “rigorous procedures.” The German Ministry of Health, for its part, expressed doubts about the “quality, efficacy and safety” of this vaccine.
Indonesia begins testing Chinese vaccine
For its part, Indonesia on Tuesday began testing 1,600 volunteers for China’s coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by the Sinovac Biotech laboratory. It is one of the few vaccines in phase III, the last phase of clinical trials before registration, and it has already been tested with more than 9,000 volunteers in Brazil.
Indonesia, the fourth most populous country on the planet, faces an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases that have already infected more than 127,000 people and left more than 5,700 dead. However, the scale of the epidemic could be much larger, detection rates are low in Southeast Asian countries.
Vaccine Modern: Donald Trump announced a new contract
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $1.5 billion contract to supply 100 million doses of an experimental vaccine from US biotech company Moderna, the sixth such contract since May.
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Venezuela exceeds 1,000 daily cases for the first time
Venezuela exceeded for the first time the threshold of 1,000 cases of contagion of the coronavirus in 24 hours, the Government announced on Tuesday. Between Monday and Tuesday, some 1,138 new cases of contagion were registered, for a total of 27,938 cases, reported the Minister of Communication and Information, Jorge Rodríguez. The coronavirus epidemic has officially killed 238 people since the start of the pandemic. In the country, which is facing the acceleration of the infection, not counting another nine days less than 20,000 cases.
Germany, Madrid and the Basque class ‘threatened’
Germany on Tuesday extended its travel and tourism warnings in Spain, listing Madrid and the Spanish Basque Country as risk areas due to a “new rise” in Covid-19 infections, according to the Foreign Ministry.
at the end of July, the department already included three more Spanish regions, the autonomous communities of Aragon, Catalonia and Navarra, in the risk areas. For travelers returning from these areas, “the result is a quarantine requirement in Germany, which can be avoided with a negative Covid-19 test,” he says on his website.
New Zealand: retention, retirement homes
Nursing homes were closed this Wednesday in New Zealand after the outbreak of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced, who did not rule out the possibility of postponing the September elections.
On Tuesday, a three-day lockdown was ordered again from midday on Wednesday in the country’s largest city, Auckland, following the first cases of local transmission of the coronavirus in 102 days.
u The hardest-hit Australian state has curbed the epidemic
The Australian state of Victoria, which has been hardest hit by the coronavirus, appears to have managed to contain the outbreak after a week of restrictive measures, authorities said on Wednesday. The prime minister of the federal state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, registered this Wednesday 410 new cases of Covid-19, while the number of deaths rose to 21 deaths, or the balance, the deadliest since the beginning of the epidemic in Australia . .
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“If you look at the average of the last seven days, we see that (the numbers) go down,” he told a news conference. The state has held at 400 new cases a day or less for four consecutive days, suggesting that the outbreak, which was centered in Melbourne, has been contained. In recent weeks, the numbers have been over 700 infections per day.
Concern in France
The extension of the obligation to wear a mask outside and the ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people was extended until October 30: the French government hardened its tone in the face of the “epidemiological situation (which) is moving in the wrong direction “. The Paris Marathon, scheduled for November 15, has been canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic, the event organizer announced Wednesday.
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French Polynesia, so far spared from the epidemic, experienced a sharp increase in the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in three days (43 new cases). The virus was brought back by tourists, but also by officials: every year some of the teachers and gendarmes are replaced by newcomers.
A new record in Lebanon
Lebanon, saddened by the explosion that devastated neighborhoods in Beirut a week ago, announced a new record for infections with the new coronavirus on Tuesday, with 309 cases and seven deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the balance of the Ministry of Health, 7,121 cases were officially registered in the country, including 87 deaths.
China has eased entry requirements for Europeans
China has eased entry requirements for citizens of 36 European countries, making visa access easier for people who already have a residence permit but have been stuck abroad for four months due to the epidemic. Several Chinese embassies in Europe posted a press release on their websites on Wednesday, stating that people with a valid residence permit can now “get a Chinese visa because it’s free.”
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A pair of pandas lent by China to a Canadian zoo could quickly lose the cost of bamboo due to the coronavirus pandemic, the institution’s management has warned as it tries to speed up their return to their country of origin.
Date updated: August 12, 2020, 12:58 pm
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