Brazil crosses 30,000 mark

The pandemic due to the new coronavirus has killed at least 377,213 people worldwide since its appearance in December in China, according to a report established by the Agence France-presse (AFP) from official sources Tuesday, June 2 at 9 p.m. More than 6,320,480 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 2,662,300 are now considered cured.

The countries most affected in terms of deaths are:

• the United States with 106,180 deaths for 1,831,435 cases,
• the United Kingdom with 39,369 deaths for 277,985 cases,
• Italy with 33,530 deaths (233,515 cases),
• Brazil with 31,199 deaths (555,383 cases),
• and France with 28,940 deaths (188,322 cases, assessment revised Tuesday by the authorities).

Among the hardest hit countries, Belgium is the one with the highest number of deaths compared to its population, with 82 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Spain (58), the United Kingdom (58) , Italy (55), and France (44).

• Latin America particularly bruised

The Brazil Now has 31,199 deaths, after recording a record number of deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said. This country of 212 million inhabitants deplored an additional 1,262 deaths, the highest daily toll since May 21 (1,188), which testifies to the continuation of the ascending phase of the pandemic. The country, which alone accounts for more than half of the coronavirus cases and deaths in Latin America, has recorded a total of 555,383 confirmed cases of Covid-19, after a sharp increase of nearly 29,000 cases in recent 24 hours.

For its part, the Colombia has exceeded 1,000 deaths, less than three months after the detection of the first case of contagion, announced the ministry of health. Bogota, the capital of some eight million people, is the city with the most deaths, with at least 258 confirmed deaths from Covid-19.

Unpublished, the government of the president Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido have reached an agreement to jointly search for funds to fight the coronavirus in Venezuela, according to a document read on Tuesday on official television.

City authorities Bolivian de La Paz and El Alto decided to mark with houses “There is the Covid-19 here” the houses of coronavirus patients who refuse to confine themselves, in the face of numerous violations of sanitary measures by people contaminated. The Minister of Public Works, Ivan Arias, has raised numerous cases of non-compliance with isolation measures by patients of the Covid-19.

• Twenty journalists died from Covid-19 in Peru

Twenty journalists have died in Peru – the second most affected country in Latin America with more than 170,000 cases, including more than 4,600 deaths – in recent weeks from the new coronavirus, the National Association of Journalists (ANP) announced on Tuesday. Most of these journalists caught Covid-19 while covering the main foci of infection, such as markets or hospitals.

“They went to hospitals, which are hotbeds of infection, with homemade masks”, Zuliana Lainez, executive secretary of the ANP, told AFP about the poor means of protection available to his colleagues. “The death of journalists because of the Covid-19 confirms the urgent need to address our lack of health protection and the precariousness of the profession”added the representative.

• Latvia opens its borders to more than twenty countries

Latvia will lift the quarantine requirement for travelers from more than 20 European countries on Wednesday, a measure already adopted by neighboring Estonia and Lithuania. The two weeks of isolation to which travelers from abroad were subjected will no longer be imposed on visitors from countries “Low risk”, the Prime Minister reported to the press in Riga.

The list published by the Latvian Center for Disease Control and Prevention does not include countries like Sweden or Great Britain, where the contamination rate remains high. The borders with neighboring Russia and Belarus will remain closed to travelers, but open for the transport of goods.

• F1 restarts with eight races in Europe

Formula 1 has a new calendar: the 2020 season, delayed by the pandemic, will start on July 5 in Austria and the first eight races will take place in Europe between July and September, initially in camera. A second GP will follow on the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg on July 12, before Hungary (on the Hungaroring in Budapest) on July 19, Great Britain (at Silverstone) on August 2 and 9, Spain (on the circuit from Barcelona-Catalonia to Montmelo) on August 16, Belgium (at Spa-Francorchamps) on August 30 and Italy (in Monza) on September 6.

Race in parallel with that of F1, the Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships will follow the same calendar.

“Due to the current fluidity of the Covid-19 situation at the international level, the details of the full calendar will be finalized in the coming weeks, with the hope of having a total of 15 to 18 races by the end of the season in December “, against 22 initially planned, said the promoter of F1, Formula 1, and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in a statement on Tuesday. The championship would end in December in Abu Dhabi and would be organized by geographic areas (Europe in July-August, Eurasia, Asia and the Americas in September-October-November, Middle East in December).

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