I’m very different from that Coronavirus pandemic Affected Spain, 932 new deaths related to Sars CoV-2 infection have been registered within 24 hours. The total number of deaths thus rose to 10,935, as the Ministry of Health announced. It was the second day in a row with more than 900 and already the seventh in a row with more than 800 deaths in Spain. The number of new infections detected rose by almost 7,500 to almost 118,000.
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With this, the Spaniards sadly overtake the Italians in the infection numbers. There are a good 15,000 confirmed Sars-CoV-2 infections in Italy. The Italians, however, still have more fatalities with 13,915 than Spain with 10,935.
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USA: fear of up to 240,000 deaths
The situation is becoming increasingly dramatic in the United States. No country in the world has more confirmed cases than the United States. Last Wednesday the number of infections exceeded the 200,000 mark and continues to grow rapidly. According to a projection, the White House fears up to 240,000 deaths from the lung disease Covid-19 – in the event that the measures to contain the coronavirus are actually followed. President Donald Trump said last Sunday that if we could limit the death toll to 100,000, “then we all did a good job together.”
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According to a continuously updated projection by the University of Washington in Seattle, which also presented the White House, the highest number of victims in the United States is expected in mid-April – with more than 2600 deaths per day. At the height of the crisis, according to this projection in the United States, nearly 20,000 intensive care beds across the country will be missing to treat patients. Last Tuesday, Trump got the Americans in for tough times: “The next two or three weeks will be some of the most difficult we’ve ever had in this country.”
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Ecuador: dead bodies on the streets of Guayaquil
In the port city of Guayaquil, dead people lay in the apartments for days, the morgues of the hospitals were overcrowded, and corpses were even deposited on the streets of the metropolis. Because of the far-reaching exit restrictions in the South American country, funeral directors have barely followed up on work in the past few days. “We are now picking up the corpses from the clinics and the apartments,” said the head of the state development bank BanEcuador, Jorge Wated, who coordinates the operation, in an interview with the television station NTN24. “We have to bury them quickly to prevent further infections.”
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The city administration requested four refrigerated containers in which the bodies can be temporarily stored. 2000 new graves were prepared in a cemetery.
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New Zealand: 12,000 German vacationers can go home
12,000 German vacationers stranded in New Zealand can return home. An Air New Zealand aircraft flew the first 342 of them late Friday afternoon (local time). After a stop in Vancouver it should go on to Frankfurt.
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Most New Germans are currently stuck in New Zealand because of the Corona crisis. A return campaign by the federal government was surprisingly canceled by the New Zealand government last Saturday. It was only on Thursday that an agreement was reached on the safety precautions for the transport.
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New Zealand has strict exit restrictions due to the spread of the corona virus. So far there are 868 confirmed diseases with the lung disease Covid-19, one person died of it.
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Belgium: Protest against end of season in professional football
Belgium has advanced. The season for professional footballers in the country ended on Thursday, and FC Bruges is to be proclaimed champion. The Belgians have now drawn the wrath of the European football association. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has threatened to be excluded from European club competitions. «I think that’s not the way to go. Solidarity is not a one-way street. You cannot ask for help and then simply decide for yourself how it fits, »said Ceferin in an interview in the ZDF’s« Current Sports Studio ». “And I have to say: The Belgians and others who might be thinking about it now are risking their participation in the European Cup next season.”
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In a letter quoted by the AP news agency on Thursday, the European Football Union had advised its member associations not to break the national leagues at the present time in the Corona crisis. The Bundesliga hopes to continue in May.
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Russia: Forced leave with full wages
Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has given up until April 30, leaving the rest to the regions. According to official statements, the country has so far had comparatively few cases. As of Friday, there were more than 4,000. More than 30 people have died so far from the lung disease Covid-19. But the situation is very serious. “The danger remains,” said Putin. Russian politics primarily focuses on people’s fear of staying at home. Parliament also tightened penalties for violations of quarantine requirements this week.
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Moscow, the largest city in Europe, introduced a strict cellphone surveillance system to track people who are in quarantine because of an infection.
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China: Wildlife trade is prohibited
In China, there have been hardly any new infections for weeks and countermeasures are gradually being reduced. Since the origin of the corona virus is suspected to be on a wildlife market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, China’s central government ordered at the end of January that wildlife trade be banned. Cities and provinces have started to put bans into effect. Shenzhen now goes one step further by being the first Chinese city to include dogs and cats.
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However, this affects only a few “gourmets”. Dishes with dog and cat meat are on the menu in some restaurants in China, but only very rarely.
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In total, 81,620 infected people have been reported in China, of whom more than 76,000 have recovered so far. 3322 people were killed by the virus. (SDA)
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