New balance, new measures, highlights: a focus on the latest developments of the pandemic Covid-19.
Europe: more than 2.5 million cases
With at least 2.505.650 case, for 192.416 death, Europe remains the continent most affected by the pandemic, even if it is now in Latin America as the disease progresses most quickly.
More than half of the contamination have been registered in the Russian federation, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, according to a count taken by AFP from official sources Saturday.
26 new infections recorded in China
In China, 26 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported Sunday, there were reported to the health authorities. Most cases of coronavirus have been reported in the capital Beijing, where 22 infections have occurred. Three others have also been identified in the province of Hebei, near Beijing. Finally, there has also been a imported.
After China had reported no new cases of the disease for weeks, a new outbreak was detected in the wholesale market, Xinfadi, Beijing on the 11th of June. The total number of new infections in the capital is now of 227.
The city has taken several measures to slow the spread of the virus. Schools have been closed, areas quarantined and routes are non-essential banned. Tests are also used on a large scale.
Latin america, Caribbean: more than 2 million cases
More than two million cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Latin America and the Caribbean since the beginning of the epidemic, half of which were in Brazil, where the novel coronavirus has caused nearly 50,000 deaths, according to a report drawn up Saturday by AFP from official sources.
A total of 2.007.621 cases of infection have been confirmed in the region on the date of Saturday.
Case in the team meeting Trump
The United States has recorded 568 deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, indicates the point daily newspaper published Saturday night by the Johns Hopkins university, which is authoritative. It’s the tenth day on which the balance sheet of daily deaths is less than 1.000 in the United States, although they remain the countries hardest hit by the pandemic with 119.654 dead on 2.251.205 infections officially recorded.
About 20 american States have seen lately a rebound of infections, while the epicentre of the disease in the country, moved to New York and from north-east to the south and west.
After falling below 20,000, the number of daily new cases confirmed in the United States rebounded in recent days towards 30,000 and beyond.
There are fears of a second wave of contaminations Covid-19, after the reopening of activities in the States and the raising massive against police violence and racism that have occurred in recent weeks across the United States.
The meeting of campaign that held on Saturday president Donald Trump in Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma), the first since the beginning of the crisis of the Covid-19, has also been accused of risking spreading the virus.
Six members of the organization of the meeting campaign of Donald Trump Saturday in Oklahoma have tested positive for Covid-19 and put in quarantine, announced the team of the american president a few hours before the opening of the first big rally was held in Tulsa, in a closed room, in full pandemic.
“None of the employees positive to the Covid or a person who has been in direct contact will not be present at the meeting or to the side of the participants or their elected officials,” during the rally, assured the team of Mr. Trump.
Spain holds its breath
A few hours before the Spain reopened its borders to Europeans, the Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has reminded the population that it remained vulnerable and needed to maintain the protective measures.
A midnight in the night from Saturday to Sunday, the Spain lift the state of alert decreed on march 14, and reopened its land border with France and its ports and airports to nationals of the european Union. Portugal will open its border with Spain on the 1st of July.
Field hospital in Morocco
Morocco has erected a field hospital in the province of Kenitra (west), which will host as early as Sunday, around 700 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 registered in homes, epidemiological, announced Saturday the minister of the Interior.
Hebron and Nablus curly
The palestinian Authority announced on Saturday the closure is temporary Hebron and Nablus to cope with the spread of the new coronavirus, according to the census of new cases in these two cities of the occupied west bank.
Decline in GDP of 12.5% in Peru
The central Bank of Peru provides for a reduction of the country’s GDP by 12.5% in 2020, while the containment decreed in march to stem the pandemic has paralyzed large swaths of the economy. Two million jobs have been lost in the country.
Brazil should experience a contraction of its GDP of 6% in 2020, according to the Institute Ipea.
More than 460.000 dead
The pandemic has killed at least 461.230 dead in the world since China is a formal state of the onset of the disease in December, according to a report drawn up by AFP from official sources on Saturday at 19: 00 GMT.
The United States is the country most affected, with more than 119.654 deaths, followed by Brazil (49.976), the United Kingdom (42.589), Italy (34.610) and France (29.617).
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