New assessments, new measures, highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 240,000 people worldwide.
Breath of air in Spain
All Spaniards are again allowed to leave their homes to walk or play sports after 48 days of very strict confinement. Time slots must be respected, to avoid overcrowding on the streets and keep children and the elderly at a distance.
Wearing a mask will be a “Obligation” in public transport from Monday.
Austria: big return to business
The commercial arteries of Vienna have found the animation of an ordinary Saturday with the reopening of all the stores and the return of a large clientele, expected with masks, disinfectant gel and sales in most of the stores.
Italy: ‘Don’t let your guard down’
“I implore you, don’t let your guard down”said the head of the Italian cell responsible for responding to the pandemic, Domenico Arcuri, while easing measures are due to start being applied on Monday.
France: prolonged state of health emergency
The French government decided to extend by two months, until July 24, the state of health emergency in force since March 24, judging its lifting “Premature”.
Over 240,000 dead
The pandemic has killed at least 241,682 people worldwide since its onset in December in China, according to an AFP report from official sources at 7 p.m. GMT on Saturday.
More than 3,398,390 cases of infection have been diagnosed in 195 countries and territories.
The United States is the most affected country in terms of number of deaths and cases, with 65,645 deaths for 1,121,414 cases. Italy was followed by 28,710 people, the United Kingdom (28,131), Spain (25,100) and France (24,760).
Giant food distribution
Thousands of underprivileged residents waited under the sun, at a regulatory distance from each other, in the streets and vacant lots of a township located between Johannesburg and Pretoria to receive 2,200 tonnes of food and equipment (masks or gel hydroalcoholic) distributed by an NGO.
In South Africa, containment has placed millions of poor people, deprived of their subsistence jobs, in food insecurity.
Senegal touts chloroquine
The Senegalese authorities have said they intend to continue prescribing hydroxychloroquine to Covid-19 patients after a preliminary analysis showing a reduction in the length of hospital stay, while the country faces a steady increase in cases.
New York closes field hospitals
A field hospital in Central Park to treat patients with Covid-19 will close, the organization said, a further sign after the departure of a military hospital ship that the pandemic is slowing down. New York.
Nearly 10,000 prisoners released
Some 10,000 detainees have been released in the Philippines in an attempt to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in the country’s overcrowded prisons.
Turkey: export of medical equipment
Turkey has lifted restrictions on the international sale of respirators, intubators and disinfectants such as ethanol, a measure which should facilitate the sale of equipment to western countries facing shortages.
Mick Jagger and Will Smith in concert
American actor Will Smith and rock legend Mick Jagger are among international and Bollywood stars to take part in a four-hour online show to raise funds to help fight the epidemic in India.
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