More than 6 million cases of new coronavirus have been officially registered worldwide, two thirds of them in Europe and the United States, according to a count made by the AFP from official sources on Saturday at 10:15 p.m.
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At least 6,000,867 cases of infection, among which 366,848 deaths, have been recorded, especially in Europe, the continent most affected with 2,135,170 cases (177,595 deaths) and in the United States, country with the highest number of cases (1,760,740) and death (103,472).
But it is now in Latin America that the virus is progressing most rapidly, with an increase of more than 45,000 cases in the last 24 hours for a total of 944,695 cases and 49,230 deaths.
New assessments, new measures, highlights: the point this Saturday evening
> Break with WHO: “a serious setback”
Washington’s break with the World Health Organization is “a serious setback for global health,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Saturday after Donald Trump’s decision to cut ties with the government. agency, which he accuses of complacency towards Beijing.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell “urged” the US “to reconsider its decision”.
> “Encouraging” results –
Anakinra, a drug against rheumatic diseases, gives “encouraging” results for severe forms, reducing the risk of death and the need to be put on a ventilator in intensive care, according to a French study published in the specialized journal The Lancet Rheumatology.
> Lifting of restrictions –
Italy has reopened the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the public, and the Ukrainian capital Kiev has restarted its shopping centers and hotels.
In France, the population has been able to reconnect with its parks and gardens after more than two months of closure.
India has announced an easing of confinement: from June 8, religious buildings, hotels, restaurants and shopping centers will be able to reopen.
> Tourism
German, French and Scandinavian tourists could be allowed to come to Spain during the second half of June as part of a “pilot” project to restart tourist activity.
Greece will allow flights from more EU countries, including France, from June 15. It had announced the day before the opening of the airports of Athens and Thessaloniki (north) to tourists from 29 countries, including fifteen from the European Union, from this date.
> Authorized sports competitions
The British government has authorized the return to closed door of sports competitions from June 1.
In Spain, clubs in the football championship were allowed to resume “full” collective training from Monday, the last step before returning to competition on June 11.
> The pope prays in mondovision –
Pope Francis attended the rosary prayer in the Vatican gardens in the presence, for the first time in almost three months, of nearly a hundred faithful, all broadcast worldwide.
> Exceptional concert –
German pianist Igor Levit started an exceptional 20-hour concert on Saturday during which he will play a unique work by Erik Satie to draw attention to the plight of artists affected by the pandemic.
> Forbidden to pet macaques –
Touching the Gibraltar macaques will become a crime in this British enclave in the far south of Spain, in order to protect the primates from the new coronavirus.
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