Highlights, new measures, new reports: an update on the latest developments in the pandemic of Covid-19 around the world.
While France will have to face, “if nothing changes”, a “generalized epidemic” for many months according to the President of the National Council of the Order of Physicians, (France recorded more than 14,000 new cases in 24 hours) here is a point on the Covid-19 pandemic in the world.
Almost a million dead
The novel coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 993,438 people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease in late December.
More than 32.6 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 22.3 million are now considered cured.
The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 204,486 deaths. Next come Brazil with 141,406 dead, India with 93,379 dead, Mexico with 75,844 dead and the United Kingdom with 41,936 dead.
Peru surpassed the 800,000 confirmed cases on Saturday, for 32,142 dead.
WHO fears two million dead
If we do not do everything possible, the number you are talking about (2 million Editor’s note) is not only conceivable but unfortunately very likely “, replied the Director of Emergency Situations of the WHO, Michael Ryan, interviewed at a press conference.
The situation in New York very closely watched
New York State, the former epicenter of the Covid-19 epidemic in the United States, recorded, for the first time since June, more than 1,000 cases of contamination in one day, local authorities said on Saturday. The health situation has, however, improved markedly in New York State since the spring, at the height of the crisis. Restaurants in New York City, which were already serving outdoors, will be able to reopen their rooms on Wednesday at 25% of their capacity.
China’s first post-pandemic auto show
Crowds flocked to the big Beijing auto show on Saturday — the industry’s only international event this year — as automakers once again look to attract customers despite the coronavirus crisis.
Vaccines: India’s capabilities will help “all of humanity”
India, which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, will use its resources in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic “for all mankind”, its Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised Saturday before the UN.
For free access to vaccines
At the United Nations Annual General Assembly, Latin America and Australia called for the solidarity of the great powers, notably through free access to future vaccines, while the United States, Europe and Japan have already reserved more than half of the doses initially planned.
No stadium opening in Italy
Italian stadiums should not accommodate more supporters than the currently authorized 1,000, experts responsible for advising the Italian government said on Saturday.
Fall in tourism revenues in Tunisia
Tunisia recorded during the first nine months of 2020 a drop of 60% of its tourist receipts, essential for its economy, indicated Saturday the Minister of Tourism, while many hotels closed during the health crisis could not reopen.
Incidents in London
Ten people were arrested and four police officers injured on Saturday in London during a protest that brought together thousands of opponents of restrictions taken in the United Kingdom in the face of the resurgence of the new coronavirus, police said.
Sharp rise in contamination cases in Yangon
Yangon, the economic capital and largest city in Burma, is facing a surge in the number of cases of contamination with the new coronavirus, the medical profession, already overwhelmed by the situation, fearing thousands of new cases in the coming days, reported on Saturday doctors and the media.
Protest in Jerusalem despite isolation
Thousands of anti-Netanyahu protesters gathered outside the Israeli prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday evening after the government attempted to limit gatherings as part of a tightening of anti-coronavirus measures.
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