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Coronavirus: America, the continent with the fastest expansion

2020-05-09T00:06:03.924Z


The dead are already more than 100,000. The pandemic is advancing especially in the United States. The WHO warns that the return to normality will be slow.


05/08/2020 - 20:27

  • Clarín.com
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America established itself this week as the continent where the coronavirus is expanding most rapidly as it approaches 1.7 million confirmed infections and the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that there will be important changes in our lives until there is a vaccine.

In America, the number of deaths from the coronavirus is already around 100,000 and the expansion of the pandemic continued its course this Friday in the United States, with 1,279,546 total cases reported in the country, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, which calculates that in the world there are already 273,034 deaths and 3,918,316 those infected .

Even the coronavirus reached the close circle of US President Donald Trump on Friday, when the contagion from Vice President Mike Pence's spokesperson was confirmed, while the White House tried to minimize the second positive by COVID-19 in less than 24 hours. .

After the USA The most serious situation in America is faced by Brazil (with 141,088 cases), whose president, Jair Bolsonaro, has not stopped minimizing the severity of the pandemic despite the dramatic situation in some states, followed by Canada (67,368) and Peru ( 58,526).

Life change

WHO Executive Director for Humanitarian Emergencies, Mike Ryan, said in the face of the so-called new normal that "the departure must be done with great caution and this can lead to major changes in our lives until we get an effective vaccine and treatment."

"We must admit that the current situation is something that will continue to accompany us, it will be very difficult, and now that some countries have begun to relax measures, this gives hope to those who are entering" the most virulent phases of the pandemic, he said.

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said the spread of the coronavirus is being monitored, but cautioned that the measures cannot be relaxed. / AP

On the flip side of the coin, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the daily death toll from the new coronavirus remains stable below 300 and celebrated that "the beast is on the run," although he cautioned that further action was required. being cautious and maintaining the measures to avoid a rebound.

"Wear your mask," warns the poster, on Wall Street, New York, this Friday. / AFP

"Now, for the first time, I feel like we're ahead (of the virus), we've shown that we can control the beast by looking at all those numbers (hospitalizations, deaths and intubations) going down. So we have the beast running away, not yet We have killed her, but we are ahead of her, "said the governor in his daily appearance on COVID-19.

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New York State anticipates the reopening of some northern counties, where the rate of infections and deaths is much lower than in the southern part of the state and especially in New York City and its surroundings, the global epicenter of the pandemic.

Second Avenue in New York, this Friday, almost deserted. The city is the epicenter of the pandemic. / AP

On the contrary, the Governor of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, Joao Doria, announced that the quarantine in force in the most populated and industrialized region of the country will continue until May 31 due to the increasing advance of COVID-19.

"Authorizing a relaxation now would be putting thousands of lives, the health system itself and, obviously, economic recovery at risk" once the health emergency is over, Doria said, in firm defiance of President Bolsonaro.

A cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil is one of the countries on the continent hardest hit by the pandemic. / EFE

Along these lines, the President of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, extended the state of emergency until May 24 to reduce the rate of contagion of the coronavirus, although the nocturnal curfew will start at 8:00 p.m., two hours later.

Economic relief

In the face of the health crisis and its impact on finances, several countries have turned to aid, such as Ecuador, which obtained the approval of two loans from the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), one to respond to the health emergency and another to mitigate the economic impact caused by COVID-19, and which in total would amount to some 400 million dollars.

On the other hand, Bolivia will receive 170 million dollars from the World Bank (WB) to strengthen the response capacity of the health system to the outbreak of COVID-19, through the restructuring of the Health Services Networks project.

A municipal employee disinfects a street in Guayaquil, the city of Ecuador with the most dead and infected. / AFP

"We know that this moment is very complex and an immediate response is required to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, we have made available to the country rapid and efficient support to meet the most urgent needs with a view to protecting the population. more vulnerable, "said the director of the World Bank for Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, Marianne Fay, in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Mexican government assured that it "does not hide" data on deaths from COVID-19 in the country, in response to a report by  The New York Times according to which the death toll in the Mexican capital is three times higher than 696 officially registered.

Another report issued by the independent Citizen Observatory COVID-19 reported that at least 765 cases of the SARS-coV-2 coronavirus have been denied by the Nicaraguan authorities, who do not recognize local community transmission.

According to the document, between April 30 and May 6, some 781 people have been affected in Nicaragua by COVID-19, however, the government so far only recognizes 16 of that total.

Source: EFE

Source: clarin

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