- Over 506,000 dead
The pandemic has killed at least 506,818 people worldwide, according to an AFP report on Tuesday, June 30. The United States totals 127,322 deaths for 2.6 million cases. This is followed by Brazil (59,594 dead), the United Kingdom (43,730), Italy (34,767) and France (29,843).
With an additional 1,199 deaths from the new coronavirus in 24 hours, the daily toll in the United States started to rise again yesterday. The United States now concentrates nearly 25% of the contamination cases identified in the affected countries. The threshold of a thousand dead had not been crossed since June 10.
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- Travel: EU allows travelers from 15 countries
Green light for Canada and three Maghreb countries, under conditions for China but red light for the United States, Russia or Turkey: Europeans reopen their borders on Wednesday to travelers from fifteen countries whose epidemiological situation linked to the disease Covid-19 is considered safe enough to resume travel.
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Travelers from Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay will be admitted to the EU and the Schengen area.
- In France, 32 municipalities involved in a screening campaign
In France, the epidemiological assessment of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday June 30 indicates that the weekly number of reported clusters is stable: " 301 cases grouped since May 9, including 8 new, 171 closed since ". As of June 30, 29,843 people have died from Covid-19 in France and 164.801 people have tested positive. In accordance with the announcement by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, last week, a major screening campaign will be launched in Île-de-France. The Regional Health Agency published Monday the list of 32 municipalities concerned.
- United States: the warning of doctor Fauci
Of 40,000 new cases detected per day in the United States, the pandemic could jump to 100,000 if " we do not reverse the trend, " warned Anthony Fauci, director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases.
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" It is obvious that we do not have total control at present, " insisted this member of the presidential crisis cell on the coronavirus, deploring the " all or nothing " practiced by many Americans: either completely confined or " in bars, without masks, without avoiding crowds, without practicing physical distancing ”. Four American states (California, Arizona, Texas, Florida) now account for half of the new cases.
- No meeting for Biden
Democratic candidate for the White House Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would follow "the doctor's orders" and would not hold election rallies because of the pandemic, unlike his Republican rival Donald Trump.
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- Vaccine: a promising trial
US biotech company Inovio announced encouraging preliminary results on Tuesday for its new coronavirus vaccine project, administered to 40 volunteers in the United States.
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According to a company press release, the vaccine caused an immune system response in 94% of the participants who followed the so-called phase 1 clinical trial, that is, with two injections four weeks apart.
- The airline in difficulty
Airbus announced Tuesday the abolition of about 15,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, and does not exclude layoffs to deal with the " unprecedented crisis " suffered by the airline industry. About 5,100 positions will be cut in Germany, 5,000 in France, 1,700 in the United Kingdom, 900 in Spain and 1,300 on the group's other sites worldwide, the European aircraft manufacturer said on Tuesday evening in a press release.
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The Mexican airline Aeromexico, one of the largest in Latin America, announced Tuesday that it was asking to file for bankruptcy in the United States to restructure its debt due to the " unprecedented impact " of the pandemic of Covid-19. " This legal procedure will not interrupt operations " of Aeromexico.
- Large-scale plan in the UK
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised " an infrastructure revolution " with a five billion pound (5.5 billion euros) plan to revive the country's economy. Gross domestic product fell 2.2% in the first quarter, its worst drop since the third quarter of 1979, according to the National Statistics Office (ONS).
- Wearing a mask, or not
On July 13, wearing a mask in public transportation will become mandatory in Quebec, the first province in Canada to impose it. However, a Brazilian judge overturned an appeal on Tuesday that forced President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a mask in public due to the pandemic.