DIRECT. Coronavirus: death toll nears 300,000 worldwide

• the total death toll is 26,991 dead in France, including 348 more according to the latest report released on Tuesday.
• In the world the bar of 290,000 victims is exceeded.
• The first post-containment cabinet meeting takes place on Wednesday.

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7 hours. Trump's health expert calls for caution. The White House’s chief immunologist, the US presidency, warns of the potentially “very serious” consequences of an overly hasty recovery in the US economy. During a hearing in the Senate, Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke of "the risk of seeing a resumption" of the epidemic in the absence of "adequate response".

6:45 a.m. The balance sheet is rising again in the United States. The daily toll of the pandemic started to rise again Tuesday in the United States with nearly 1900 deaths in 24 hours, according to the count of the Johns Hopkins University, which refers. This rebound (+1,894 dead exactly) brings to 82,246 in total the number of deaths recorded in the country, where the death toll fell Sunday and Monday below the thousand daily deaths for the first time since early April.

6:30 am. Thousands of children indirectly died every day. Unicef ​​(the United Nations Children's Fund) warns that Covid-19 could have devastating indirect effects in poor countries, such as the death of 6,000 children every day in the next six months. It is the disruption of health coverage caused by Covid-19 that would be the cause. The study of the organization evokes in particular family planning, pre- and postnatal care, deliveries, vaccinations as well as prevention and care services.

6.15 a.m. Containment until the end of July in Los Angeles? Containment measures are likely to remain in effect until the end of July for residents of Los Angeles (Califonia, United States), unless the number of Covid-19 cases drops. Authorities believe that a major change would be a massive daily vaccine, treatment or tests.

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6 hours. Over 280,000 dead worldwide. The new coronavirus has killed more than 290,000 people, according to an AFP count. Since its appearance in China, more than 80% of the victims have been in Europe and the United States, according to an assessment made from official sources.