The number of people in the world infected with coronavirus has reached five million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The BBC reports it. The death toll is currently 328,172.
UNITED STATES - The number of coronavirus victims in the United States is rising again, 1,561 in the last 24 hours according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In all, 93,416 deaths have occurred in the US since the start of the pandemic and 1,551,102 cases of infection.
BRAZIL - Covid-19's new infections in the last 24 hours in Brazil are the record number of 19,951. This was announced by the Ministry of Health, stating that the total rises to 291,579 cases. There have been 888 victims today, thus increasing the total budget to 18,859.
LATIN AMERICA - On the decisive push of Brazil, which is about to contend with Russia for the role of second country for the number of infections after the United States, the coronavirus pandemic today recorded 606,271 infected in Latin America, 33,386 of whom died due of the coronavirus. This is what emerges from a statistic elaborated by ANSA on the basis of the data diffused on 34 among Latin American nations and territories. With the nearly 20,000 new cases of the latest report released by the health authorities, Brazil currently records 291,579 infections, of which 18,859 entered the calculation of the dead. Peru follows, which totals 104,020 infected and 3,024 dead, and then Mexico (54,346 and 5,666). Chile (53,617 and 544), Ecuador (34,854 and 2,888), Colombia (117,687 and 630), Dominican Republic (13,477 and 446), Panama (9,867 and 281) and Argentina (8,809 and 394)
CHINA - Wuhan opts for the turnaround and prohibits hunting and consumption of wild animal meat for 5 years. In a note posted on social networks, the epicenter city in China of the Covid-19 pandemic decided on the squeeze which also includes the illegal trade in wild animals. The new rules, in force with immediate effect and structured on 10 points, aim to make licensing more difficult for anyone aiming to breed, hunt or sell wild animals. In the aftermath of the crisis, the government decided on a temporary ban on wildlife trade in Wuhan's Huanan market, suspected of being at the origin of the infection. The new regulation, among other things, protects endangered fauna, prohibits hunting of wild animals, supervises the breeding of wild animals and strengthens advertising and education to protect wildlife. China has stepped up its crackdown on illegal hunting and wildlife exploitation since February, under the direction of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
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