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Coronavirus: over 800 thousand deaths worldwide

2020-08-22T13:10:20.832Z


WHO, less than two years to defeat the pandemic (ANSA)To date, there are more than 800 thousand deaths from coronavirus in the world, according to a count from the AFP. The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Germany has surpassed 2,000. Official sources report it. WHO, less than two years to defeat the pandemic - Less than two years to defeat the pandemic. It is the hope, more than a forecast, of the World Health Organization when the coronavi...


To date, there are more than 800 thousand deaths from coronavirus in the world, according to a count from the AFP. The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Germany has surpassed 2,000. Official sources report it.

WHO, less than two years to defeat the pandemic - Less than two years to defeat the pandemic. It is the hope, more than a forecast, of the World Health Organization when the coronavirus, 8 months after its appearance in China, has already caused almost 800,000 deaths and over 22 million infections worldwide. In his usual briefing from Geneva, WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, recalled that the previous pandemic, the Spanish flu of 1918, lasted - in fact - two years. "Today the virus moves faster because connections have increased - he explained -, but at the same time we have more technology and knowledge to stop it". Meanwhile, the United States (over 5.6 million infections), Brazil (3.5 million) and India (almost 3 million) remain the countries most affected by Covid-19, while in Europe the daily data that cause concern they come from France. After yesterday's peak, Paris today recorded another 4,586 infections and 23 deaths: numbers not seen since the lockdown. The same thing in Spain, which for days has fluctuated around 3,500 new cases every day: the latest figure speaks of 3,650 infections in 24 hours and 25 new deaths in the country, an important tourist destination now declared a red zone by most European partners. Without imposing new lockdowns, the community of Madrid has nevertheless returned to invite the population to stay at home in the areas with the greatest number of infections. And as the world prepares to reopen schools amid the uncertainties and fears of children, teachers and parents, WHO recommends - in the new guidelines drawn up with Unicef ​​- that children over 12 wear masks just like adults, that is, "when they cannot guarantee a distance of at least one meter from others and where there is widespread transmission". Finally, the UN agency has harshly condemned the cases of corruption that have occurred around the protection materials from the virus: it is "murder", stigmatized Tedros Ghebreyesus. "If healthcare workers find themselves working without personal protective equipment, they risk their lives and also put the lives of the people they care for at risk," he said. "It's a crime and it's murder. And it has to stop."

Source: ansa

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