16 people in Peru died of wrong Corona remedy

The corona situation worldwide: In Peru, people want to protect themselves - and die. Infected people are to be monitored in Ecuador.

• The corona virus * spreads worldwide. It probably originated in China.
• A report by the US intelligence service has raised serious allegations against the Chinese government.
• Our guide through reporting: Latest case numbers, symptoms and possible protective measures *.

Update of April 4, 2020, 9:31 am: Because they believed the propaganda about an alleged corona cure, at least 16 people died in a remote area of Peru . You have consumed a drink adulterated with alcohol that is said to help fight Covid-19 infection. This was reported by the official news agency Andina and referred to the local health authorities.

The victims of propaganda suffered from symptoms of poisoning after ingesting the drink. The alcoholic beverages have now been confiscated by the police. These were sold in an "establishment of dubious reputation", as the message says. So far, almost 1,600 have been infected with the corona virus in Peru, and 61 people have died.

Corona: infected people in Ecuador should be technically monitored

However, according to the government, almost half of those infected with corona in neighboring Ecuador do not comply with the prescribed quarantine. Head of state Lenín Moreno therefore announced that he would like to technically monitor those affected in the future. There are currently more than 3300 infected and 145 deaths in Ecuador.

Corona: Situation in South Korea stabilizes - country is seen as a role model in the fight against Corona

Update 4:40 p.m .: Recently the number of new infections in South Korea decreased , on Thursday only 86 people infected with the coronavirus were registered. South Korea is seen as a role model for other countries in the fight against the spread of the virus. Despite the decline in new infections, the number of cases recorded rose to just over 10,000, so far 174 Covid-19 patients have died. Based on the population of 51.4 million, both values ​​are comparatively low.

At times, South Korea was hit hardest by the outbreak of the novel virus, but the peak of infection was at the end of February when more than 900 new infections were registered daily. In March the daily number dropped significantly. According to the South Korean authorities, the number of new cases has stabilized at around 100 per day.

Due to a mass outbreak among followers of a Christian sect, the southeastern city of Daegu is particularly in focus. So far, more than half of all infections have been reported here.

Coronavirus: Heiko Maas criticizes disinformation "also from the Russian sphere"

Update 3:33 p.m .: Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas believes that fake news campaigns against the EU related to the corona virus are also coming from Russia . The EU must deal with deliberate and organized disinformation - "also from the Russian sphere" - said the SPD politician on Friday after a video switch with his EU colleagues. "We have agreed that we want to fight the controlled distribution of fake news much more aggressively."

China and Russia in particular are accused of spreading disinformation in the corona crisis. The EU Commission had recently complained that Kremlin-related media would spread the narrative of an unsolidarian EU and fail to deal with the pandemic.

Update of April 3, 2020, 11:02 a.m .: "Shoot them dead" - in German: "Shoot them dead" - the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called for a speech on Wednesday evening to the security forces of his country. The background to this shocking statement: Duterte is instructing his forces to shoot rioters during the curfew imposed by the Corona crisis . "My orders to the police and military are: If there is trouble or fighting and your life is in danger, shoot them," he said in his speech. He further threatened: "Instead of causing trouble, I'll send you to the grave."

Currently, about half of the 110 million Philippines are curfewed . Among them are many people who live in great poverty and who have now lost their jobs due to the strict restrictions. Shortly before Duterte's speech, about two dozen people were arrested in a poor neighborhood in the Philippine capital of Manila after protests against the government. They had accused the government of not providing food aid to the poor.

Coronavirus: Amnesty International sharply criticizes Duterte's threats - police chief appeases

Human rights organizations such as Amnesty International sharply criticized Duterte's statements . They also urged the government to provide urgently needed relief supplies instead of threatening violence. "Fatal, uncontrolled violence should never be given in response to an emergency like the coronavirus pandemic," said Amnesty International.

The day after Dutertes speech, the Philippine police chief Archie Gamboa appeased . The officials would not shoot troublemakers. The president only exaggerated to make it clear that the law had to be observed in these times of crisis. According to official figures, 2,311 cases of infection and 96 deaths have been reported in the Philippines. However, the authorities have only just started to test extensively on Covid-19. An increase in the infection rate is therefore expected.

First report from April 3, 2020:

Beijing / Washington - While the US government has its hands full * and the United States is suffering badly from the corona pandemic, the country is apparently researching the origin of the disease in the Far East. A U.S. intelligence report has surfaced. It raises doubts about the number of cases and deaths reported by the Chinese government .

China has hidden the extent of the coronavirus outbreak , the New York news portal Bloomberg summarizes the report. Three officials, whose names should not be mentioned, released the actually secret information , it is said.

Coronavirus: China Intentionally Reporting Incorrectly? Serious allegation by the US intelligence service

The Chinese government's reports are deliberately incomplete, they accuse the Middle Kingdom. Two of the US officials even speak of falsified numbers .

The White House has already received the documents, it is said. But that directly contradicts US President Donald Trump . The reports from China appeared to him to be beautiful anyway , but he had not received a report from his secret service, the former businessman * says.

US Vice President scolds China: "We could have been better off"

"The truth is that China could have been better off if China had been more communicative," complains Vice President Mike Pence on CNN , maybe even a month earlier, knew the outbreak was actually in China . "

"The Chinese Communist Party Will Continue Lying": Senator's Violent Accusation

Republican Senator Ben Sasse is made even clearer when asked about the report. "The claim that there are more corona deaths in the USA than in China is wrong, " he says, "without commenting on secret information, one thing is painfully obvious: the Chinese Communist Party has lied , lies and continues to be told about it Corona virus lie to protect the regime. "

While Donald Trump promises that the US-China trade pact will not suffer and Beijing will spend $ 250 billion on American products, the serious allegations do not go unmentioned, of course.

Coronavirus: US doubts figures from China - press chief counters allegation

Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Chinese state newspaper The Global Times , said the conclusions that the US intelligence agency was simply trying to divert attention from the skyrocketing death toll in the United States . It was impossible to falsify data about an incident that attracted so much attention. The government immediately restricted the death toll in Hubei province by bringing doctors and medical supplies to the region.

By the way: You can also find out how to sew your own face mask at Merkur.de *.

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