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Coronavirus: update on the pandemic in the world

2020-04-04T11:36:28.941Z



New assessments, new measures, highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic, which killed more than 59,000 people worldwide.

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  • Over a million cases

According to a count made by AFP on Saturday around 10:00 GMT from official sources, the number of cases of contamination by the new coronavirus exceeded 1.12 million, including more than 59,000 deaths, in 190 countries and territories.

Italy is the most bereaved country, with 14,681 officially registered deaths, ahead of Spain (11,744 deaths), the United States (7,159), France (6,507) and the United Kingdom (3,605).

  • First case in the Falklands

The Falkland Islands, a British territory in the South Atlantic over which Argentina claims sovereignty, announced their first case on Friday.

  • Tribute to the dead in China

Solemn meditation, flags at half-mast, distractions canceled: China observes on Saturday a day of national mourning in tribute to the more than 3,300 people officially dead from Covid-19.

Out of respect for the deceased, the country banned public leisure activities on Saturday. Even some Chinese online video games are inaccessible.

  • Food shortages

The pandemic threatens shortages of hundreds of millions of people worldwide, mostly in Africa, who depend on food imports and exports to pay for them, the UN has warned.

  • Unemployment, recession

According to the Asian Development Bank, the pandemic could cost the world economy between 2,000 and 4,100 billion dollars, or 2.3% to 4.8% of world GDP.

The US economy suffered in March from the first effects of the crisis with an unemployment rate leaping to 4.4% and 701,000 jobs destroyed, according to the Labor Department.

Latin America is entering a period of " deep economic recession ", according to a UN agency.

  • Half of mankind confined

At least 3.9 billion people, or half the world's population, are called or forced to stay home to fight the spread of Covid-19 in more than 90 countries or territories, according to an AFP count .

  • No vacation departures

In France, the government has announced that an " exceptional system " of 160,000 police and gendarmes has been put in place to prevent departures on vacation and to enforce confinement.

  • Possible transmission by air

In the United States, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and President Donald Trump's adviser on the epidemic, spoke of reports that " the virus can actually be transmitted when people just talk, rather than just when they sneeze or cough ”.

Donald Trump announced soon after that health officials were now advising Americans to cover their faces outside.

  • Order of " confiscated " masks

An order for 200,000 protective masks for the Berlin police has been " confiscated " in Bangkok, said Berlin authorities, who suspect US intervention.

Presidents of French regions had already accused Americans of " bidding " and depriving them of masks that China would have undertaken to sell to France. Washington denied any intervention by the federal state.

  • " A little hope "

The latest official data in Germany gives " a little hope, " said Chancellor Angela Merkel, however, it was premature to relax the restrictive measures.

For UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, " the worst is yet to come " in countries in conflict. He reiterated his call for ceasefires all over the world.

  • Elisabeth II will speak

Queen Elisabeth II will speak on Sunday, her fourth extraordinary intervention in 68 years of reign.

Source: lefigaro

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