Europe is waking up and trying to gently turn the page on containment. After the reopening of cafes on Tuesday in France and the lifting of travel restrictions, Italy is reopening its borders this Wednesday. But the epidemic continues to kill, especially in Latin America where its progression remains very important. Brazil thus crossed Tuesday, June 2 the bar of 30,000 dead.
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This Wednesday, the Covid-19 had killed 377,213 dead worldwide since its appearance in December in China, according to a report established at 7 p.m. by Agence France Presse. The countries with the most new deaths are the United States with 986 new deaths, Brazil (623) and the United Kingdom (324).
- Decline in hospitalizations in France
France recorded 107 additional deaths linked to the coronavirus, according to the daily assessment of the Directorate General of Health (DGS) published Tuesday, June 2. A total of 28,940 people have succumbed to Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic, including 18,590 in hospitals and 10,350 in medico-social establishments, in particular the accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad).
The number of patients hospitalized for a Covid-19 infection continues to decline, falling within 24 hours from 14,288 to 14,028 patients, 260 fewer. As for the evolution of the number of contaminations since the beginning of the epidemic, the Public Health agency France posted Tuesday evening a total of positive cases in decline of 766 cases in 24 hours, to 151.325.
- Deconfinement continues in Europe
“ The reopening of cafes, hotels and restaurants marks the return of happy days! "Hailed Emmanuel Macron on Twitter. The quasi-return to normal continues: the French were able to drink their coffee on the terrace on Tuesday and tourist highlights such as the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao (Spain), the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul or the Colosseum in Rome have cautiously reopened.
The grand bazaar in Istanbul has reopened. UMIT BEKTAS / REUTERS
- Italy reopens borders to save tourism industry
Italy reopens its borders to European tourists Wednesday June 3, a month after the gradual resumption of activity in the country which hopes to approach the summer to save its tourism industry, a key sector of its economy undermined by the pandemic .
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But tourist sites, such as hoteliers and restaurateurs, fear that tourists will not be there this year. Italy was one of the European countries most affected by the pandemic, the coronavirus killed more than 33,500 people there.
The Colosseum has reopened its doors YARA NARDI / REUTERS
- Brazil, the American epicenter of the epidemic
With the milestone of 30,000 dead crossed in Brazil, the coronavirus continues its meteoric progression in Latin America. The Latin American giant of 212 million inhabitants on Tuesday June 2 recorded a daily record of deaths due to the virus, bringing to 31,199 the number of deaths, for 555,383 confirmed patients of Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Demonstration against the politics of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on June 2, 2020. MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP
These figures, which the scientific community considers grossly undervalued, place Brazil in 4th place in the world for the dead, behind the United States - which remains by far the hardest hit country with 106,180 dead - the United Kingdom ( 39.369) and Italy (33.530).
The virus continues to spread there at high speed on the continent: Colombia, bordering on Brazil, has exceeded 1000 deaths less than three months after the detection of the first case of contagion; Mexico, which is also starting to resume its economic activity, has more than 10,000 and Peru deplores more than 4,600.
