At least 1,288,083 dead worldwide
In total, there have been at least 1,288,063 dead since the WHO office in China reported the outbreak of the coronavirus at the end of December.
More than 52,335,705 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed.
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The United States is the most affected country with 242,621 dead, followed by Brazil (164,281 dead), India (128,121 dead), Mexico (96,430 dead), and the United Kingdom (50,365 dead).
In France, 42,960 people have died.
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"Vaccine for all"
Several world leaders, Europeans in the lead, called on Thursday, November 12 at the Paris Forum for access for all to vaccines and treatments against Covid-19, a project for which 28 billion dollars are still missing.
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"We will not win against the virus by abandoning part of humanity,"
said Emmanuel Macron during the third edition of this Forum on Peace, organized this year virtually because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
France: containment rules maintained
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday evening
"the unchanged maintenance of the rules"
of the new confinement started in early November
"at least for the next 15 days"
.
If
“first relief measures”
could take place on December 1, they would be
“strictly limited”
to businesses currently closed, he warned, excluding cafes, restaurants and sports halls.
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Jean Castex judged that the recent downward trend in the number of positive cases for Covid-19 was
"fragile"
and
"to be confirmed"
,
"the peak of the month of April"
in the number of hospitalizations having been exceeded.
According to figures published Thursday evening by Public Health France, 32,654 Covid patients are now hospitalized in France, against 31,918 on Wednesday.
In the spring, the number of hospitalizations had reached a maximum of 32,131 on April 14.
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United States: reconfinement recommended in Chicago
The mayor of Chicago on Thursday called on its 2.7 million residents to stay at home except for essential travel, including work and school, starting Monday.
This is a recommendation, tweeted Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
"Residents are strongly advised not to receive any guests at their homes, to cancel the traditional Thanksgiving holidays, and to avoid traveling,"
also indicates the text published by the city.
In New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that any establishment licensed to sell alcohol, including bars and restaurants, should close at 10 p.m.
In addition, in Washington, an adviser to Donald Trump announced Thursday that he had tested positive for Covid-19, joining several members of the entourage of the US president infected with the coronavirus since the election on November 3.
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Germany: signs of improvement
Germany, which has closed its bars, restaurants and many public facilities for a month, is experiencing
“first signs”
of an improvement in the curve of infections with the new coronavirus, the Robert Koch health watch institute said Thursday.
"The curve is flattening"
, according to the director of the Institute, Lothar Wieler, without questioning the need for restrictive measures.
Lebanon: the threshold of 100,000 cases crossed
Lebanon crossed the threshold of 100,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday as the country prepares to reconfigure itself until the end of November.
The Ministry of Health has identified a total of 100,703 cases of infections since the start of the epidemic in February, including 775 deaths in this country of approximately six million inhabitants.
