Donald Trump bans travelers from Brazil

The pandemic due to the new coronavirus has killed at least 343,211 people worldwide since its appearance in December in China, according to a report established by Agence France-presse (AFP) from official sources Sunday at 9 p.m. Paris).

More than 5,362,160 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic. This number of diagnosed cases, however, only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections, with a large number of countries only testing cases requiring hospital care. Among these cases, at least 2,079,300 are now considered cured.

The most affected countries are:

• The United States with 97,686 deaths for 1.64 million cases,
• the United Kingdom with 36,793 deaths for 259,559 cases,
• Italy with 32,785 deaths (229,858 cases),
• Spain with 28,752 dead (235,772 cases),
• and France with 28,367 deaths (182,584 cases).

• Trump bans travelers from Brazil

While he is pleading for deconfinement in the territory, the American president has prohibited travelers from Brazil from entering the United States, the White House announced. Non-Americans who have visited Brazil in the 14 days preceding their request to enter the United States will not be accepted, said a statement from Kayleigh McEnany, spokesperson for the US presidency. Trade is not affected by these measures.

“Today’s decision will help ensure that foreigners who have gone to Brazil do not become a source of further contamination in our country”she said.

• Latin America hit hard

The epidemic has claimed more than 40,000 lives in Latin America and the Caribbean since its inception, according to an AFP count on official data. With 22,666 deaths and 363,211 confirmed cases, Brazil is by far the country most affected by Covid-19. Despite these figures, President Jair Bolsonaro participated in a rally on Sunday with his supporters, defying health standards and the rules of social distancing. The head of state presented himself in front of the presidential palace in Brasilia with a white mask on his face, but quickly removed it to greet the crowd, shake hands and hug his supporters.

The epidemic is spreading throughout Latin America. Zulia State, west of Venezuela, thus closed the open-air market in Maracaibo (Las Pulgas), which the authorities consider to be the“Epicenter” contagion to the coronavirus in the region.

• Relaxation of measures

Sign of a careful deconfinement to United States, beaches have reopened in New York and New Jersey, neighboring states that have been most affected by the epidemic. Between them, they counted 40% of the nearly 100,000 dead in the United States.

In Greece, restaurants, cafes and bars will reopen; when it comes to swimming pools and sports centers in Rome (Italy), outdoor swimming pools in Berlin (Germany), as well as beaches and terraces in Madrid and Barcelona (Spain).

In South Africa, a series of measures will be applied from 1^er June, including the lifting of a curfew, the reopening of most businesses and the authorization of the sale of alcohol.

Flexibility is also effective in the sports field. So the government British authorized the passage to the “Phase 2” the resumption of sports competition plan, which authorizes contact training and in particular brings the Premier League closer to a recovery expected in June.

In Spain, La Liga boss Javier Tebas hopes to resume on Thursday 11 June with the Sevillian derby. If this is not possible, the recovery will take place “The 12, the 13 or even the 14”, he added, adding that the official date would be communicated ” at the beginning of next week “.

The Alpine Skiing World Championships, scheduled for February 2021 in Cortina d´Ampezzo (Italy), should however be postponed to March 2022, pleaded Giovanni Malago, the president of the Italian Olympic Committee, on the Rai2 channel.

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