New assessments, new measures, highlights: review of the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
TheItaly recorded a new 24-hour death record on Saturday, with 793 dead, bringing the toll of 4,825 people killed by the coronavirus pandemic in the peninsula in one month, according to figures from civil defense. Italian authorities have announced 6,557 new positive cases, another worrying record. The Milan region, Lombardy (north), where health services are overwhelmed, recorded the vast majority of deaths (546) and half of the new cases.
Army vans italian must be used to transport the remains of coronavirus victims from Bergamo to other cities in the Boot. The Lombard city, hit hard by the pandemic, no longer has many places to bury its dead. Some 70 coffins were taken last night to crematoriums located in other provinces, said the Ansa news agency on Saturday. Almost 90 people died on Friday alone in Bergamo. The province of Lombardy (northern Italy) is the most affected by the epidemic. More than 5,100 people are officially infected and experts take into account a large number of additional unregistered infections.
EUROPE
TheSpain has thrown new resources into the battle against the coronavirus pandemic which killed 32% more on Saturday in 24 hours, and strengthened the containment control of its population. Hundreds of thousands of surgical masks were distributed, new medical hotels to accommodate patients and hundreds of thousands of laboratory kits expected to increase the capacity to test suspected cases. 1,326 deaths were recorded on Saturday, an increase of 32% since Friday.
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In France, the coronavirus epidemic has caused to date the death of 562 patients (112 additional in 24 hours) in France and 6,172 patients are hospitalized, including nearly 1,525 serious cases in intensive care, announced Saturday the Ministry of Health. “We are rapidly evolving towards a generalized epidemic on the territory”, underlined the general direction of Health in a point of situation, by calling to “strictly observe the confinement instructions (and) the barrier measures” such as washing your hands regularly and keeping a minimum distance of one meter between people.
The Scientific Council of the French government will also rule on Monday on the “duration” and “extent” of the confinement of the population in France in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, said Health Minister Olivier Véran on Saturday. (read the full article)
In Alsace, hospitals are already saturated, especially in the Mulhouse region. Health professionals are sometimes faced with a terrible choice: which patient should be treated first?
The Finland announced on Saturday the first death related to coronavirus, an old man who died on Friday at Covid-19. The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) did not provide further details about this patient, described as “elderly” and living in the capital’s region of Helsinski. Authorities have identified 521 people infected to date, but only high-risk patients are being tested, so the actual number of people infected could be 30 times higher, they said.
The UK drastically strengthened its response to the pandemic of new coronavirus on Friday, by ordering the closure of pubs, restaurants, cinemas and sports halls and by taking “unprecedented” social measures to offset the economic effects. For a time accused of inaction, the government adopted more and more stringent provisions over the week, while the progression of the Covid-19 accelerated on British territory, where it has now left 177 dead.
Spain recorded 1,326 deaths from the coronavirus, an increase of 32% in one day, the health ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The number of cases across the country has increased by nearly 25% since Friday, from 19,980 to 24,926.
In Swiss, a border country with Italy, covid-19 disease has killed 43 people. More than 4,800 people have tested positive so far, but Switzerland does not test all suspected cases due to a near-shortage of tests. Switzerland has toughened its measures against the coronavirus on Friday, banning gatherings of more than five people, but it has ruled out any confinement – a measure adopted by other European countries – believing that it was “spectacle politics”.
The Turkey on Saturday imposed total containment on people over 65 or suffering from chronic diseases in order to limit the spread of the new coronavirus on its soil. The last official report published Friday evening reported 670 cases, including nine fatalities, almost double the number of patients the day before.
The Gaza strip holds its breath. Almost completely cut off from the world, the narrow strip of land wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea has not identified any case of new coronavirus yet. But if it does happen, it will be “a huge disaster” (learn more).
AMERICA
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 19,000 cases of coronavirus have been identified in United States, which have more than 220 deaths.
The Brazil declared a state of emergency following the coronavirus pandemic. After the House, the Senate also voted by videoconference on Friday to declare a state of emergency, thereby freeing up resources to fight covid-19. In Brazil, more than 600 people were infected and seven died from the virus.
Argentina has 128 cases of coronavirus and three deaths.
ASIA
Iran An additional 149 deaths from Covid-19 disease were announced on Friday, bringing the official assessment of the new coronavirus epidemic in the country, one of the most affected with Italy and China, to 1,433.
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AFRICA
The Democratic Republic of Congo reported on Saturday a first coronavirus-related death in Kinshasa, the third in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as five new confirmed cases, 23 in total since the announcement of a first case on March 10.
The first two deaths in sub-Saharan Africa were announced at Burkina Faso Wednesday and at Gabon Friday.
The government Senegalese wanted to be firm on Saturday in the fight against the new coronavirus, ruling out “all tolerance” in the face of violators of established rules, including the ban on assemblies, in a country which has reached nearly 60 confirmed cases.
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