The fight against the coronavirus will be long, warns the WHO at a time when impatience is growing in the United States and when Europe is preparing for its deconfinement, against a backdrop of economic worries.
“Make no mistake: we still have a long way to go. This virus will accompany us for a long time,” warned Wednesday the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Geneva.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) particularly fears a relaxation in the fight against this new virus, which has already killed more than 180,000 people worldwide since its appearance in China in December.
“One of the greatest dangers facing us today is complacency” in the face of the pandemic, he insisted, stressing that “the first elements indicate that the major part of the world population remains susceptible” d ‘be contaminated.
AMERICA
The United States recorded 1,738 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours on Wednesday, a drop in number compared to the previous day, according to the Johns Hopkins University count which refers. This daily report brings to 46,583 the total number of deaths recorded since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States, country officially the most bereaved in the world by the Covid-19.
The leading economic power now has more than 839,675 people infected with the virus, according to the count, continuously updated.
EUROPE
With 516 new deaths recorded Thursday, the epidemic of new coronavirus has made 21,856 deaths in France since the beginning of March, but the number of patients hospitalized in intensive care continues its decline, continues for two weeks, according to the general direction of Health.
The epidemic killed 13,547 people in hospitals, or 311 more deaths in 24 hours, and 8,309 in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments (+205), specifies the DGS in a press release.
Spain
Spain surpassed the 22,000 dead mark for the new coronavirus on Thursday after a slight increase in the number of deaths in 24 hours for the third consecutive day, announced the Ministry of Health.
A total of 22,157 people died in Covid-19 in the country, the third most bereaved in the world by the pandemic behind the United States and Italy. In 24 hours, 440 deaths were notified.
Netherlands
The Netherlands has registered 123 new deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll in the country to 4,177, according to figures released Thursday by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Public Health and the Environment ( RIVM). The institute also notified 137 new admissions, bringing the total number to 10,158.
However, the figures are not an exact photograph of the number of deaths and hospitalizations, some deaths and admissions being reported a few days late.
The total number of contamination cases identified rose to 35,729, 887 more than the previous day. Not everyone is tested, the actual number of cases is certainly higher.
Finland
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been placed in administrative segregation and will work from home, an employee of her department had been in contact with a person infected with the new coronavirus, the government said on Thursday. It is a preventive measure, said the office of the Prime Minister.
Neither the Prime Minister nor her employee has any symptoms, but Sanna Marin has still been tested.
UK
The balance sheet of the new coronavirus in the United Kingdom increased Thursday by 616 additional deaths in hospital, less than the previous day (+759), bringing to 18,738 in the country the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic , according to health authorities. According to the Ministry of Health, 138,078 people have tested positive in the country, one of the hardest hit in Europe.
Turkey
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Turkey has passed the 100,000 mark on Thursday, announced the Turkish Minister of Health.
A total of 101,790 cases were recorded in Turkey, according to the same source.
The disease has caused 115 deaths and 3,116 new cases in the past 24 hours, said Minister Fahrettin Koca on his official Twitter account.
A total of 2,491 people died from Covid-19 in Turkey.
A four-day confinement began Thursday in 31 Turkish cities, including Ankara and Istanbul. This attempt to slow the epidemic will last until midnight Sunday.
The government has already taken a series of measures against the pandemic, including the closure of schools and universities, the banning of rallies and the closure of many public spaces and shops including restaurants.
The Turkish Medical Association, which represents 80% of doctors in the country, said on Wednesday that nearly 3,500 healthcare workers had been infected, 24 of whom died
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