A “curve that begins its descent” in Italy, “the pressure which decreases” in Spain and the number of deaths falling in France and for the first time in Belgium the number of people who left the hospital over a day is greater than the number of new admissions: hope for improvement on the front of the coronavirus pandemic was born Sunday in Europe, at a time when the United States is sinking into the crisis.
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-In Italyauthorities have recorded in the last twenty-four hours 525 deaths, the lowest number in more than two weeks. “The curve has started to descend,” said the boss of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro. The drop in the number of dead “is a very important fact”, in a country which has paid, with a total of more than 16,000 dead, a terrible tribute to the pandemic born in December in China, before contaminating the planet.
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-In Spain: the 674 deaths recorded on Sunday marked the third consecutive day of decline in the macabre statistics. By Thursday, it had reached 950 dead.
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-In France: 357 deaths were recorded Sunday, the lowest number in a week.
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-In Belgium: the number of people who left the hospital in one day is greater than the number of new admissions due to infection with the new coronavirus. In the past 24 hours, 504 people were allowed to leave the hospital and 499 were hospitalized, it emerges Sunday from the daily epidemiological bulletin of Sciensano.
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“Horrible” week to expect in the USA
-In the USA where the figures for contamination and the number of deaths explode, the authorities expect a “horrible” week. “Next week will be a time like Pearl Harbor, like September 11, except that it will not be localized, it will be nationwide,” warned federal public health administrator Jerome Adams.
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New York, literally ravaged by the virus, counts its dead and calls for help. “Doctors, nurses, respiratory specialists … to all those who are not already in the battle: we need you,” launched the Democratic Mayor of the city Bill de Blasio.
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New York State, epicenter in the epicenter, announced Sunday 594 deaths in 24 hours, for a total of 4,159. The gravity of the situation in the country has led Joe Biden, candidate with the best chances of winning the Democratic nomination for the White House, to consider for this summer the possibility of a convention of his party without audience.
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