Posted on Apr 10, 2020, 6:58 a.m.Updated on Apr 10, 2020 at 3:19 p.m.
Approaching the symbolic bar of 100,000 Covid-19 deaths worldwide (for more than 1.6 million contaminations), the international community is seeking economic and diplomatic responses to the pandemic, which threatens a global recession a world largely in confinement. In Brussels, the European finance ministers finally agreed on a common economic response after several weeks of deadlock.
From a health standpoint, there are some signs that the pandemic is slowing down in some of the most affected countries. In the United States, the last daily report amounted to 1,783 deaths, lower than that of the previous day (+1,973 deaths). The curve is close to reversing in Spain, while in France, the balance between admissions and discharges of intensive care patients in the past 24 hours is negative (-82) for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
The main information to remember
> Europeans agree on an economic response to 500 billion
> “We will have to make efforts” to reduce France’s debt, warned Bruno Le Maire
> First signs of a slowdown in the pandemic in France
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Follow the events of this Friday April 10:
> The funeral operator at Rungis “will bear all costs”
“The OGF group does not want to add to the pain of the families and announces that it will bear all the costs relating to this temporary funeral home, from this day until its closure,” he wrote in a press release. . This announcement comes at a time when the group was the subject of criticism of the prices charged. OGF denounces in a press release “a completely unjustified and inappropriate controversy”.
> 115 more dead in the Netherlands
The coronavirus epidemic has killed 115 more people in one day for a total of 2,511 recorded in the country to date. The number of confirmed cases of contamination rose in the space of 24 hours to 23,097, or 1,335 more cases, said the National Institute of Public Health in its daily update.
> Putin will speak to Trump about coronavirus cooperation soon
The Russian president, during a videoconference with astronauts and cosmonauts from the International Space Station, considered that the quality of the Russian-American space partnership should serve as a model against the coronavirus.
“This is an example of an effective partnership between our countries for the benefit of humanity,” said Vladimir Putin. “In the same way, we try to organize our work in the face of current problems […] by that I mean the fight against the pandemic and the situation on international markets, “he added. “Yesterday, we discussed these problems with the President of the United States and other discussions on this subject await us,” he said.
> EU summit on 23 April devoted to economic recovery
The President of the European Council Charles Michel convened a European summit by videoconference on April 23, devoted to the economic recovery of the Union, hit hard by the pandemic of coronavirus. “It is time to lay the foundations for a strong economic recovery,” he said in a statement, the day after an agreement by European ministers on a joint response to the crisis, which he described as ” significant breakthrough ”.
> European ministers call for “green” post-Covid recovery
Eleven European environment ministers have called for post-epidemic coronavirus recovery plans to take into account environmental and climate issues. “We should prepare to rebuild our economies by introducing stimulus packages designed to give Europe and its citizens renewed and sustainable progress and prosperity,” they write in a text published by climatechangenews.com.
“We must resist the temptation of short-term solutions in response to the current crisis that risk locking the EU into a fossil fuel economy for decades,” they warn.
> Fifty cases positive for coronavirus on board the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier
The tests carried out on board the French aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle confirmed fifty cases positive for the coronavirus, announced the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, specifying that three sailors had been evacuated “as a preventive measure” by air towards Toulon via Lisbon .
France had announced Wednesday the return of this flagship of the French army to Toulon faster than expected because of the presence on board of forty sailors with symptoms compatible with those of the coronavirus.
> Coronavirus: jump in deaths in Belgium
The number of deaths caused by the covid-19 pandemic has jumped in Belgium with 3,019 deaths, according to the latest official report. 496 new deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, including 171 recorded between March 18 and March 31 in retirement homes in Flanders.
In Spain, the daily number of deaths was again Friday with 605 dead in the past 24 hours, for a total of 15,843 since the start of the epidemic. The death toll was 683 Thursday and 757 Wednesday.
> Airbus suspends plans to open a new A321 assembly line in Toulouse
The project had been unveiled in January when the European aircraft manufacturer was struggling to follow record orders for its A321, assembled at the German site in Hamburg.
“Our plans on an A321 line in Toulouse are on hiatus, suspended,” confirmed an Airbus spokesperson to AFP, specifying that they will be “reconnected” when orders resume.
> Patient evacuations continue
Nearly 50 coronavirus patients were being transferred Friday morning from Ile-de-France to New Aquitaine, during a new evacuation operation intended to relieve hospitals in Ile-de-France, a source cited by the AFP.
This number “may have to change during the day” depending on the state of health of patients, transfers can only be made for patients “stabilized”, said this source.
> The Korian Ehpad severely struck
The Korian group has recorded 356 deaths linked to the coronavirus in its retirement homes in France, its director general Sophie Boissard said on Friday.
“Among the 23,000 people who live in one of our retirement homes in France, we count to date since March 1, 356 people who died, either that they had the coronavirus, or that we think that they had it, “she said, citing an” unprecedented challenge. “
> New record coronavirus surge in Russia
With 1,786 additional confirmed cases, Russia has experienced the strongest outbreak to date of the coronavirus epidemic in the past 24 hours, the National Center for Health Crisis Management announced on Friday.
The country now has 11,917 cases of contamination with SARS-CoV-2. The previous daily report, Thursday, already marked a record in the spread of the virus.
> The confinement in Italy should be prolonged
The Italian government has decided to extend the containment measures which expired April 13 until May 3, Italian media quoted union sources as saying on Friday.
This decision, still not official but which should be adopted in the very short term, was announced Thursday afternoon during a meeting between several members of the government, including Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and representatives of various unions, also both workers and employers.
> François-Henri Pinault lowers his fixed salary
François-Henri Pinault, the president and chief executive officer of Kering, decided to reduce his fixed salary by 25% from April 1 and until the end of the year in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on economic activity, the luxury group announced in a press release published on Friday.
In addition, François-Henri Pinault and the deputy managing director, Jean-François-Palus, have renounced all of their annual variable compensation for 2020, adds the press release.
> Bruno Le Maire puts pressure on insurers
The French government expects insurers to make an “additional effort” in their contribution to the current crisis, calling on them in particular to take advantage of the decrease in the number of traffic accidents linked to confinement to return money to the insured, said Friday Bruno Le Maire.
“Insurers have already made a lot of effort,” recalled the Minister of Economy and Finance on Europe 1, stressing that they had contributed up to 200 million euros to the Solidarity Fund. “But what the Prime Minister told them is that in this very special period, an extra effort was needed,” he added, referring to a meeting held Thursday evening by teleconference with actors from the sector.
> Arm wrestling stretched between WHO and Taiwan
Supported by Chinese power, the head of the World Health Organization accuses Taiwan of having fueled a racist campaign against him. The Taipei authorities firmly deny and call on them to dare to “resist pressure from China”.
Despite its proximity to China and the importance of trade flows between the two territories, Taiwan has so far recorded only 380 Covid-19 contaminations and only five deaths linked to viral pneumonia.
> Bruno Le Maire worried about French debt
The choice of debt is temporary to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic and “we will have to make efforts” to reduce France’s debt once this health crisis has passed, said Bruno Le Maire this morning.
> Renault prefers the scenario of a loan from the State
Renault is not in the perspective of a temporary nationalization by the French State to overcome the crisis linked to the new coronavirus and is rather working on the idea of guaranteed bank loans, the amount of which could be of the order of four to five billion euros, said Friday the president of the automaker, Jean-Dominique Senard.
> Sanofi cautious about the efficacy of chloroquine
The pharmaceutical group on Friday that it is not yet possible at this stage to “draw any conclusion” on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Covid-19.
The laboratory adds that it has committed to give 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to nearly 50 countries in the world and calls for the coordination of all the actors in the chain to allow the continuity of supply of this drug.
> How distributors are coping with the peak of online sales
Reinforced teams, new warehouses, new collection points, extended working hours, robots, multiple partnerships: food brands are multiplying so as not to be overtaken by the rush of the French towards delivery and drive. The drive now exceeds 10% of market share.
> Uber orders millions of masks for its drivers
The drivers who work with the American giant, whose activity continues to be considered essential, will be distributed with protective equipment in the coming days. Uber has started equipping New York drivers.
> Île-de-France hospitals fear a second wave
The AP-HP is concerned, in an internal document, about the prospect of a “second wave coming from the Ehpad or places of incarceration”. The right to hospitalization of residents of medico-social establishments, guaranteed by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, indeed suggests new arrivals, linked to old contaminations. However, the intensive care services continue to fill up with Covid-19 patients.
> A first case reported in Yemen
The announcement comes after a midday ceasefire started in the country on Thursday at the initiative of the Saudi-led coalition, which has intervened militarily in Yemen since 2015 against Iranian-backed Houthi Shiite rebels. .
> OAN, the American channel that benefits from Trump and the coronavirus
One America News is, along with Fox News, Donald Trump’s favorite TV channel. Ultra-conservative, it has gained new notoriety with its coverage of the crisis. Conspiracy theories, defense of Russian politics, anti-abortion stances: his style is out of place.
> More than 113,000 cases and 2,300 deaths in Germany
The German balance now stands at 113,525 contaminations and 2,373 deaths, according to data published this Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. This represents 5,323 cases of contamination and 266 additional deaths in one day, according to the report reported by the RKI.
> Europeans agree on a response to 500 billion
After a first unsuccessful meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, then tense exchanges, the European Ministers of Finance finally managed to agree on the night of Thursday to Friday on a common economic response to the economic disaster caused by the pandemic of Covid-19 . Common ground has been found with the Netherlands in particular, which has long been adamant.
“The meeting ended with the applause of the ministers,” announced on Twitter the spokesman for Mario Centeno, the president of the Eurogroup. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire hailed an “excellent agreement”, including “500 billion euros available immediately” and “a stimulus fund to come”. The deal “marks an important day for the EU,” he said.
> 400 French returnees from Peru
These French nationals took off from Lima Thursday evening aboard an Air France plane, bound for Paris. German, Danish, Spanish and Belgian nationals are also on the trip.
“A total of 1,300 French people have been repatriated [depuis le Pérou] so far, thanks to five flights since March 22, “said French Ambassador to Lima Antoine Grassin to AFP.
> 1,783 additional deaths in the United States
This daily toll, lower than that of the previous day (+1,973 dead), brings to 16,478 the total number of deaths recorded in the United States, the country most bereaved in the world by the pandemic after Italy.
New York State is still by far the main focus of the American epidemic, with more than 7,000 dead. It has registered another record increase in the past 24 hours (+799), but the number of new hospitalizations has never been so low, said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday.
> Boris Johnson out of intensive care
“The Prime Minister has been transferred from intensive care to another department of the hospital, where he will be placed under close surveillance during the initial phase of his recovery,” the spokesman for the British leader said in a statement on Thursday. Assuring: “His morale is extremely good. “
> First signs of a slowdown in the pandemic in France
France has recorded 12,210 deaths linked to the coronavirus since March 1, including 8,044 in hospitals and 4,166 in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments. For the second consecutive day, the death toll is down, with 424 deaths reported.
The total number of severe resuscitation cases is 7,066. For the first time, the balance between admissions and discharges of intensive care patients in the past 24 hours is negative (-82), observed the director general of health, Jérôme Salomon, Thursday in his daily update.
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