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Spaniards flock to Europe as European countries ease blockades
Spaniards took to the streets to run, bike and skate for the first time after 48 days of confinement on Saturday, as some European nations cautiously eased coronavirus blockades, while Russia reported a sudden surge in infections.
As governments weigh up how to lift restrictions to restart economies against the risk of further outbreaks, US authorities have brought some hope by approving an experimental drug for emergency use in patients with coronavirus.
The decision was the last step in a global push to find treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus, which left half of humanity under some form of blockade and pushed the world economy into its worst recession since the Great Depression in the decade. from 1930.
The virus has now killed more than 241,000 people worldwide, according to an AFP count of official figures, and infected 3.4 million since it first emerged in China late last year.
– AFP
Military planes fly over American cities to greet frontline workers
Military aircraft flew over U.S. cities on Saturday to greet frontline workers in the country with the highest number of cases of coronavirus deaths and deaths in the world.
Residents of the nation’s capital Washington, as well as Baltimore and Atlanta, enjoyed views of the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds crossing the sky.
Crowds flocked to the National Mall to watch planes fly in formation at past sites such as the United States Capitol and the Washington Monument.
Most of the attendees appeared to be following social distancing rules, and many wore facial masks.
– AFP
Coronavirus wiping out the massive prison population in the US USA
A massive wave of coronavirus infections is affecting the world’s largest prison population in the United States, even as officials begin to open up their economies, saying the disease has stalled.
A prison in Marion, Ohio has become the most infected institution in the entire country, with more than 80% of its nearly 2,500 inmates and 175 employees on top of that, testing positive for Covid-19.
Deaths from coronavirus are on the rise in prisons and correctional facilities across the country, and officials have few options: they cannot force adequate distance in crowded cells and face a shortage of medical personnel and personal protective equipment everywhere.
The threat to the US prison population of 2.3 million people was seen last week with the death of Andrea Circle Bear, a 30-year-old Native American woman from South Dakota.
Pregnant when she was admitted to a Texas federal prison in March on drug charges, she soon fell ill with the disease and was put on a respirator and delivered by cesarean section.
She remained on the ventilator and died weeks later.
– AFP
Las Vegas ravaged by viruses as casinos clamor to reopen
A handful of cars drove past the mysteriously quiet hotels and casinos, closed since mid-March, while a handful of tourists gathered next to the “Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas” sign to take photos.
But underneath the tranquility of the famous Strip, Sin City is in crisis.
A tug-of-war has emerged between the need for security during the coronavirus pandemic and the survival of the gambling capital’s tourism industry, which some casino operators fear will never be the same.
Representing some 60,000 casino and hotel workers, Local 226 of the Nevada Culinary Union has laid off 98% of its members, according to secretary-treasurer Geoconda Arguello-Kline.
At least 12 union members have died from the Covid-19 outbreak, out of Nevada’s total deaths of 243.
Argüello-Kline said the union fully supports Nevada governor Steve Sisolak’s decision to extend the blockade until at least May 15.
“He is doing what he can to protect us,” he said. “I know it is difficult for people, but if you lose your life, you have lost what is most important.”
But the length of the shutdown, and if necessary, has sparked a heated debate in Las Vegas.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman called the closure “crazy” and called for the reopening of the city.
Last month, Goodman faced a national backlash after a controversial television interview with CNN presenter Anderson Cooper.
In a statement released last week, Goodman, who still enjoys the support of many Las Vegas residents eager to return to work, emphasized the need to reopen in the “safest” way.
– AFP
US Coronavirus Deaths Increase 1,435 in 24 Hours: Johns Hopkins
Deaths from coronavirus in the United States increased by 1,435 in the past 24 hours, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University, which brought the total number of deaths to more than 66,000.
The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.1 million cases across the country at 8:30 PM Saturday (00:30 GMT Sunday), with 66,224 deaths, a 2% increase from the previous day.
The United States has by far the highest number of deaths of any country in the global pandemic.
– AFP
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