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The planet crossed the threshold of 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, while the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “fatigue from the pandemic” endangers the fight against covid-19 and urged to remain vigilant, follow directions, and follow precautionary measures.
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According to the Johns Hopkins University count, at least 301,370 people have died from covid-19, more than 4’420.000 have been infected and more than 1.570.000 have recovered.
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The United States – whose president, Donald Trump, affirmed this Thursday that he does not rule out “breaking all relations” with China – remains the country with the most deaths in the world, with 85,489 deaths. This is followed by the United Kingdom (33,692), Italy (31,368), France (27,428) and Spain (27,321).
Likewise, the United States leads the list of countries that have reported the most cases of covid-19 (1,411,466). In second place is Russia (252,245) and in third, the United Kingdom (234,431). Then there are Italy (223,096) and Brazil (197,838). The latter is the only Latin American among the ten nations with the most cases in the world. In fact, it is also the one that has reported the most deaths in the region (13,618).
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Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, a country that is the epicenter of coronavirus in the region.
In Africa, the pandemic has not wreaked as much havoc as feared and has left less than 2,500 dead. But there are more and more indications that this figure is much lower than the real one. The significant increase in unexplained deaths in northern Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, The fear of a great spread of the coronavirus in this region increases.
As the coronavirus numbers continue to grow, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said: “Restriction fatigue threatens the valuable gains we have made against the virus. The distrust of the authorities, the theories of conspiracy and fueling movements contrary to social and physical distancing “endanger our societies at a key moment.
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Likewise, Katrine Habersaat, a WHO technician specialized in social behavior, explained that This fatigue that is being noticed by societies in the face of the pandemic and its consequences “is being expressed in different ways in different countries.”
Spain is another of the European countries that have already begun the process of lack of confidence.
He stressed that it may have to do with “mental health, affected by isolation, the impossibility of having the social support that one normally has; it may be related to the economic situation and the need to bring bread to the table ”or to cultural or social factors.
Kluge warned that the behavior we have today, when the restrictions begin to be lifted, will determine the course of the pandemic and “what path do we follow: one that takes us to the new normal or one that takes us back to the restrictions of movement and social interactions ”.
For this reason, he urged “to follow the recommendations of the authorities, limit social interactions, wash hands, maintain physical distance and reduce risks for the most vulnerable.”
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In Europe there is already a slowdown in the pandemic. There, there have been 1.78 million confirmed cases and 160,000 deaths, which represents 43 percent of cases and 56 percent of global deaths. In Eastern European countries cases are still increasing.
The truth is that in the Old Continent 39 countries have already begun to lift restrictions, a time when “there is no place for complacency,” so we must continue to be vigilant, added Kluge, who recalled that “groups (of infected) have emerged in places like Wuhan (China) and South Korea in the last week, where the virus seemed to have disappeared, a reminder that the threat of the virus re-emerging is never far away. ”
“Until a vaccine or treatment is available to everyone, limiting the virus requires an agreement between people and politicians, a social contract that goes beyond countries or political leaders,” he added. It also urged governments to “listen” to their populations, gain their trust and make effective communication of what is happening.
The WHO had already warned on Wednesday that the coronavirus could never “disappear” and become a disease that humanity will have to learn to live with. “We have a new virus that penetrates the human population for the first time, and therefore it is very difficult to say when we can overcome it.” said Michael Ryan, the organization’s director of health emergencies.
AFP
