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Updated: April 26, 2020 7:46:43 pm
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest world updates: The funeral worker Jesús Cutipa waits his turn to enter the Jardines del Buen Retiro cemetery for the funeral of a man who died due to COVID-19 in Lima, Peru, on Saturday 25 of April 2020. (AP Photo)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest Global Updates: More than 2.9 million people have been infected by the new coronavirus, while more than 2,000,000 have died worldwide. The United States has the maximum number of cases in the world, followed by Spain and Italy. And the World Health Organization said there was no evidence that people who recovered from COVID-19 cannot get sick again.
These are some of the news about the coronavirus pandemic from around the world.
The cases of coronavirus in EE. USA One million more than 53,000 deaths approaching
The United States has around 9.56,000 coronavirus cases and more than 53,928 COVID-19 deaths. About 36,491 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the United States on Friday, a daily record, according to a Reuters bill.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said reopening businesses too soon would be risky. He said his state began testing for antibodies from nurses, doctors, police, supermarket employees and other essential workers, while allowing local pharmacies to collect samples for diagnostic tests. Hospitalizations in New York, the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, fell to their lowest level in three weeks.
Meanwhile, the states of Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alaska began to relax restrictions on companies despite warnings from experts.
Plans to restart the Canadian economy do not depend on levels of immunity to the coronavirus, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Ottawa: Signs on the windows of a self-storage facility thank front-line workers for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP / PTI Photo)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that plans to restart the economies of the Canadian provinces do not hinge on the presumption that people infected with the coronavirus develop immunity against it. Reuters reported. “(Immunity) is something we need to get clearer answers, and until we have those clear answers, we must err on the side of greater caution,” he said in his daily briefing in Ottawa.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Canada crossed 44,000, while its death toll increased by 7 percent from the previous day to 2,350. About 80 percent of cases occur in Quebec and Ontario, with numerous outbreaks in nursing homes.
After recovering from a coronavirus case that sent him to intensive care for three nights earlier this month, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday, a Downing Street spokeswoman said Saturday. Johnson will regain control of a government under pressure from the economic consequences of the closings designed to curb the spread of the highly infectious virus, as well as the increasing death toll. The United Kingdom became the fifth country in the world to report 20,000 virus-related deaths.
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Accumulated deaths in Spain increased to 22,902, while the total number of cases increased to 223,759 from 219,764 the previous day.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a reduction in closure restrictions on Saturday as the children prepared to leave for the first time in six weeks and the figures confirmed a daily number of deaths from coronavirus that was well below from the peak seen earlier this month.
In a televised speech, Sánchez said that the Spanish will be able to exercise only from May 2 if the number of coronaviruses continues to decrease. People living together will be allowed to take short walks together. He also presented the government’s broader plan to loosen the blockade at different speeds in different regions, depending on whether they meet the criteria established by the World Health Organization. “We will not suddenly recover activity in all sectors,” he said.
Spain’s health ministry said 378 more people died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, slightly more than the 367 on Friday, the lowest in the last month, but well below the 950 seen on April 2. Accumulated deaths increased to 22,902 while the total number of cases increased to 223,759 from 219,764 the previous day.
French Prime Minister to present plan to close closure on Tuesday
People buy vegetables and fruits at farmer Pierre Rigault’s warehouse in Groslay, north of Paris, during nationwide confinement measures to counter Covid-19, Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP Photo)
France prepared to ease one of the tightest blockades in Europe starting May 11. French Prime Minister Edouard Phillipe will present the government’s plan on Tuesday to undo the country’s blockade against the coronavirus in parliament. The closure ordered by President Emmanuel Macron, which has been in effect since March 17, will be lifted on May 11. The death toll from coronavirus in France is 22,614, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to fight coronavirus
Community volunteers put on masks as they prepare to distribute food packages during a 21-day national shutdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a Cape Town, South Africa municipality, the April 17, 2020. (Reuters / Archive)
Cuba dispatched 216 health workers to South Africa on Saturday, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has dispatched worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported. Cuba has sent around 1,200 health workers mainly to African and Caribbean countries, but also to European countries such as Italy. Cuba has at least 1,227 coronavirus cases and 51 deaths. The country has one of the largest doctors per capita in the world. South Africa has recorded more than 4,361 coronavirus cases, with 86 deaths.
Coronavirus cases in Mexico increase to 13,842
A street vendor sells acrylic face masks at a stoplight in Tijuana, after the Mexican government declared a health emergency and issued stricter regulations to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 25. April 2020. (Reuters)
The Mexican Ministry of Health reported 970 new cases of coronavirus and 84 deaths on Saturday, with a total of 13,842 and 1,305 deaths. The government said the actual number of infected people is likely to be considerably higher than the confirmed cases.
- Norway extended its ban on events involving more than 500 people until at least September 1.
- Italians celebrated the 75th anniversary of their liberation from the occupying forces in World War II by stepping out onto their balconies or rooftops to sing a popular song linked to resistance fighters.
- In South America, the paucity of evidence is a major problem in Brazil, which is getting closer to becoming a critical point of a pandemic. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro warned that their hospital systems were on the verge of collapse or were already overwhelmed.
- The number of coronavirus cases in India crossed 26,000 on Sunday, with at least 824 deaths.
- No new deaths were reported in China for the tenth consecutive day.
- South Korea’s daily increase in numbers or new cases remained less than 20 or the eighth consecutive day, with no deaths for the second consecutive day. Sri Lanka partially lifted the curfew for a month in more than two-thirds of the country, but reinstated a 24-hour shutdown across the country until Monday after a surge of 46 new infections.
- Singapore is rapidly building space for beds for coronavirus patients in showrooms and other temporary facilities as it faces an increase in cases, particularly among its migrant worker community. Singapore has recorded more than 12,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths, Reuters reported.
- Thailand reported 15 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday and there were no new deaths, Reuters reported.
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