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Updated: April 22, 2020 2:09:40 pm
A health worker takes a sample for a PCR test for the coronavirus COVID-19 at a hospital in Coslada, Spain, on Monday, April 20, 2020. (AP Photo)
Coronavirus Latest updates: Only Tuesday, the Covid-19 the toll in the USA USA increased by more than 2,750 deaths to have general losses more than 45,000 deaths, by far the highest in the world. At least 2,553,853 have been infected worldwide and more than 1.76,000 people have died since the outbreak began. The United States also leads the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 8,10,000 cases, almost four times more than Spain (200,210), the country with the second highest number. It is followed by Italy (181,228), France (156,480) and Germany (147,065).
The World Health Organization on Tuesday night confirmed that all available evidence suggests the novel. animal-originated coronavirus in China at the end of last year and it was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory.
Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include:
Trump pauses green card issue for 60 days
United States President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the Coronavirus Task Force at the White House in Washington, USA. USA, April 18, 2020. REUTERS / Al Drago
Trump said he would put a 60-day hiatus on green card issuance in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a coronavirus-destroyed U.S. economy. The order would include “certain exemptions,” he said, but declined to delineate them, noting that the order was still being drafted.
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“By pausing immigration, we will help put unemployed Americans on the front line of work as the United States reopens, so important,” Trump said at the White House. “It would be wrong and unfair for Americans fired by the virus to be replaced by new immigrant workers sent from abroad.” Trump also announced the reopening of at least 20 states in the United States, which represent 40 percent of the population in the country. He said: “The country has to go back to work, we will reopen with maximum security.”
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan undergoes test
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan He underwent a test for COVID-19 on Wednesday after a well-known philanthropist, whom Khan had recently met, tested positive, The Dawn reported. Results are expected later in the day.
Pakistan currently has nearly 9,800 confirmed cases and the death toll is 209. On Tuesday, Khan warned that mosques will be forced to close during the next Ramzan month if people do not follow official directives issued to contain the spread.
Trump agrees to help expand coronavirus testing in New York
Gravedigger Thomas Cortez accompanies a coffin as he is brought to the burial for burial at the Mount Richmond Cemetery of the Hebrew Free Burial Association in the Staten Island district of New York on Wednesday, April 8, 2020.
President Donald Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have reached an apparent agreement on increasing the evidence. Cuomo, a Democrat whose state is the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus epidemic with nearly 20,000 deaths, said the Republican president agreed on a plan to double New York’s coronavirus detection capacity to 40,000 tests per day.
“The New York metropolitan area has been the epicenter of the outbreak here in the United States, and the federal government has spared no expense or resources so that New Yorkers receive the care they need and the attention they deserve.”
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– The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 22, 2020
Under that plan, Cuomo said, the federal government will acquire and supply test kits and related materials, including chemical reagents that have sometimes been in short supply. The state will be responsible for expanding the capacity of some 300 laboratories that perform the tests and hire the necessary personnel. “
China reports no new deaths again
Passengers in masks and covered with plastic bags walk outside the Shanghai train station in Shanghai, China. (Reuters / Archive)
China again reported Wednesday that there were no new deaths from the coronavirus, but recorded 30 more cases, 23 of them brought from abroad. Of the domestic cases, all seven were reported in Heilongjiang province, near the Russian border, where a field hospital was established to treat a new outbreak involving people returning home from abroad. Just over 1,000 people are hospitalized for treatment, while about the same number are under isolation and monitoring, either as suspected cases or after testing positive, but with no symptoms. China has reported a total of 4,632 deaths among 82,788 cases, most of them in Wuhan, where officials recently increased the death toll by 50% after a review of the records.
In the meantime, the state of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the Chinese government on the coronavirus, claiming that the nation’s officials are to blame for the global pandemic.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court by the state’s top attorney, alleges that Chinese officials are “responsible for the enormous death, suffering and economic loss they caused worldwide, including those in Missouri.”
Saudi Arabia approved performing Tarawih in mosques amid coronavirus
Saudi King Salman has approved conducting Tarawih in the two holy mosques and reducing them with the continued suspension of the entry of pilgrims, the Presidency of Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques said on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia plans to reduce the curfew hours it imposed on various cities during the month of Ramadan to give people more time to buy essential necessities within their neighborhood boundaries, the state news agency reported on Tuesday (SPA ).
Follow updates for coronavirus in India
A total of 11,631 people have been infected in the country, while 1,640 recovered. The toll, meanwhile, reached 109.
India moves to acquire more Covid-19 test kits from Korean firms
With Chinese test kits under the scanner, India is stepping up the acquisition and production of test kits from South Korean companies. Authorities said Tuesday that a South Korean company agreed to manufacture and supply 5-lakh antibody rapid test kits at its facilities in Manesar, Haryana.
UK funding for vaccine testing
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said a team from the University of Oxford will begin trials for a vaccine in people starting Thursday. He said the government had made £ 20 million available to the team to accelerate its efforts, which were first announced last week, as well as making £ 22 million available to Imperial researchers to support its phase trials. two.
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Hospital deaths in the country increase by 823 The Department of Health and Social Care published the latest figures for hospital deaths in the UK.
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There were 823 new deaths, bringing the total to 17,337. Official figures also show that Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes in England and Wales quadrupled in more than a week, reaching 1,043.
Italy reports fall in infections
Italy records the first significant drop in infections Italy reported 534 new deaths on Tuesday, 80 more than on Monday, bringing the number of deaths to 24,648. But the number of people currently infected with the virus decreased by 528 to 107,709, the first significant drop since the outbreak began. Italy’s total cases to date, including victims and survivors, increased from 2,727 to 183,957.
Virus cancels world events
The worldwide cancellation of major events that were not scheduled to take place for months is indicating how gradual a process of reopening economies could be amid the coronavirus pandemic. Spain suspended bullfighting in July, the United States eliminated the national spelling bee in June, and Germany canceled the Oktoberfest five months away, making it clear Tuesday that the effort to beat the coronavirus and return to normal could be long and daunting. process. Amid growing impatience with closings that have left tens of millions out of work, European countries continued to reopen in stages, while in the United States, state after state, mostly led by Republican governors, began to take steps to return to business.
With deaths and infections still on the rise worldwide, the push to reopen has prompted warnings from health authorities.
Japan’s Nagasaki confirms 33 cases of coronavirus on cruise ship docked for repairs
A station hallway is filled with face masks worn by passengers during a rush hour on Monday April 20, 2020 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
Japan’s Nagasaki Prefecture said on Wednesday it had confirmed 33 cases of coronavirus infection on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs and would carry out further tests on other crew members. Those who test positive but are asymptomatic will remain on board for monitoring, while others will be transferred to medical institutions, Nagasaki Governor Hodo Nakamura said at a press conference. Those who test negative will be sent back to their countries, he said. The ship, the Costa Atlantica, transports 623 crew members and non-passengers, local media reported. The confirmed number of cases increased to 11,512 and 281 people have died so far.
A member of a humanitarian aid agency disinfects inside the Ibn Sina Hospital as a prevention against coronavirus in Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo)
A doctor who works at one of New York’s hospitals. (AP Photo)
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