Russia Records Record Daily Rise In Coronavirus Cases: Live Updates | Trump News

• Russia recorded a record number of coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as 7,933 more people tested positive for the virus.

• South Africa took its first steps to roll back one of the strictest coronavirus blocks in the world.

• An American watchdog warned that Afghanistan is You are probably facing a “health disaster” from the pandemic.

• The eurozone economy shrank 3.8 percent in the first quarter, the biggest blow since records began in 1995.

• Globally, the number of confirmed infections totaled more than 3.26 million, with some 233,000 deaths and more than one million recoveries.

Here are the latest updates:

Friday May 1

12:30 GMT – Dozens of journalists have died of coronavirus: NGO

Dozens of journalists have died worldwide from the new coronavirus in the past two months, a press freedom organization said, lamenting that media workers often lack adequate protection to cover the pandemic.

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) warned that many journalists were putting themselves in danger to report the global crisis, and many became ill from COVID-19 in the process.

As of March 1, PEC said it had recorded the death of 55 media workers in 23 countries from the virus, although it emphasized that it was not clear if all had been infected on the job.

12:05 GMT – Bollywood could take two years to recover from pandemic

It will take at least two years for the Indian film industry, Bollywood, to recover financially from the coronavirus pandemic, which threatens major projects and puts tens of thousands of jobs at risk.

That was the grim assessment of a dozen of Bollywood’s top producers, distributors, and actors during a video conference this week.

Read more here.

12:00 GMT – Italian PM apologizes for late payment

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte apologized to the Italians on Friday for their financial difficulties and promised a better future once the shutdown is lifted.

Italy will begin to pull out of the world’s longest coronavirus shutdown on Monday and see if two months of containment were enough to prevent a new wave of contagion.

Conte admitted that his government was late to pay more than 50 billion euros ($ 55 billion) allocated to families and companies in difficulty.

“I apologize on behalf of the government and assure you that we will continue to push for payments and financing to be completed as soon as possible,” Conte wrote on Facebook.

10:45 GMT – Macron tells France: life will not be normal after May 11

President Emmanuel Macron warned that the end of the national blockade on May 11 would only be a first step, as France seeks to emerge from the crisis created by the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Traditional Labor Day protests that generally see thousands of protesters on the streets were canceled this year due to the virus outbreak that killed 24,000 people across France.

“May 11 will not be the step to normal life. There will be a recovery that must be reorganized,” Macron said in a speech at the presidential palace after a meeting with horticulturists.

“There will be several phases and May 11 will be one of them.”

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11:30 GMT – India’s COVID-19 app raises surveillance fears

Indian authorities plan to make a mobile contact tracking app mandatory for everything from taking public transportation to going to work, raising concerns among digital rights experts about privacy and increased vigilance.

Aarogya Setu, the app launched by the Indian government earlier this month to stop the new coronavirus outbreak, assesses users’ risk of infection based on location and their medical and travel history. Use Bluetooth and location services to track a user’s contacts.

Read more here.

11:20 GMT – Qatar reports 687 new cases, 2 deaths

The Qatari Ministry of Health reported two new deaths and 687 confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing total infections in the Gulf state to 14,096.

A total of 1,436 people have so far recovered from the virus and 12 have died, the ministry added.

آخر مستجدات فيروس كورونا في قطر
Latest update on Coronavirus in Qatar# سلامتك_هي_سلامتي #YourSafetyIsMySafety pic.twitter.com/a6A3moozBv

– وزارة الصحة العامة (@MOPHQatar) May 1, 2020

11:15 GMT – China’s Hubei province eases blockade

The central Chinese province of Hubei, where the new coronavirus was first detected behind the pandemic, will reduce its level of emergency response from Saturday in the latest relaxation of the blockades implemented to contain the virus.

Hubei will drop the level from the highest to the second starting May 2, the province’s health commission said in a post on its public WeChat account.

Hubei is the latest province to lower its level of provincial emergency response, a major milestone in China’s fight against the pandemic. The virus is believed to have originated in a wet market in the province’s capital Wuhan in December.

11:00 GMT – Philippines relaxes virus restrictions

The Philippines has begun to ease coronavirus restrictions in the country, despite the number of infections and deaths continuing to rise almost two months since a blockade was imposed on the most populous island.

The government placed areas with few cases of COVID-19 under a more relaxed quarantine beginning Friday, allowing work, public transportation, and commercial establishments, including shopping malls, to resume operations at reduced capacity.

The health ministry reported 284 new coronavirus infections and 11 more deaths, bringing their total number of cases to 8,772 and deaths to 579.

10:30 GMT – Special train ferries to stranded Indian immigrants

India ran the first train service for migrant workers desperate to return home, as it imposed a national blockade to control the spread of the coronavirus.

Relieved and smiling, 1,200 people applauded as they boarded the train in Lingampally, in the southern state of Telangana, towards Hatia, in the eastern state of Jharkhand, a 19-hour trip.

However, railway authorities said Friday’s service was only a single special train and that a decision to operate more trains will be made soon.

A unique special train will run today from Lingampalli (Hyderabad) to Hatia (Jharkhand) at the request of the Telangana Government and according to the instructions of the Union Railways Ministry. pic.twitter.com/9YptotxcbV

– ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2020

10:00 GMT – Videos show huge accumulation of medical equipment in China

Al Jazeera’s Research Unit has obtained an exclusive video revealing a large number of overdue products at China’s largest export center that is slowing down the supply of urgently needed medical equipment to protect hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers as they fight the global coronavirus pandemic.

Read more here.

09:45 GMT – Iranian virus death toll rises to 6,091

The death toll in Iran from the outbreak of the new coronavirus increased by 63 in the past 24 hours to 6,091, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state television.

The total number of diagnosed cases in the country, one of the most affected by the outbreak in the Middle East, reached 95,646, including 2,899 in critical condition, he added.

09:40 GMT – Hungarian F1 GP to be held without spectators

The Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix scheduled for August can only be carried out without spectators, organizers said in a statement.

The Hungaroring race will take place on August 2, but Hungary said Thursday that events with more than 500 participants cannot take place until August 15.

“It is now clear that any F1 race in Hungary can now only take place behind closed doors,” organizers said.

09:30 GMT – WHO wants China to be invited to investigate the origins of the virus

The World Health Organization said it hoped that China would invite it to participate in its research on the animal origins of the new coronavirus.

“The WHO would be interested in working with international partners and at the invitation of the Chinese government to participate in research into the origins of animals,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told the AFP news agency in an email.

He said the UN health agency understood that there was a series of investigations underway in China “to better understand the source of the outbreak,” but added that “the WHO is not currently involved in the studies in China.”

Yesterday, we held our weekly briefing by Member States on # COVID-19. I am especially grateful to the 🇰🇪 🇵🇦 🇶🇦 🇹🇷 🇧🇹 presented health ministers who presented their challenges and progress in fighting the virus. I am glad to see that this forum is helping countries to learn from each other. Together!

– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 1, 2020

09:25 GMT – The number of deaths from coronavirus in Spain is close to 25,000

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Spain increased to 24,824, since 281 more people died from causes related to the disease during the night, said the Ministry of Health.

The ministry also reported 1,781 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 215,216.

The number of deaths the previous day was 268. Spain has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases worldwide after the United States.

09:10 GMT – The “forgotten” in care homes victims of coronavirus

Vulnerable elderly in nursing homes in the UK are being neglected amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Read Dr. Amir Khan’s note here.

09:00 GMT – Indonesia reports 433 new cases of coronavirus

Indonesia confirmed 433 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases to 10,551, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto.

Yurianto reported eight new deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 800, while 1,591 people have recovered.

Indonesia has tested the virus on more than 76,500 people.

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08:50 GMT – Swiss soldiers collect smartphones to fight COVID-19

Swiss soldiers are using smartphones to test a new contact tracking app that could prevent coronavirus infections while protecting users’ privacy.

Switzerland hopes to launch the app on May 11 based on a standard, developed by researchers in Lausanne and Zurich, that uses Bluetooth communication between devices to assess the risk of contracting COVID-19.

About a hundred soldiers from the Chamblon army base near Lausanne volunteered to download the app and then continue their usual routines for 24 hours.

“If a person is finally tested positive, they can upload their ID to the system and then all the other apps can check if they’ve been around that person and then they can call the health authorities.” Marcel Salathe, director of the digital epidemiology laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), told Reuters news agency.

08:40 GMT – Spain’s GDP will contract 9.2% in 2020

Spain’s gross domestic product will contract 9.2 percent this year, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said when the coronavirus pandemic hit the economy.

GDP is expected to grow 6.8 percent in 2021, he said.

The Banco de España expected a “V-shaped asymmetric recovery, with the deepest decline in the second quarter and then a strong and gradual recovery in the second half of the year,” Calvino said.

08:30 GMT – Philippines reports 11 new deaths from coronavirus

The Philippines reported 284 new coronavirus infections and 11 more deaths, with a total number of cases of 8,772 and deaths of 579.

He also said that 41 more people had recovered, bringing the total recovery to 1,084.

07:55 GMT – Speaker of Pakistan Parliament tests positive

Pakistan National Assembly spokesman Asad Qaiser said he had tested positive for COVID-19, after hosting an iftar dinner to celebrate Ramadan, and meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan and other top officials earlier in the week.

It is not immediately known whether Khan will be examined again. He was reviewed in April and found negative, after meeting with the head of Pakistan’s largest charity, Faisal Edhi, who was later confirmed to have contracted the disease.

“I have been quarantined at home,” Qaiser, who is also a close associate of Khan, said on Twitter.

07:50 GMT – Australian PM: No evidence virus originated in China laboratory

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who angered Beijing by calling for a global investigation into the coronavirus outbreak, said he had no evidence to suggest the disease originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

United States President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was confident the coronavirus could have originated from a Chinese virology laboratory, but declined to describe the evidence he claimed to have seen.

Morrison said Australia had no information to back up that theory, and said the confusion supported his push for an investigation to understand how the outbreak started and then quickly spread across the world.

“What we have before us does not suggest that that is the likely source,” Morrison said at a press conference in Canberra when asked about Trump’s comments.

“We have nothing to indicate that this is the likely source, although nothing can be ruled out in these settings,” he said.

07:45 GMT – Russia reports record daily increase in cases

Russia reported 7,933 new cases of coronavirus, a record daily increase, raising its national count to 114,431.

The official death toll across the country rose to 1,169 after 96 people infected with the virus died in the past 24 hours, the Russian coronavirus crisis response center said.

07:15 GMT – South Africa eases blockade

South Africa has gradually begun to loosen its strict coronavirus, allowing some industries to reopen after five weeks of restrictions that further sunk its turbulent economy.

The manufacture of winter clothing, textiles and packaging are among the industries authorized to reopen factories. Restaurants will also open, but only for takeout deliveries.

Some outside activities such as biking, walking, and running will be allowed, but only for three hours in the morning.

Controversial bans on the sale of cigarettes and alcohol will remain in effect.

06:55 GMT – German confirmed cases rise by 1,639

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany increased from 1,639 to 160,758, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.

The death toll increased in 193 to 6,481.

German authorities agreed to reopen playgrounds, churches and cultural institutions, such as museums and zoos, as part of the gradual loosening of the country’s pandemic blockade.

06:50 GMT – Irish airline Ryanair plans 3,000 job cuts

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said it plans to cut up to 3,000 pilot and cabin crew jobs, with air travel paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Dublin-based Ryanair said in a statement that most of its flights will remain on the ground until at least July and forecast it would take until the summer of 2022 before passenger demand recovers.

06:40 GMT – Turkey evacuates more than 300 citizens of Iraq

More than 300 Turkish citizens were evacuated to Turkey from the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and several southern provinces, in their requests for repatriation due to the new coronavirus outbreak.

Turkish citizens were returned to their homeland via the land route with the support of the Turkish ministries and the Turkish embassy in Baghdad.

The Turkish government has repatriated around 60,000 of its citizens from various countries since the start of the pandemic.

06:30 GMT – May Day marks pain for workers affected by the virus

May Day generally brings protest rallies and celebratory rallies. International workers‘ Day.

Among the 10 million people who became inactive or unemployed due to the coronavirus crisis, garment workers have been among the hardest hit as orders are depleted and closings leave factories closed, giving workers Workers many protests at a time when the locks keep them at home.

Millions of jobs have disappeared in countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia and Myanmar that rely heavily on garment manufacturing as fashion brands canceled or suspended billions of dollars in orders.

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06:15 GMT – Heathrow sees April passenger numbers down 97%

London’s Heathrow Airport, traditionally the busiest in Europe, said passenger numbers were expected to drop by around 97 percent in April and that they would likely remain weak until governments fighting the coronavirus outbreak consider safe to travel.

For the first quarter, revenue fell 12.7 percent to £ 593 million ($ 745 million).

Heathrow said it had a liquidity of £ 3.2bn, enough to keep the business going for at least the next 12 months, even without passengers.

06:00 GMT – Prime Minister of Hungary warns of possible second wave in October-November

Hungary needs to prepare for a possible second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in October through November, even though the spread of the virus will likely slow in the summer, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio.

Orban also said that if authorities manage to reduce the death rate from the pandemic in Budapest, where 80 percent of deaths have been reported, only then will current restrictions in the capital city be eased.

Hungary will lift much of the restrictions on the field starting Monday.

05:45 GMT – Australia says relationship with China is ‘mutually beneficial’

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the country’s relationship with China “mutually beneficial” amid a growing dispute with Beijing over a proposed international investigation into the coronavirus outbreak.

China, Australia’s main trading partner, accused Canberra of “little tricks” in the dispute that could affect diplomatic and economic ties between the countries.

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Hello this is Saba Aziz in Doha, taking over from my colleague Ted Regency in Kuala Lumpur.

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05:03 GMT – Thailand reports six new cases of coronavirus

Thailand reported six new cases of coronavirus and no new deaths on Friday, bringing its count to 2,960 infections, while the deaths remained at 54 since the outbreak began in January.

New daily infections have remained in single digits for five consecutive days. All six cases also marked the lowest new daily infections since early March, according to Reuters news agency.

04:39 GMT – Australia to consider easing containment measures

Australia will consider next Friday whether to relax coronavirus-related mobility restrictions as the growth rate of new infections slows, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday after a national cabinet meeting.

Morrison urged Australians to download an app intended to track contacts of patients with COVID-19, saying it was a precondition for relaxing containment measures.

Australia has reported 6,700 cases of COVID-19 and 93 deaths.

04:24 GMT – Naruhito from Japan performs a ritual

Japanese Emperor Naruhito celebrated the first anniversary of his enthronement on Friday with a prayer at the shrines of the palaces for the peace and happiness of the people amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Naruhito, wearing a white surgical mask, greeted supporters on the sidewalk from a royal car on the way to the palace for the ritual.

Naruhito, 60, ascended the Chrysanthemum throne on May 1 of last year, the day after his father, Akihito, abdicated. In Friday’s closed ritual, Naruhito was to change into a traditional outfit to pray for the peace and happiness of the people and gods of Shinto.

04:24 GMT – Protesters hold demonstration in May in Taiwan

04:12 GMT – Afghanistan likely faces coronavirus ‘health disaster’

Afghanistan, beset by a poor health system, malnutrition, war and other vulnerabilities, is likely facing a coronavirus “health disaster”, a surveillance report to the US Congress warns.

The report by the Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR) could raise concerns among US officials that the pandemic threatens to derail US-led peace efforts.

“Las vulnerabilidades numerosas y, en algunos casos, únicas de Afganistán (un sistema de salud débil, desnutrición generalizada, fronteras porosas, desplazamiento interno masivo, contigüidad con Irán y conflictos en curso) hacen que sea probable que el país enfrente un desastre de salud en el futuro. meses “, decía el informe.

Leer más aquí.

03:19 GMT – Malasia permitirá a la mayoría de las empresas reabrir a partir del 4 de mayo

El primer ministro de Malasia, Muhyiddin Yassin, anunció el viernes que la mayoría de las empresas podrán reabrir a partir del lunes 4 de mayo, sujeto a algunas condiciones.

Sin embargo, los sectores económicos que involucran grandes reuniones de personas, como el cine y los bazares, no podrán reabrir, dijo en un discurso televisado.

Muhyiddin hizo el anuncio al reconocer que el gobierno ha perdido aproximadamente 63 mil millones Ringgit malayo ($ 14,66 mil millones) debido al bloqueo luego de la pandemia de coronavirus.

02:44 GMT – Las exportaciones de Corea del Sur se desploman debido al coronavirus

La crisis del coronavirus provocó que las exportaciones de Corea del Sur se desplomaran en abril a su mayor ritmo desde la crisis financiera mundial, lo que indica una perspectiva sombría para el comercio internacional a medida que la pandemia paraliza la economía mundial y destruye la demanda, según la agencia de noticias Reuters.

Las exportaciones cayeron un 24,3 por ciento interanual en abril, según mostraron los datos del Ministerio de Comercio el viernes, la peor contracción desde mayo de 2009. Se deslizó un 0,7 por ciento en el mes anterior.

El promedio de exportaciones por día hábil, excluyendo el efecto calendario, también cayó un 17.4 por ciento, mucho peor que la caída del 6.9 por ciento observada en marzo.

Corea del Sur, es la cuarta economía más grande de Asia.

02:25 GMT – Corea del Sur informa nueve nuevos casos

Corea del Sur reportó nueve casos más del nuevo coronavirus el viernes, lo que eleva el total de infecciones de la nación a 10,774, de los cuales 9,072 se han recuperado, informó la agencia de noticias Yonhap.

De los nueve nuevos casos, se cree que ocho provienen de personas que vinieron del extranjero, dijeron en un comunicado los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Corea (KCDC).

El número de muertes de la nación por el coronavirus aumentó en uno a 248 en total.

01:55 GMT – Funeral home in New York ‘overflowing’ with bodies

Funcionarios del estado de Nueva York han advertido que la funeraria podría enfrentar multas y suspensiones de licencias después de pOlice discovered that one such facility in Brooklyn had resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks.

Authorities discovered that Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home had rented four trucks to hold about 50 bodies, health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said Thursday.

A neighboring business owner called 911 to report that fluids were leaking from one of the trucks, police said.

Los funcionarios de salud dieron instrucciones a todas las funerarias de que no tolerarían “ese tipo de comportamiento”, dijo Zucker en la sesión informativa diaria sobre coronavirus del gobernador de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo.

Casi 63,000 personas han muerto por el coronavirus en los Estados Unidos, la mayoría de las cuales eran de Nueva York.

01:25 GMT – Japan will decide whether to extend the state of emergency

Japan will formally decide on Monday whether to extend its state of emergency nationwide, according to NHK public broadcaster, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned citizens to prepare for a “protracted battle” against the coronavirus.

The nationwide state of emergency will expire on May 6 and the government plans to extend the emergency for about a month, sources told the Reuters news agency.

Some countries are restarting business after the shutdown and social distancing measures to stem the spread of the virus, even when Japan has seen far fewer infections and deaths than hotspots in the United States and Europe.

01:00 GMT – China reports 12 new cases of coronavirus

La Comisión Nacional de Salud de China informó el viernes 12 nuevas infecciones por coronavirus a fines del jueves, siendo 6 casos importados.

Había casi 84,000 personas infectadas con el virus en China, pero alrededor del 94 por ciento de los pacientes ya se han recuperado. At least 4,637 were officially reported as deaths.

Meanwhile, China announced that it will reopen the Beijing Palace Museum. from Friday May 1.

Beijing #Museum of the Palace it will reopen to the public on May 1. Tickets on the Labor Day holiday are already sold out as eager visitors move quickly to take the opportunity to enjoy a blast of #spring within the palace walls. #tourism pic.twitter.com/FVQoFghYZV

– China Daily (@ChinaDaily) May 1, 2020

01:00 GMT – America’s Best Doctor USA Expresses hope for coronavirus medication

The news that an experimental drug appears to be the first effective treatment for the new coronavirus has sparked a great deal of interest.

La conversación se centró el jueves en la rapidez con la que la Administración Federal de Alimentos y Medicamentos podría actuar sobre el remdesivir de Gilead Sciences, después de que los resultados preliminares de un estudio importante descubrieron que acortó el tiempo de recuperación en un promedio de cuatro días para las personas hospitalizadas con la enfermedad, también conocida como COVID -19.

“You now have a drug that has been shown to work against the virus,” Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health told the Associated Press news agency.

“Will it be an overwhelming cure? No, of course not. But with its use,” you will release hospital beds, you will have less stress on the health system, “he added.

00:40 GMT – Australia plans return to sport as coronavirus spread slows

The Australian government will meet on Friday to discuss how the sport can restart as the number of new coronavirus cases declines and states begin to relax restrictions on social gatherings, two sources familiar with the reports told the Reuters news agency. details.

Australia has reported 6,700 cases of the new coronavirus and 93 deaths, significantly below levels reported in the United States, Great Britain and Europe. The growth of new infections has slowed to less than 0.5 percent per day, compared to 25 percent a month ago.

“The agenda includes principles for sport and other recreational activities,” a source familiar with the cabinet’s agenda told Reuters.

00:30 GMT – Mexico reports 1,425 new cases of coronavirus, 127 deaths

Mexican health authorities have reported 1,425 new cases of the new coronavirus and 127 new deaths in the country, with a total of 19,224 cases and 1,859 deaths in the country.

00:01 GMT – Trump says the United States can never declare ‘total victory’ over the virus

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes the United States can never declare “total victory” over the coronavirus because too many people have died. But he added that he will consider it a victory when the virus disappears and the economy reopens completely.

With nearly 63,000 Americans downed to the virus, Trump noted that the death rate in the United States was lower than in many other countries and offered the optimistic prediction that the battered economy would improve enormously in a matter of months and would be “spectacular” by 2021. .

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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continued coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I am Ted Regency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. You can find all the key developments from yesterday, April 30, here.