Coronavirus – France, more than 17 thousand dead. 668 positive sailors on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. In Spain, infections are increasing. Russia, 24-hour case registration

Spain – The number of daily deaths decreased slightly to 523. However, infections recovered by 3% and reached 177,633. In contrast, there have been 18,579 deaths in the country since the start of the pandemic.

France – The number of deaths in France from Coronavirus has exceeded 17 thousand with the count of nursing homes, whose data flows day after day but does not refer to the last 24 hours. There have been 514 deaths in hospitals since yesterday and the total, totaling 6,624 of the hospices, is 17,167.

Germany – Border controls will be extended for another 20 days, until May 4 and do not refer to borders with Holland and Belgium. According to the DPA agency, the German government would like to allow the reopening of stores that have an area of ​​up to 800 square meters. The Bild online writes that, according to what emerges from the current State-Regions Conference, large demonstrations will be banned until at least August 31. The German federal government and Land authorities are preparing to recommend the use “as soon as possible” of More expensive on board the vehicles of public transport and within the shops.

France – Register your negative record: 762 deaths in the last 24 hours. Then go up to 15,729 the total number of victims, while the confirmed cases reached 103,573. For the doctor Patrick Bouet, President of the National Council of the French Medical Association, “there are no medical explanations to reopen the schools” after May 11, as announced by President Emmanuel Macron. for bouet, the decision “reveals an absolute lack of logic”. “We do not understand this announcement,” said the doctor. Le Figaro – the first decision was to close the schools, high schools and the college. For two reasons, on the one hand, because we know that I Boys they are potential vectors without developing the infection themselves, with rare exceptions. On the other hand, because it is very difficult at school to enforce the rules of social distancing. And now, the first area in which the president wants to eliminate the confinement is the school! Because I should no longer have the same risks? “. For the president of the medical association, reopen the schools “It would mean putting the virus. The boys will meet him teachers and other employees and may contaminate them. the virus You will be able to return to your families, who have been confined for 2 months, who may be infected by your children’s contacts outside. “

Britain The British government has announced that it will test Covid-19 staff working in nursing homes and thousands of residents and set the goal at 100,000 tests per day by the end of April. British officials have been widely criticized for the spread of the epidemic in nursing homes. Charities have accused the government of treating the elderly as if they didn’t count, and social workers have reported that the new coronavirus is causing “devastation” in nursing homes across the country. Official statistics have shown that there would have been 15% more deaths from Covid-19 than reported in the daily counts, of these, hundreds would have occurred in nursing homes.

Belgium – Belgium continues until May 3, including restrictive measures taken to limit the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes at the end of the National Security Council meeting.

Switzerland – The number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in Switzerland and Liechtenstein reached 26,336. 260 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours, 73 new deaths, for a total of 973. The incidence of infections in Switzerland is 308 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest in Europe.

North Ireland – The Northern Ireland local government today announced an extension of the blockade, which has been in force across the UK for more than three weeks, for at least three more. The decision anticipates the expected by the London government for the entire Kingdom between tomorrow and Friday, according to the opinion of the scientific committee. Northern Irish Unionist Prime Minister, Arlene Foster, He said that we must wait and do everything possible, in terms of social distancing, “to reduce the peak of infections” that in Ulster exceeded 2,000, with 121 deaths.

U.S – The Mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, announced the extension to school closings and other restrictions against coronavirus until May 15, including the blocking of non-essential activities, the order to stay home and the ban on meetings of ten or more people. Even the governor of neighboring Virginia, Ralph Northam, extended the closure of non-essential activities, from April 23 to May 8. Instead, your order to stay home is valid until June 10.

Russia 3,388 new cases in one day, a new worrying record for the country. The official data reported this morning by the Tass agency now speak of a total of 24,490 cases in 84 regions. 2,774 new cases were reported yesterday. In Russia I am 198 the dead with coronavirus, after another 28 deaths occurred in the last 24, and 1,986 people recovered after contracting the infection.

Finland – 3,161 cases of Covid-19 and 64 deaths. The first Minister Sanna Marin has decided to remove obstacles to and from the region of Uusimaawhere is the capital Helsinki, imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. However, he warned that the pandemic in Finland “is not yet under control. Let us remain at the mercy of the virus.” Reason why the Prime Minister asked the population to avoid traveling anyway. “This is not the time to go to your country house,” he said. School closings and a ban on meetings with more than 10 people remain in effect. A group of experts will report to the government next week on how many restrictions will remain in place and whether new measures, such as the use of cloth masks, should be introduced in public places.

Denmark – After a month of closure due to the emergence of the coronavirus, today we reopen nests, kindergartens and primary schools. The decision to return some 10,000 children to school was made to help families who have had to care for their children in recent weeks by continuing to go to work. Schools were asked to abide by certain rules, including that of maintaining distances between children. And some institutes will not reopen until next Monday to take action. The reopening of the schools is the first step of the government that acted quickly in the face of the pandemic, closing the borders on March 14, after having registered the first cases. The closure for restaurants, cafes, bars and other meeting places will remain in force until at least May 10.

China – “Are cessation of operations “of the field hospital established in ten days in the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. The last four patients, writes the China Daily“They were negative for the coronavirus, but they are in serious condition due to other diseases and were transferred to the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University yesterday.” The closure of the hospital, inaugurated on February 8 with 1,500 beds, is an important advance in the long battle of the Chinese city outbreak of the virus against Covid-19. Today in Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, another person died from the coronavirus pandemic, but new cases have not been reported by local authorities. Official data speaks of 3,342 coronavirus deaths in the Asian giant.

Japan – Around 850 thousand people could become seriously ill with Covid-19 in Japan and 420 thousand of them could die if physical distance and other measures are not respected. This was provided by a local government commission, in the country that has the oldest population in the world. There is concern about Tokyo, who applied state of emergency measures to voluntary title and it does not compensate i workers for lost profits. Furthermore, the Business Japanese have been slow to introduce the telecommuting and people continued to use public transportation to travel to the offices with many workers. also, me patients are transferred to hospitals e non-specialist hotel while the number of infections It grows in the capital, where experts believe that the health system is on the verge of collapse. in Japan More than 8,800 confirmed cases of contagion, 131 deaths, including 70 on a quarantined cruise ship near the capital. The Ministry of Health reported 457 new cases in the last 24 hours. About a quarter of infections have been detected in the capital.