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Rome, September 16, 2020 – The world “is still instart of the coronavirus pandemicStrong were the words of the special envoy of the World Health Organization, Dr. David Nabarro, who described the Covid situation as “grotesque”, during a session of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee: “It is very worse than any science fiction about pandemics – Nabatto stressed -. What is happening is really serious. “Only now, Nabarro continued,” are we beginning to see what damage it will do to the world “and” it has become so out of control that it has plunged the world not only into a recession, but into a huge economic contraction, which will likely double the number of poor people, double the number of undernourished and cause the bankruptcy of hundreds of millions of small businesses. “Letting the numbers describe the situation, the number of victims of the coronavirus continues to worsen. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, are more than 935,000 dead in the world for the pandemic, let’s go 29,576,191 almost of Covid-19 worldwide, with U.S which continues to be the first country in terms of number of infections (more than 6.6 million) and victims (195,937).
U.S
Approximately 37,000 people in the last 24 hours in U.S contracted the virus, according to the latest data provided by Johns Hopkins University. Especially the new ones contagion have been since yesterday 36,985, for a total of 6,606,293 infections. the victims newspaper related to Covid-19 are instead 1,077. The total death toll in the US is now 195,937.
After yesterday’s announcement in a Vaccine for COVID-19 Ready in “three or four weeks”, today the president of the United States, Donald Trump, returns to the point, affirming that he has not “minimized” the risks of the pandemic. “If you want to know the truth – said the tenant of the White House – the previous administration would have taken years to get a vaccine thanks to the FDA and all the permits. We are just weeks away from having it, it could be three or four weeks ”. Later, the American president reaffirmed his belief that he virus will “go away”
Russia, 5,670 new cases
The increase in infections is worrying Russia. Official data speak of 5,670 new cases verified in 24 hours and, according to the Tass agency, not so many had been registered since July 26. A total of 1,079,519 cases have been confirmed since the start of the health emergency with 18,917 deaths, after which another 132 victims were added to the balance. Instead, 890,114 people recovered after contracting the infection.
France, 81 schools closed
Day after day, the pandemic continues and in Europe alert remains high. After yesterday’s peak in France, which registered 7,852 new cases, with a critical situation Marseilles, where soon the intensive care units of hospitals will no longer be able to accept new patients, school closings arrive. In total, 81 schools are closed, just over 2,100 classrooms. The data were communicated by the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer. These closures concern “about 0.13%” of the “60,000 schools in the country – said the LCI minister -. These are still very limited figures. When you have 0.13%, it is still a good return to school. , the best possible given the health crisis. “
Spain, 366 dead in 7 days
In Spain have been registered 4,728 new infections due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a third of which was concentrated in Madrid (1,854). In total deaths are 30,243, with 366 victims in the last 7 days. The Madrid region, the region most affected by the coronavirus, intends to introduce selective closures and other restrictions on movements starting Friday to try to contain infections. Local authorities have announced this, while the Madrid region accounts for about a third of all active cases in Spain. ” We are taking action, but it is not enough. Nothing will work if we don’t act responsibly. There has been a relaxation in the behaviors that we cannot address, ” said Antonio Zapatero, Madrid manager for the response to Covid-19. In particular, Zapatero cited the fact that parties are organized, people are found drinking in the street and quarantine rules are not respected. In Spain, 603,167 infections have been confirmed, the highest number in Western Europe, while the victims are more than 30 thousand.
London, curfew against the second wave
In the last 24 hours, almost 4 thousand new cases of coronavirus infection in Great Britain. New positives are in fact 3,991 while deaths are 20. Since the beginning of the epidemic there have been 378,219. infections and 41,604 deaths.
A curfew could be imposed in London to combat a second wave of Covid-19. The director of public health has called on Londoners to “unite” to contain a feared increase in cases. With the outbreak expected to hit the city with much greater force in the coming weeks, Professor Kevin Fenton, director in England’s capital of Public Health, made it clear that more restrictions could be imposed, some partial and others related to everything. London, Avoid a more rigorous blockade. In an exclusive interview with the Evening Standard, she also made an urgent appeal to Londoners, praising them for their “phenomenal” efforts that helped destroy the first wave and urging them to “do it again” now.
The rest of europe
The Germany marks 1,901 more cases of Covid, reaching 263,663 confirmed infections since the start of the pandemic, according to the Robert Koch Institute. However, the total number of deaths is 9,368. Raised cases also in Czech Republic: Yesterday 1,677 infections were registered, the record since the start of the pandemic. The total, out of a population of just 10.7 million inhabitants, reaches 38,896. And the Russia registers another 5,670 cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The total number of infections in the country amounts to 1,079,519. Compared to yesterday in Russia, there are also another 132 patients affected by Covid-19 dead: the death toll since the start of the pandemic is 18,917.
Jewish pilgrims blocked from Kiev
Beyond a thousand pilgrims Ultra-Orthodox Jews, largely Israelis, are trapped in the border between Belarus and Ukraine, after the Kiev authorities denied them entry due to coronavirus restrictions. The ‘Hasidim’, including entire families with children, intend to travel to the Ukrainian city of Uman, where the revered Rabbi Nachman, who died in 1810, is buried.
India
L ‘India It has surpassed 5 million positive coronavirus cases, a situation that is severely testing the country’s weak health system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages.
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