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The world continues its slow return to normal even though the outbreak of the new Corona virus has yet to stop, while the number of daily infections has declined in the United States, while the World Health Organization has called for a “total vigilance” in trying to lift isolation restrictions, while Iran has opened mosques.
The United States, the country most affected by the virus according to announced figures, recorded a daily death toll of less than 900 for the second consecutive day (830 deaths) according to the Johns Hopkins University census, but it is still too early to know. whether this downward trend will continue.
Starting today, Tuesday, masks and gloves will be imposed on public transport networks in Moscow, which, like other regions of the world, are still subject to general isolation, while other areas of the country have begun a gradual exit and ” very subtle “of the restrictions, according to the Russian president. Vladimir Putin.
On Tuesday, Singapore allowed the opening of some stores and businesses, such as hairdressing salons, and the lifting of isolation will begin in the US state of New York starting next Friday, with the exception of New York City.
The city still suffers from the stress of the Coruña virus, as it registers a quarter of the total deaths in the country, which so far has reached 80,000.
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According to a study published Monday by the American Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, the high overall death rates recorded during the past March and April reveal that the actual death toll from the pandemic may be thousands higher.
A penny and a little
Meanwhile, the anxiety seems to have leaked to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who has limited contact with his deputy, Mike Pence, whose spokesperson was infected with the emerging coronavirus.
“During this quarantine period, we will probably talk,” Trump said in response to a question about his meeting with his deputy. “I haven’t seen him since then … We can talk on the phone.”
The New York Times reported that a senior US health official will testify before the United States Senate on Tuesday, warning of the dangers of reopening the economy prematurely and saying it could lead to unnecessary suffering and death.
The newspaper quoted the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fuchi, saying in an email: “If we go beyond the guidelines to open the United States again, we are at risk of multiple outbreaks across the country.”
The newspaper quoted Fauchi saying Monday night that the risk of trying to open the economy prematurely is the main message it would like to convey to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Employment and Pensions during today’s meeting.
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Europe
In Paris, dozens of people rushed to drinks on the banks of the Seine yesterday, as a result of which the police banned drinking wine in public places until further notice.
In Spain, the lifting of restrictions on Monday was welcomed with satisfaction by residents, who managed to return to bars amid strict hygiene measures.
In Ukraine, too, restaurants have opened amid stringent preventive measures, some questioning their effectiveness.
In the UK, the world’s number two death toll in the world, according to published figures, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to eliminate segregation has received much criticism, and the Teachers Union has claimed that school teachers they are reluctant to talk about a return to the resumption of lessons “unless it is really safe.”
And in Norway, one of the first European countries to get students back to class, it turns out that this move has not contributed to a further spread of the pandemic, and older students will also return to their schools this week.
Organizations representing German, French and Italian employers have called on the governments of Brussels and the European Union to approve recovery measures representing 5% of GDP over a five-year period, according to a joint article published today in the European press.
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There are no new infections in China
China announced that there were no new local infections Tuesday with the newly created Corona virus, after two straight days of growing infections that fueled fears of a second outbreak.
While China has largely managed to control the virus, it is still at stake, lest a second wave weaken efforts to revive the economy.
And the infections reappeared over the weekend in Wuhan, the first epicenter of the emerging corona virus, while authorities imposed closures in the north-eastern city of Shulan on Sunday after monitoring the spread of the virus there.
On Monday, the Chinese National Health Commission reported 17 new infections, 5 of them in Wuhan and 7 foreigners.
Surveillance
In the absence of treatment or vaccination, WHO health emergency official Michael Ryan emphasized during a video conference that “full surveillance is necessary.”
And he considered that “some countries”, which he did not mention, chose to “close their eyes and advance blindly” to lift the isolation, without specifying the epidemics or attending to sufficient medical capabilities.
The experience of the first Asian countries to witness a pandemic outbreak requires great caution, and despite their mobilization and the use of sophisticated and wide-ranging means to accurately track the virus and preventive measures followed by the population, the city from Wuhan in central China, from where the virus originated, registered new infections on Monday and Monday, but no injuries were reported on Tuesday.
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As for South Korea, it is battling a new epidemic, which started from a 29-year-old who visited various bars and clubs.
As of Tuesday morning, Corona infected more than 4 million and 256,000 people worldwide, of whom more than 287,000 died, and more than one million and 527,000 recovered, according to the World website. Meter that specializes in monitoring victims of the virus.
Iran opens mosques
According to the Iranian News and Television Agency, all mosques in Iran will be reopened today, Tuesday, in another step by the government to ease restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the new Corona virus.
The agency quoted the director of the Islamic Development Organization, Muhammad Qumi, as saying that the decision to reopen the mosques was made in consultation with the Ministry of Health.
Qomi later said on Monday that the mosques will only reopen for three days, to revive certain nights during Ramadan, and it is unclear whether they will remain open.
Official media reported that Friday prayers had resumed in some 180 cities and towns with low injury rates, after they were suspended for two months.
The resumption of Friday prayers, which are still banned in the capital, Tehran and in other major cities, came after the reopening of 132 mosques on Monday in areas permanently free of the virus.
On Sunday President Hassan Rouhani said, according to the official website, that the schools will open their doors next week.
Iran has already lifted the ban on movement between cities and allowed the opening of shopping malls, A spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Kyanosh Jahanpur, said in a statement on official television that the number of deaths in Corona in Iran has increased to 45 people in the last 24 hours, bringing the number to 6685, and the total number of infections. in Iran it is 109 thousand 286 cases.
