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The Associated Press said US officials believe China has concealed the extent of the Coronavirus outbreak and how contagious it is so it can obtain and store the necessary medical supplies, according to intelligence documents.
According to an intelligence report issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Chinese leaders “intentionally” concealed the scope of the epidemic from the world in early January.
The report also indicated that for most of this month, Beijing deliberately failed to inform the World Health Organization that the virus was contagious so it could order medical supplies from abroad.
United States President Donald Trump said the Corunna virus came from China and should have been removed there. He added in a special seminar with Fox News that the Chinese have not detected the presence of the virus and that the reasons will be discovered.
For his part, the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said that there is a lot of evidence that the virus originated in the Wuhan laboratory, and that China is responsible for the spread of this pandemic and must be held accountable.
On the other hand, the former Chinese diplomat Li Yuanqing denied the United States’ accusations and said that they are recurring accusations without providing any proof of their authenticity.
Numbers
This American-Chinese rift occurs at a time when the number of coronavirus infections worldwide exceeded the threshold of 3.5 million, according to Reuters statistics, while deaths approached a quarter of a million cases. , despite the decrease in the rate of infections and deaths due to its peak during the last month.
Most cases were reported in recent days in North America and European countries, but the numbers continue to rise in smaller outbreaks in Latin America, Africa, and Russia.
Over the past 24 hours, the world recorded 84,004 new infections, according to Reuters statistics, which are based on official government data, bringing the total number of cases to just over 3.5 million.
The vaccine
On the other hand, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, expected that the new vaccine against the Corona virus would be available by the end of 2020.
“We are very confident that we will get a vaccine by the end of the year,” Trump told Fox News. “The doctors will say: You shouldn’t say this. I say what I think,” he said. “We are putting a lot of pressure. I think a lot of (pharmaceutical) groups are very close.”
When asked what his reaction would be if another country discovered a vaccine before the United States, Trump replied, “I don’t care, I just want a successful vaccine. If it’s another country” that will find the vaccine, “I will raise my hat.”
The President of the United States expressed his desire to allow the resumption of the country’s activities in a cautious way, but “as quickly as possible”, while expressing optimism about the economic prospects and hoping that the year 2021 would be “surprising” .
Last Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). USA He granted his approval to use the drug “Remisdiver” in emergencies. The drug is used in critically ill “Covid-19” patients without being part of a clinical trial program.
Release
Meanwhile, Europe continues to ease the isolation measures it has imposed on the population to limit the spread of the “Covid-19” epidemic with new decisions that are supposed to be implemented starting Monday in some 15 countries.
The Italians, who have been under strict quarantine measures since March 9, are preparing to enter a series of measures to reduce isolation on Monday, after paying a high price for the epidemic that killed some 29,000 people. on the Italian peninsula, especially in the Lombardy region (north).
In France, the government decided to extend the current state of health emergency from March 24 to July 24, considering that lifting it would be “premature”, but measures to reduce isolation will begin on May 11 with great caution and at a rate that varies by region.
In Germany, where the lifting of restrictions is at an advanced stage, schools are opening their doors starting today, Monday, in some provinces, and in Spain many residents in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities went out to practice running.
In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to reveal a plan to lift the isolation next week. “He was not in good shape and knew there were contingency plans,” he said in an interview with The Sun. “And the doctors were ready to do what they should if things went wrong.”
In Eastern Europe, cafes and restaurants open today, Monday in Slovenia and Hungary, with the exception of the capital, Budapest. In Poland, work resumes in hotels, shopping malls, offices and also in some museums.
