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The new coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 480,000 tons worldwide. lives, continues to spread rapidly in Latin America. In Brazil, the most affected country in the region, the death toll has approached 55,000 and the number of infections is around 1.2 million. In Mexico, the number of deaths from COVID-19 exceeded 25,000 on Thursday, and the number of infections was 200,000.
The number of new infections reported in the United States for two months a day has been more or less constant, but is now increasing in the southern and western parts of the country. The number of new infections has almost reached the April level.
In the past 24 hours, 37,667 infections and 692 deaths were reported in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported. In total, nearly 122,000 were registered in the United States. COVID-19 deaths are the highest number of victims in the world so far.
Texas was among the states to most aggressively lift quarantine restrictions in early June. Republican Governor Greg Abbott was convinced that Texas had escaped the worst effects of the American outbreak.
Still, on Thursday, Abbott was forced to halt the state’s gradual opening and lead to the release of hospital beds.
“The last thing we would like to do as a state is go back and close companies,” said Abbott, an ally of President Donald Trump, who has been widely criticized for his response to the coronavirus crisis.
“This temporary pause will help our state stop the spread,” added the governor.
Infections are now on the rise again in 29 states.
Experts blame officials’ uneven response to the pandemic, the politicization of masks and physical distance, and the “quarantine fatigue” of Americans.
US health officials now estimate, according to antibody research, that the new virus could have infected about 24 million people. people: 10 times more than the officially registered number (approximately 2.4 million).
According to officials, the demographics of the outbreak are changing as younger people become increasingly risky to return to a “normal” life.
“On the verge of exhaustion”
Dozens of tourists seeking that feeling of normal life in Paris climbed the iron stairs of the Eiffel Tower in Paris despite the heat on Thursday, reopening the most famous monument in the French capital to visitors, but denying access to their lifts , which are impossible to keep at a physical distance.
“I am crying, but they are tears of joy,” said Therese, 60, from Perpignan in southwestern France.
Norway, which still has some of the most severe travel restrictions, announced Thursday that it will seek to ease those measures in mid-July.
In Britain, some have resorted to the new relaxed regime too boldly: thousands of people had gathered to enjoy the sun on the beaches of the coastal city of Bournemouth.
Bournemouth authorities said they were “horrified” by the views on the city’s beaches and declared a “serious incident”.
The joyous opening of tourist attractions and beaches is also overshadowed by a new WHO warning that Europe has not yet solved the problems.
Hans Kluge, Director of the WHO European Office, warned that in 11 countries [viruso plitimas] very recovered, so if [padėtis] will no longer be controlled, healthcare systems will work again [perdegimo]and borders “.
Mr. Kluge did not specify specific countries and did not provide accurate statistics.
Quarantine measures have been reintroduced in parts of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, as well as in two western parts of Germany.
However, the current number of cases in Europe looks good compared to the American continents. The United States and Brazil continue to lead the world in the number of confirmed infections and deaths.
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