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Here we follow the advances in the Covid-19 pandemic on an international scale.
In the last 24 hours, Germany registered 1,478 new cases of Covid-19, for the fourth consecutive day, the number of new infections continues to increase.
Since the start of the pandemic, Germany has recorded more than 160,000 cases, of which approximately 75 percent have recovered. The number of active cases is now 34,672.
The death toll increased from 173 to 6,288.
The country has begun to intensify the tests, the laboratories can carry out more than 860 thousand tests per week, double the amount performed in the previous weeks.
For the first time since February 29, South Korea has not recorded any local transmission cases since Covid-19.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that four new infections were detected, all of which were imported.
The country has 10,765 Covid-19 cases and 247 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, 9,059 patients have recovered.
The Ukrainian Minister of Health revealed that the country has 10,406 confirmed cases and that 261 people died from Covid-19 infection.
Ukraine has implemented several containment measures until May 11. The government expects the peak of the pandemic to hit the country early next month.
The Sri Lankan government must impose curfews today for the second time since the outbreak began, following a recent resurgence of new cases of Covid-19.
Sri Lanka has a total of 630 infected and seven dead since the outbreak began. Of these, 308 cases were registered after April 22.
The new wave of cases is believed to have arisen in a navy camp. Authorities isolated the camp and took steps to quarantine some 4,000 soldiers in the country.
The new curfew will take effect from today at 20:00 (15:30 in Lisbon).
The first was imposed on March 20, but has eased in the last two days in approximately two thirds of the country. The relief allowed the movement of people in districts where the spread of the virus had been low. The capital Colombo is among the districts considered high risk.
China has registered four cases of infection with the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, all from abroad, the country’s Health Commission said today.
No further victims are reported until 11:59 p.m. M. Wednesday in China, according to Chinese authorities.
The number of infected people active in the country was 619, after 32 people were discharged in the last 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, China has registered a total of 82,836 infected and 4,633 deaths due to Covid-19. So far, 77,610 people have been discharged.
7h54 – The stage improves in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste recorded a significant increase in Covid-19 recoveries this Thursday, to 16.
Cited by the Lusa agency, Sérgio Lobo, spokesman for the Integrated Crisis Management Center, said that of the total of 24 confirmed cases, the country now has only 12 assets.
“We have a huge increase in the number of cases recovered, plus ten,” said Sérgio Lobo at the daily press conference to update the situation at Covid-19.Timor-Leste has not registered a new positive case since April 24.
As for the two Portuguese teachers who are in isolation, after the positive tests, Lobo confirmed that they had already had a first new analysis with a negative result, waiting for the confirmation of the second negative result to be discharged.
“The two Portuguese citizens had their first negative test,” he said.
Timorese authorities have already evaluated 652 people, 435 of whom have reported negative results. Pending results 193.
Quarantined in both state infrastructure and home confinement, there are 374 people, including 40 health professionals. 1,775 people have already been quarantined.
7:33 am – Bolsonaro under criticism
The National Health Council, an organ linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, classified the actions of President Jair Bolsonaro as “irresponsible, criminal and genocidal”, in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In open letterThe CNS, a deliberative instance of the country’s Unified Health System, also asked the Brazilian population to maintain social isolation as a preventive measure against Covid-19, contrary to what Jair Bolsonaro defended.
Brazilian health system launches attack on Bolsonaro – RTP Notícias https://t.co/Gj91TwI97z
– RTPNews (@RTPNoticias) April 30, 2020
“Furthermore, irresponsible, criminal and genocidal attitudes were not enough, in addition to the disinformation campaign spread by the President of the Republic, the Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes, applies a damaging fiscal austerity policy, which is under fire in the The world’s main economies, including those that defended it as the only alternative not long ago, “the body accused.
7:28 am – United States totals 2502 dead in 24 hours
The United States recorded 2502 deaths in the last 24 hours due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.
In total, 60,853 people died on US soil.
The number of infected people increased to 1,038,451 with approximately 120,000 people reported to be recovered.
The United States continues to be the country with the highest number of deaths and confirmed cases.
The following are Italy (27,682 deaths, more than 203,000 cases), the United Kingdom (26,097 deaths, more than 162,000 cases), Spain (24,275 deaths, around 213,000 cases), France (24,087 deaths, around 169,000 cases)
6:48 – State of play
The end of the state of emergency and the possible declaration of a calamity situation are discussed this Thursday at a meeting of the Council of Ministers.
Among other measures, it will be discussed which commercial sectors are resuming their activity within security standards.The Prime Minister yesterday presented the parties with the
Goveerno’s plan for the gradual reopening of the country, in a marathon of
meetings António Costa warns that the Government will not hesitate to back down if
This process goes wrong.
In view of the possibility of a state of calamity, the resolution of the Council of Ministers should establish limits or restrictions on movement.
The gradual reopening of economic activities is expected.
On May 4, they are authorized to reopen commercial establishments of up to 200 square meters, but with a capacity reduced by half.
On May 18, spaces of up to 400 square meters will be able to function again and students from years 11 and 12 will be able to return to classes.
The rest of the trade, including shopping malls, is expected to reopen on June 1.
Meanwhile, the disinfection operation of the schools continues. The work covers 200 establishments and involves military personnel from the Army and the Navy.
The first school to be disinfected was the Secundária da Amadora, which was also the first to register cases of infection.
The photo in Portugal
The epidemic continues to show signs of slowing down in Portugal.
According to the latest epidemiological bulletin, released on Wednesday, there were 183 confirmed cases out of a total of more than 24,500 infected.
There has been a sharp drop in three days. A further 25 deaths were recorded, out of a total of 973. There are 81 more people recovered, a total of about 1,500.
In Portugal, so far, 973 of the 24,505 confirmed infected have died.
The international framework
Globally, the Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 200,000 deaths and infected more than 3.1 million people in 193 countries and territories.
In Europe, the death toll in the UK from Covid-19 rose to more than 26,000, after the government first included deaths that occurred outside of hospitals.
The data review added nearly 4,500 deaths to the accounting performed the day before, with only deaths in the hospital.
Spain, on the other hand, saw the number of deaths increase, but recorded more than 6,000 recoveries. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez admitted having made mistakes during the period of the epidemic.
For the first time since the pandemic began, Russia recorded more than 100 deaths in 24 hours. The death toll increased to 972.
A video posted online by the director of one of the Moscow hospitals shows that resuscitation beds are fully booked at the facility.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already canceled the traditional Victoria military parade on May 9 in Red Square and extended the quarantine regime until May 12.
The World Health Organization Emergency Committee will meet again this Thursday to assess the progression of the pandemic, almost three months after the global public health emergency declaration was reported.
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said the meeting, to be held by teleconference, aims to “assess the evolution of the pandemic and analyze the updated recommendations.”
This is the third time that the emergency committee has met due to the new coronavirus. The last meeting took place on January 30.
The WHO emergency committee is made up of specialists in public health and other areas of the international network that advises the organization.
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