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Here we follow the developments of the Covid-19 pandemic on an international scale.
7:33 am – United States with 2751 deaths in 24 hours
The United States has reported 2,751 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, compared to yesterday, Johns Hopkins University said last night.
This daily balance increases to 44,845 the total number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in the country, officially the most affected in the world by Covid-19.
The number of infected people has already exceeded 824,438 thousand officially diagnosed, with about 40 thousand new infections until 1:30 in the morning of this Wednesday in Lisbon, according to the count of that university. Since then, some 75,000 people have been declared healed.
As of April 15, the United States had more than 2,500 dead.
7:00 am – State of play
The biweekly debate in the Assembly of the Republic is opened this Wednesday by the communists. The Prime Minister gave up his opening speech, something that happens for the first time.
In the context of a state of emergency, António Costa considered that parties with parliamentary representation should question the government, according to a source from the State Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs quoted by the Lusa agency.
For the first time the amount of Covid-19 recovered in Portugal exceeded, on Tuesday, the number of deaths. 917 people have already recovered. 762 lost their lives. The PCP is preparing to question Costa about “economic and social problems and health problems.” This in a debate in which the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the labor market and the economy will be highlighted.
PS, PSD, BE, CDS-PP, PAN, PEV, Liberal Initiative and Enough will follow.
It is recalled that the communists voted against the second renewal of the state of emergency, arguing that it would be “unnecessary and disproportionate in the fight against public health against the epidemic.”
The extension of a state of exception, argues the PCP, “continues to serve as a pretext to impose on workers the most diverse abuses, arbitrariness and violations of their rights”, in addition to “covering the accumulation of benefits of economic groups”.
The PCP also warned that “there is a feeling of trivialization of the state of emergency that is incompatible with the seriousness of a decision that involves the suspension or restriction of rights, freedoms and guarantees.”
This biweekly debate precedes by 72 hours the commemorations of the Revolution of April 25, 1974 in Parliament, a session that has generated controversy in the political and social country. The President of the Assembly of the Republic insisted in recent hours on the idea that he does not give in to “a kind of populist attempt at democracy to the internet“
In an interview with Antena 1, Ferro Rodrigues confessed to being surprised by the controversy over the celebrations.
The photo in Portugal
The country registered 762 deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday in 21,379 confirmed cases of infection, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the General Directorate of Health.
Portugal is observing the third 15-day period of state of emergency, which started on March 19.
The presidential decree that extended the measure until May 2 foresees the possibility of a “gradual, gradual or alternative opening of services, companies or commercial establishments.”
At least 800 people are in high danger of contagion. They live in accommodations similar to the Lisbon shelter, where 138 immigrants infected with the new coronavirus were detected.
In terms of health services provision, a plane with 70 tons of masks arrived in Porto last night. The material, from China, was downloaded at approximately 9:30 p.m.
He was then transported in eight trucks escorted by the police. And now it will be distributed by the country’s hospitals and companies.The international framework
The covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 178,000 deaths and infected more than 2.5 million people in 193 countries and territories.
In response to the spread of respiratory diseases, different governments have decreed the confinement of 4.5 billion people, which corresponds to more than half of the world population. Entire sectors of the economy were paralyzed.
In the United States, Donald Trump has confirmed that his Administration will suspend the entry of emigrants. This is a historic measure that will be in effect for at least 60 days.
Then an evaluation will be carried out and, if necessary, the period will be longer. The measure only applies to immigrants who apply for a permanent residence visa.
In Spain, the number of deaths rose again on Tuesday, to 430. 13 percent of those infected, about 32,000, are health professionals.
In the neighboring country, starting next Monday, children under the age of 14 will be able to go outside accompanied by an adult for a short time.
