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Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include:
Global death toll exceeds 302,000
The global number for Covid-19 exceeded 300,000, with nearly 4.5 million people infected. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, at least 302,452 people have died as a result of the outbreak. The institution says it has counted 4,443,597 confirmed cases worldwide. It is important to note that the actual death toll is believed to be much higher than the figure compiled from government figures.
China marks a month without announcing new deaths from coronavirus
China has gone a month without announcing new deaths from the coronavirus. The National Health Commission reported four new cases of the virus on Friday, all local cross-infections in the north-eastern province of Jilin, where a group of uncertain origin has been detected in recent days. The last time the commission reported a death was April 14.
Trump threatens to cut ties with China
United States President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration in his relationship with China due to the coronavirus, saying he has no interest in talking to President Xi Jinping at this time and suggesting that he could cut ties with the second economy. biggest in the world. Chinese state media responded by saying that his comments are “crazy.”
Trump visits a mask distribution center without wearing a mask
Donald Trump toured a mask distribution center in Pennsylvania political state Thursday, but without wearing a mask. Trump, who is running for re-election in November, has resisted wearing a mask in public despite his administration’s guide to Americans to wear them and new White House rules requiring staff to wear them in the job.
Mexico records a record increase in cases in one day
On Thursday, Mexico’s Health Secretariat confirmed an additional 257 deaths from coronavirus and 2,409 new infections, the largest one-day increase in cases since the pandemic began. The new infections brought confirmed cases of coronavirus to 42,595 and 4,477 deaths in total, according to the official count.
Brazil confirms cases pass 200,000
The number of cases in Brazil exceeded 200,000 on Thursday. The country now has 202,918 confirmed cases, with 13,944 added in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. The count means that it is the sixth most affected country worldwide in terms of cases, according to data from John Hopkins, 844 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, with a total of 13,993.
South Korean, Chinese and Japanese health ministers to hold video conference
South Korean, Chinese and Japanese health ministers will meet by video conference on Friday to discuss ways to work together in the global campaign against the new coronavirus, South Korean officials said. The meeting is the first among senior health officials from East Asia’s neighbors since the outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan emerged late last year.
Doctors in Italy and France report an increase in rare inflammatory syndrome related to coronavirus
Doctors in northern Italy, One of the areas most affected by the coronavirus, and in France have reported spikes in cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome in young children that seems similar to one reported in the US. USA, Great Britain and Spain, according to a report published in The Lancet. symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, including fever, skin rashes, swollen glands, and, in severe cases, inflammation of the heart.
Covid-19 reaches refugee camps in Bangladesh
A Rohingya man has become the first person to test positive for Covid-19 in the vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, which is home to almost a million people. Local health coordinator Abu Toha Bhuiyan initially said that two refugees had been isolated. The World Health Organization later said that one case was from a Rohingya man, and the other was from a local man who lived near the camp and was being treated at a clinic within the area.
36 million Americans are now unemployed
Another 3 million Americans applied for benefits, bringing the country’s total unemployed to 36 million. The latest figures from the Labor Department show that the claims rate is slowing, but the record pace of layoffs has already brought unemployment to levels never seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
