Chronicles of the coronavirus: the WHO claims that it was not created in the laboratory of Wuhan

The World Health Organization has declared that the coronavirus is of animal origin, denying reports of its production in the Wuhan laboratory.

Last week, United States President Donald Trump said his administration was verifying information about the possible origin of the virus from a laboratory in Wuhan.

Wuhan is the city in China that registered the first Covid-19 cases last year.

In total, more than 2.5 million people are infected with the coronavirus worldwide.

The total number of deaths is 171 810 people.

Bats, not the lab.

On Tuesday, a WHO spokeswoman said all tests indicated that the virus had not been designed in the laboratory or elsewhere.

“The virus is likely to be of animal origin,” the WHO said.

How it went from animals to humans is still unclear.

“Most likely it was in bats, but how it passed from them to people has yet to be investigated,” it said in a statement.

Migration to the United States.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, promised to sign an order to suspend immigration to the United States.

In a Twitter post, he wrote that he had made the decision “due to an invisible enemy attack” (as he had previously said about the coronavirus), and based on “the need to protect the jobs of our wonderful American citizens.”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United States only allows people from Mexico and Canada to enter the emergency country. These measures will be in force until at least mid-May.

There are also significant restrictions on entry to the US. USA By citizens of European countries and China, but temporary work visa holders, students and employers can still come to the country.

In the United States, almost 800,000 people became ill with Covid-19. It is the country with the highest number of infections in the world.

The number of deaths in the first place also in the EE. USA – 24 thousand dead, followed by Italy – 24 thousand, Spain – 20 thousand, France – 20 thousand.

However, on Monday, Italian authorities reported that the number of people with a confirmed coronavirus had decreased for the first time in the country.

The authorities call it a good sign for the country most affected by the coronavirus in Europe.

Meanwhile, France became the fourth country after Italy, Spain and the United States, where the death toll from coronavirus exceeded 20,000.

More than a third of all deaths in France come from nursing homes.

Germany has canceled the iconic Oktoberfest beer festival.

The event was traditionally scheduled for early October in Munich and was expected to cost the city around $ 1 billion. Every year around 6 million people come there.

WHO calls for the quarantine to be phased out. Premature weakening may lead to an increase in new infections, the organization said Tuesday. At least until they find an effective vaccine.

Any government considering facilitating quarantine measures should plan this step by step, constantly monitoring the situation.

Meanwhile, there are more coronavirus patients in neighboring Belarus than in Ukraine. As of April 20, there were 6,200 patients.

The Belarusian Ministry of Health reports that more than 100,000 tests have been carried out in the country. However, they do not specify any PCR or express method.

More than 500 people recovered and 51 died.

Alexander Lukashenko’s press service confirmed today that a coronavirus was discovered in a man with whom the President recently played hockey.

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