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According to statistics from the Worldometer website, at the end of May 14, the world recorded more than 4.5 million Covid-19 cases, of which the number of deaths exceeded 300,000. The United States is currently the world’s largest epidemic, with more than 1.4 million cases, of which almost 87,000 have died.
Although complicating the situation in the United States and some European countries, the Covid-19 epidemic also began to intensify in many Latin American countries, as the number of infections has increased considerably in recent days. Brazil is currently the largest epidemic in the region with more than 13,000 deaths and more than 200,000 cases of Covid-19.
In Europe, the number of Covid-19 cases in Russia recently increased by an average of 10,000 new cases per day, and Russia has become one of the three largest epidemics in the world. The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia is more than 2,300 cases, relatively low compared to other epidemics such as the United States or some European countries.
Many governments around the world have begun to relax restrictions to gradually reopen. However, experts caution that reopening must be cautious to avoid the risk of an acute outbreak. Some countries, such as China and South Korea, had been able to substantially control the Covid-19 epidemic, but authorities warned of the second wave of infections when the number of cases increased again.
The Covid-19 outbreak began in Wuhan, China, late last year. Until now, the source of the deadly pandemic virus remains a controversial issue and strained relations between the United States and China. Washington accuses Beijing of concealing the epidemic, causing it to spread globally. The administration of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, also accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of “biasing” China, hiding information and delaying the publication of Covid-19 as a pandemic.
The United States cut funding for the WHO last month and warned it could resume it permanently. President Trump said yesterday that the White House could issue a statement on the WHO next week. “We will soon issue a statement about the WHO. Maybe next week,” Trump said.
Minh Phương
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