The chief Aritana Yawalapiti, one of the great native leaders of Brazil, died on Wednesday the coronavirus.
The pandemic of Covid-19 continues to spread inexorably. To this day, at least 701 112 people died in the world as a result of infection with the novel coronavirus. Officially, more than 18.5 million cases have been recorded, although this figure is much lower than the actual number of people having contracted the virus, without having been detected.
The United States remain the countries with the highest grief-stricken, with nearly 158,000 deaths. Then come Brazil, which exceeds the 97 200 deaths, Mexico (48 869), the Uk (46 299) and India (39 795). Europe has 211 603 dead. The Express returned on the latest developments of the pandemic at the international level.
Death of Aritana, a great indigenous leader, of the Covid-19
The chief Aritana Yawalapiti, one of the great native leaders of Brazil, who has dedicated his life to the defence of the rights of his people and the Amazon, died on Wednesday the coronavirus at the age of 70 years. Aritana Yawalapiti, who suffered from hypertension, had been admitted in an intensive care unit and placed under artificial respiration two weeks ago, in a hospital in Goiania, the capital of the State of Goias. He had been hospitalized for respiratory distress related to a severe form of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
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a Staunch defender of indigenous rights and the preservation of the amazon rain forest, the cacique was an important representative of the region of the national Park of Xingu in the Mato Grosso in the southern Amazon, which is also from the chief iconic Raoni Metuktire to the famous tea cold sores.
The cacique Aritana had to leave his village on the Xingu to go in a first hospital, in the neighbouring State of Mato Grosso, due to breathing difficulties. His condition got worse, he had had to endure a journey of nine hours on the road with oxygen tanks for the link on July 22, the hospital San Francisco de Assis of the city of Goiania, better equipped. According to his son, a brother, and a niece of the cacique died of an infection with the novel coronavirus.
WHO reminds young people of their responsibilities in the face of the pandemic
The world health Organization (WHO) has again urged the youth to assume “their responsibilities” to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, while the holidays are in full swing and the holiday season with, to remind them that they can also be vectors of transmission.
The disease Covid-19 was originally perceived as a disease of adults, especially older or with certain health problems, and “the seniors have been very careful to protect themselves” but “as young people return to society, it is clear that(they) can act as a mode of transmission,” pointed out the director of the health emergencies of the WHO, Michael Ryan.
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“young people have a huge opportunity to reduce transmission by their behaviour,” said Michael Ryan. “They must also take into account the fact that they also have a responsibility in this regard”, stressed the epidemiologist irish. “You can choose not to do things. If the transmission community is high, everyone is at risk” but “ask yourself the question : do I really need to go to this party ?”, he continued.
The employees of Amazon will receive a bonus of 500 to 1000 euros
More than 14, 000 employees and French partners of Amazon, “which have been in the forefront of the logistics chain in the month of July”, will receive an exceptional bonus of 500 to 1000 euros, announced the group.
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payment “is made on the basis of the mechanisms proposed by the government and aims to recognize the outstanding commitment of all our operational teams, who have been in the front line for the customers during the global crisis (…) whether it is the agents operating in logistics and prepare the orders on our websites as partners who deliver orders to the customer,” explained Amazon in a press release.
The premium will be allocated to the “8380 employees in the distribution centres, sorting centres and agencies for delivery to French. 2354 temporary agency workers are also covered by this premium. Moreover, the 3400 delivery of the last mile are also eligible,” said the group.
New restrictions in the world
The tunisian ministry of Health announced the requirement of wearing a mask of health in all public spaces, under penalty of sanctions.
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The inhabitants of Aberdeen (Scotland) will experience new restrictions, with the closure of pubs and restaurants and the limitation of displacements in a radius of five miles (eight kilometres) around the home for thes leisure.
Italy, meanwhile, is a threat to Ryanair to suspend its flight clearance into the country, due to the non-observance of rules of safety imposed because of the outbreak of coronavirus.
One-third of Afghans infected
Nearly one-third of the afghan population (31.5 percent), or about 10 million people, has been infected by the new coronavirus, according to a study by the ministry of Health.
In South Africa, some 24 000 members of the health-care personnel have been infected by the new coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, and 181 are dead. This represents approximately 5% of the total number of cases Covid-19 in this country.
air travel continues to suffer
Virgin Australia, which was declared in suspension of payments, in April, will close its subsidiary low-cost Tigerair Australia and delete 3000 posts, or one-third of its workforce.
As the australian company, a majority (55%) of companies expect they will need to reduce their headcount in the next 12 months, according to a survey by the international air transport Association (Iata).
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The airports are also suffering. Some 650 jobs will disappear in Copenhagen, a quarter of the staff of the largest airport in Scandinavia.
