Brazil has announced to reopen its borders to foreigners arriving by air. A measure that aims to revive the tourism industry, devastated by the pandemic.
More than 17 million cases of new coronavirus have been officially reported worldwide, of which more than half in the three countries, according to a count taken by the AFP. At least 17 022 877 cases, including 666 586 deaths have been reported, particularly in the United States, the most affected country with 4 426 982 cases, of which 150 713 deaths, Brazil (2 552 265 cases of which 90 134 deaths) and in India (1 583 792 cases of which 34 968 deaths).
The United States, the country most grief-stricken in the world by the pandemic of sars coronavirus, have crossed Wednesday the milestone of 150 000 dead while the balance sheet has accelerated in Brazil, with 90 000 deaths and that the economic recession settled in several countries around the world.
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The country has registered close to 1270 people dead in one day, and more than 68 000 new cases, dating back to the levels recorded in the past two weeks. Several States, such as California, Texas and especially Florida, which has reached a new record of death on Wednesday (216), have had to backtrack on the re-opening of their business. In Washington, an elected republican reluctant to wear a mask in the u.s. Congress, has been tested positive for the Covid-19 Wednesday while he was about to leave to Texas with the president, Donald Trump.
re-opening of air borders to foreigners
In Brazil, the second country where the Covid-19 kills, the most in the world after the United States, the balance has also climbed Wednesday to 90 134 dead and a very high number of new cases in a day has been recorded, with 69 074, according to the ministry of Health. Official data all the more disturbing that they seem undervalued in the eyes of scientists so that the country practice very few tests.
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at the same time the country has announced to reopen its borders to foreigners arriving by air, according to a decree published in the official Journal, a measure that aims to boost the tourism industry in brazil, devastated by the pandemic of sars coronavirus. The decree was extended for 30 days the prohibition of entry for aliens arriving by land or sea, but indicates that “the arrival of foreigners by air will no longer be prohibited.”
The foreign visitors who stay less than 90 days in the country however, will have to prove that they are covered by health insurance the time of their stay on site. Brazil, which has more than 210 million inhabitants, had closed its air borders to foreign travellers on march 30, at the time where the epidemic of coronavirus ravaging Europe and Asia and had just arrived in South America.
Anxiety in Australia
Australia is that his side has reported this Thursday of 723 new cases of coronavirus recorded in 24 hours in the single State of Victoria (South-East), is a new record of contamination, especially related to retirement homes. This State of which Melbourne is the capital is the heart of the resurgence of the disease on the island-continent, whose initial response to the epidemic had been hailed.
These are three weeks that several districts of Melbourne and its vicinity are subjected to a containment. The authorities have, however, announced Thursday 723 new cases in 24 hours, and 13 deaths from the coronavirus in the single State of Victoria. The previous record of new cases, Monday, was much lower (+549) and focused on the whole of the territory. The Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews blamed, in part, this sharp increase to a surge of cases in the institutions for the elderly. Most of the people who died were 70 years or older.
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The concern in the face of this return of the Covid-19 starts to earn the rest of the country. Three new cases have been reported in the State of Queensland and several schools in Sydney have closed between Wednesday and Thursday, with some fearing that the largest city in australia is also about to switch back to a larger outbreak. The State of New South Wales of which Sydney is the capital city reported 18 new cases on Thursday, a similar figure to the previous days.
While the vast island-continent was quite able to master before the outbreak, Melbourne has experienced since mid-June, a resurgence of cases. This new wave has been attributed to breaches of the rules in the hotels where travellers returning from abroad were on their forties.
Australia, which has 25 million inhabitants, has recorded more than 16 000 cases of coronavirus and 189 deaths. In total, in the world, the Covid-19 has done 660 787 deaths, according to the last balance sheet drawn up Wednesday by AFP.
More than 400 000 cases in Peru
Peru has passed, Wednesday, the mark of 400, 000 cases of contamination coronavirus and identified 204 deaths additional 24 hours, announced the ministry of Health. The number of cases of covid-19 in the country now stands at 400 683 after the 5678 new infections in a day, specified by the ministry. This is the highest daily increase since last June 12.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 18.816 people died in connection with this virus in Peru, of which 204 in the course of the past 24 hours – a figure that is closer to the peak of the 11 June when 206 new deaths had been identified. After a confinement national population of 100 days, the Peru began July 1, the déconfinement in 18 regions out of 25, including the capital Lima.
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The pace of the pandemic continues to accelerate in the world, with a million additional cases detected in 4 days. As the figure for the number of contamination reflects only a part of the real number of cases, many countries are using the tests for the tracing or does not have sufficient resources to conduct large screening campaigns.
