The world Health Organization (WHO), met Saturday in Geneva has warned that the pandemic coronavirus was likely to be “very long”.
The epidemic of coronavirus is away to stop his progress in the world : the face of the resurgence in the number of cases, the city of Melbourne has had to introduce a new curfew, while the Covid-19 has already made 200 000 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean. Tour of the horizon.
curfew in Melbourne
Australia is trying to dam the outbreak of coronavirus, which continues to spread in the country : a curfew has been announced in Melbourne by the authorities to combat the resurgence of cases of Covid-19 in the second city of the country, whose inhabitants will no longer have the right to go out to more than five kilometres from their home. In spite of a containment established at the beginning of July, Melbourne continued to record hundreds of new cases on a daily basis. The local authorities have therefore decided to put in place a curfew from 20 hours to 5 hours in the morning for the next six weeks.
Declaring a “state of catastrophe” on Sunday, Daniel Andrews, the Prime minister of the State of Victoria, explained that the State capital passed the “phase 4” of the restrictions until 13 September because of contamination levels “unacceptably high”. The people of Melbourne will not have the right to go out for more than an hour of sporting activity in the day, and within a radius of five kilometers around their home. Only one person per household will have the right to do the races each day, also in a radius of five kilometers.
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a Few weeks after the income class, most of the students in schools and universities resume classes via the internet from midnight on Wednesday, while crèches and other facilities will be closed from Thursday. Weddings are canceled in the city until further notice. At the height of the first wave of the pandemic, the weddings had been limited to five people in Australia.
additional restrictions for workplaces will be announced on Monday, he finally said, suggesting that non-essential activities could be disrupted. The State of Victoria has identified Sunday 671 new cases of Covid-19 and seven dead.
More than 200 000 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of dead continues to increase : the virus has caused more than 200,000 deaths in the territory, of which nearly three-quarters in Brazil and Mexico, according to the latest report. With a total of 200 212 dead (4 919 054 case), the Latin America and the Caribbean is the second region most severely affected by the pandemic Covid-19, behind Europe (210 435 deaths, 4 919 054 case). Brazil (93 563 deaths), Mexico (47 472) are the Latin american countries the most affected, followed by Peru (19 408), British (10 330) and Chile (9 533).
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Mexico was recorded on Saturday for the second day in a row a record of contamination to the virus, with 9556 new cases registered in 24 hours, according to figures from the federal secretariat of Health. The total of contagion in Mexico has now reached 434 193, and the death are the number of 47 472, of which 764 have been recorded during the past 24 hours.
The country, which account 128.8 million inhabitants, is the third largest country in the world in terms of deaths from the coronavirus behind the United States and Brazil, since it has surpassed Thursday the United Kingdom. However, its mortality rate, which is 362,1 deaths per one million inhabitants, is lower than the rates of several countries in Europe and Latin America.
half-A-million in South Africa
South Africa, the countries of the african continent the most affected by the coronavirus, has surpassed the half-million people infected, while WHO warns that the world must prepare for a “very long” pandemic.
alone, South Africa has more than half of the cases of coronavirus on the african continent. She identifies 503 290 confirmed cases, said on Saturday the Health minister, Zweli Mkhize. Of 40 000 to 50 000 people could succumb by the end of the year in the country, according to the official screenings.
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“The risk posed by the Covid-19 is very high,” says the WHO, which calls for a response, “national, regional and global”. The emergency committee of the organization, meeting since Friday for the fourth time to re-evaluate the pandemic, warned that “its duration is going to be definitely very long. “Most of the inhabitants of the planet can be affected, even those who do not live in areas severely affected,” warns the organization.
“distress Message” to the Philippines
No continent appears to be spared. In the Philippines, associations representing tens of thousands of mphysician experience have written an open letter in the form of a “distress message to the nation” in the face of a health system that is depicted as “flooded”.
“We’re losing the battle against the Covid-19”, alarmed-they, stressing that a growing number of health-care workers become ill or leave their job. Some overburdened hospitals have refused to admit new patients, prevent they.
According to the ministry of Health, 34 health professionals have died of the Covid-19 in the Philippines. The total number of deaths amounted to 2039 Saturday.
More than 60 000 new cases in the United States
The United States, for their part, have registered more than 60 000 new cases of coronavirus for the fifth day in a row on Saturday, for a total of more than 4.6 million infections. The country had 61 262 cases of Covid-19 over the course of the last 24 hours to 20: 30 Saturday, according to the institution, based in Baltimore. There has been more than 1051 death during this day.
The United States have identified more than 4.6 million of contamination and 154 319 deaths, which makes the country the hardest-hit place in the world. These new figures are published, while Florida was preparing for the arrival of tropical storm Isaias, who should once again become a hurricane approaching the south-eastern part of the State ravaged by the virus.
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Among u.s. States, only California, which has more than double the population of Florida is approximately 21 million people, has registered more cases of coronavirus. Saturday, Florida has reported 179 deaths, setting a new record for the State, and bearing its number of deaths due to the virus to 6843.
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