• Coronavirus, the timing of the Eurogroup meeting on measures against the crisis is getting longer
  • Coronavirus, almost 13 thousand dead in the US. In New York "half a million jobless"
  • United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson "in stable conditions, receives oxygen"

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April 08, 2020 “We are in the 15th week of the global battle against coronavirus. The first case in the European region was registered on January 24th. To date, Europe remains at the center of the pandemic and we have both reasons to be optimistic and reasons to be concerned, "said World Health Organization for Europe director Hans Kluge, updating the pandemic situation at a press conference "The confirmed cases in the whole region and the number of confirmed infections is equal to 687,236 and 52,824 deaths. These data covering 53 countries and seven territories, "added Kluege." Some countries with local transmission are starting to show signs of a decline in the percentage of increase in new cases, "he added explaining that other countries, however," expect an increase rapid contagion or a new blaze. "As for the first trend," Spain now has more cases than Italy "but" after "15-20 days of restrictive measures, the increase in contagions has slowed, like the curve of deaths. "

Spain, 757 deaths in one day
Spain has 757 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours. The toll rises to 14,555 deaths since the beginning of the health emergency. According to the Ministry of Health of Madrid, there are 146,690 cases of Covid-19, more than in Italy (135,586, according to data confirmed yesterday). In Spain 48,021 people have been cured after contracting the infection

Cases are increasing in Germany
The new cases of Covid-19 in Germany increase for the second consecutive day after four days of decline, according to the Robert Koch Institute. With 4,003 new cases in the last 24 hours, the total balance of infections rises to 103,228; 254 new deaths, bringing the general death toll to 1,861. There are currently 103,228 cases of contagion, 3676 more than yesterday. are 2041. This is a "positive trend", said the president of the Koch Institut, Lothar Wieler, in an interview with Deutschlandfunk: "It means that the restrictive measures work". Nonetheless, Wieler stresses that "at the moment it is still unthinkable to put an end to all measures. I can imagine that over time there may be progressive changes".

France, over 10 thousand dead. Macron's new speech tomorrow
French President Emmanuel Macron will speak to the country on Thursday at 8 pm. The Elysée has made it known. This will be Macron's third intervention dedicated to the emergency related to the new coronavirus pandemic, while in France there are more than 10,000 deaths. According to official sources cited by the French media, the president will speak "of the isolation measures and its timetable". France started the measures on March 17, for an initial 15-day period that was already extended until April 15, but the period is expected to be further extended.