Coronavirus: the state of the world facing the pandemic on Friday, April 10

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Millions of Christians are preparing to celebrate Easter in confinement as the toll of the epidemic now exceeds 100,000 worldwide. WHO fears "a deadly resurgence" in the event of premature deconfinement.

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• The milestone of 13,000 dead crossed in France

More than 13,000 people have died in France since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, including " a child under 10 years old " in Ile-de-France whose causes of death seem however " multiple ", announced this Friday April 10 the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon. A total of 13,197 people died, including 8,598 in the hospital (+554 in 24 hours) and 4,599 in nursing homes and medico-social establishments (+ 433). The slight decrease in resuscitation admissions that began on Thursday continues, with 62 fewer patients in 24 hours, " a shy clearing up " " very important for all caregivers, " said Professor Salomon.

Emmanuel Macron and Edouard Philippe are leading a series of meetings to prepare the address to the French by the Head of State scheduled for Monday on the new measures.

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Two days after the announcement of suspected cases, 50 members of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier were tested positive. Three sailors had been evacuated " as a preventive measure ". The ship is now on its way to Toulon, its home port.

French Polynesia will remain in confinement until April 29. An announcement made by the high commissioner of the South Pacific territory which specifies that the army will send reinforcements to the archipelago in particular to ensure long-distance medical evacuations.

• The number of deaths jumps in Belgium

The number of deaths has jumped in Belgium with 3,019 deaths, 496 new deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

Easter is generally a good time for Belgian chocolate, but this year, sales have fallen by 90%, except for chocolatiers who sell online, like Pierre Marcolini, one of the stars of the profession. Belgian chocolate makers have donated 13 million eggs, rabbits and cookies to hospitals across the country.

• British demanded to respect containment

Boris Johnson continues his convalescence in hospital the day after he left intensive care. It could be long. The British are ordered to respect confinement during the Easter weekend, despite the good weather and before a possible extension. Official figures point to an additional 980 deaths in the country this Friday for a total of 8,958.

In Ireland , the confinement is extended until May 5, announced Prime Minister Léo Varadkar.

• Reduction in the number of daily deaths in Spain

Spain has recorded this Friday 605 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, the lowest figure recorded for nearly three weeks. Containment has been extended, but the government has already suggested that it will be eased gradually. Children could in particular be allowed to go out with their parents near their home.

• Portugal does not want to drop guard

Don't "let your guard down". This is what President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is demanding. He announced his intention to extend the state of emergency until May 1. " We have the impression that the situation is stabilizing and that could lead to a loosening of the protective measures, but above all it must not happen, " says Anabela Oliveira, director of the emergency department of the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon , the largest in the country.

• Italy extends containment

The Italian government has decided to extend the containment measures which expire on April 13 until May 3. The daily death toll has dropped slightly (to 570 from 610 the previous day), and the number of new cases of infection has also dropped, from 4,204 Thursday to 3,951. Authorities now say they no longer focus on the number of dead, but want to manage the crisis in its entirety

• Travel prohibited in Greece

A Roma camp has been quarantined for two weeks in central Greece after several cases of contamination. The government has tightened controls on highways and ports to prevent people from going out for the Orthodox Easter celebrations on April 19. Greece, with a population of 11 million, accounts for 1,955 cases. 79 people are in intensive care and 86 have died.

• Austria wants to better assess its contamination rate

Austria is said to have twice as many infected residents as the screening tests conducted so far suggest, according to a study released in Vienna. This study, carried out by one of the main polling institutes in the country, came to this conclusion after interviewing a representative sample. The institute presents its study as the first to calculate the rate of contamination within a country of the European Union, and therefore to better understand the spread of the pandemic.

• Over 1,000 dead in Turkey

Turkey has passed the 1,000 mark linked to the coronavirus pandemic with 98 new deaths announced by the Minister of Health on Friday. A total of 1,006 people died among 47,029 cases in Turkey, the epidemic said, Minister Fahrettin Koca told a press conference in Ankara.

• Conversation between Putin and Trump

With 1,786 additional cases, Russia is experiencing the strongest push to date. The country now has 11,917 deaths. The Russian capital, home to more than 12.5 million people, and many other parts of the country are in their second week of partial containment.

Vladimir Putin has announced that he will soon talk to Donald Trump about cooperation to fight the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. The two men already spoke on Thursday.

• American agriculture at risk

The United States (16,736 deaths for 467,184 cases) remains the most affected country after Italy. But there, as elsewhere, containment is working and the hospitalization curve is falling sharply in New York. However, the number of deaths remains significant (7,844 since the start of the crisis). Governor Andrew Cuomo says he is " cautiously optimistic ." As everywhere, the test race is on. The debate continues on the need to test everyone. Donald Trump is not in favor of it unlike the scientific world.

The disruption caused by the pandemic is hitting the agricultural world hard. Farmers are forced to throw out the deals today, at a time when some stores are asking their customers not to buy more than one carton of milk. In the entourage of Donald Trump, we envisage a resumption of economic life in May.

• Yemen announces first case

Yemen, ravaged by years of war, announces its first case of contamination. Humanitarian organizations fear a health disaster if the virus spreads.

• Caution remains in order in China

Despite a relaxation of containment measures, the Chinese remain cautious in their movements. Maintaining restrictive measures in certain regions to avoid a second wave of contagion also complicates movement within the country. The Chinese government fears a second wave of containment and has therefore placed under confinement a border town with Russia where several cases of Covid-19 have occurred.

• The virus returns to Singapore

Erected as a model to fight the epidemic, Singapore identified nearly 200 new cases this Friday. The city had however managed to contain the spread thanks to a very strict control strategy and tracing of contacts in place with infected people.

Many Asian countries which had fairly poor results in the early stages of the pandemic are now facing a second wave, when their fellow citizens, exiled at first, return from abroad and locally reinfect the population again.

• Promote a new model

European environment ministers are calling for post-epidemic recovery plans to take into account environmental and climate issues. According to them, " increase investment, particularly in the areas of sustainable mobility, renewable energy, renovation of buildings, research and innovation, restoration of biodiversity and the circular economy ".

In France, the Citizens Climate Convention (CCC) advocates for " a different economic, societal model, more human and more resilient ". Economists, including Thomas Piketty, call for " a fairer social and fiscal contract ".

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