Confirmed that no seasonal patterns emerged for "the virus"
"World Health" calls for combating new waves of "Covid-19"
People stand at a fountain near the Eiffel Tower in a heatwave. Reuters
Yesterday, the World Health Organization said that the new Corona virus (Covid-19) that is sweeping the world did not show seasonal patterns, and will return again if the medical authorities give up their pressure to resist it. The head of WHO's emergency program, Doctor Mark Ryan, stressed that Western Europe and other regions must deal quickly with the new waves of outbreaks.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that it is not too late, and that there is room for hope and more in order to stop and control the spread of the Corona virus. He said during a press conference in Geneva yesterday, that countries that are witnessing a return to the increase in cases in some regions after opening their economies and easing restrictions, they must know the speed of response to the outbreak of the virus, and to be constantly careful, and continue to deal quickly with the process of detecting cases and isolation, and tracing The impact of contact, in addition to educating citizens to stay away from crowded places, take into account social distancing, and permanent washing of hands, and others.
He stressed the need for students to return to their schools safely, and to take the necessary measures, in order to ensure not only students, but school personnel as well.
Yesterday, the World Health Organization reported that the number of Coronavirus cases around the world has exceeded 20 million cases, while deaths have reached about 750,000 deaths, while aggregate data of Coronavirus cases published by the American Johns Hopkins University website showed that the total number Recovering from the virus exceeded 12.1 million people.
The United States leads the world in terms of the number of cases, followed by Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Iran, Spain and the United Kingdom, and the United States leads the world in terms of the number of deaths, followed by Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, India, Italy and France.
After Brussels and Madrid, wearing masks became mandatory in Paris, as of yesterday, in some major tourist areas and commercial streets in the French capital, such as the banks of the Seine, Montmartre and Mouftart Street, and the same measure applies in some cities in the Ile-de-France region.
The procedure scheduled for a month, which can be extended, aims to combat new infections, which raise fears of a second wave of the epidemic that may constitute a severe blow to the French economy.
It seems that this task will be difficult, as it has been observed during the past 48 hours that a large number of people in European countries ignored several recommended health measures in light of temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius.
By imposing the mandatory wearing of the muzzle, Paris is following in the footsteps of other French cities, such as Nice, Marseille and Lille, as well as other countries such as the Madrid region in Spain, as well as Belgium, and even Romania, which since late July has strengthened its health measures.
In the United States, where controversy over the issue of wearing masks continues to divide Americans and within the political class alike, three months before the presidential elections, the epidemic continues to spread deadly.
According to Johns Hopkins University statistics, the largest economic power in the world is the most affected by far, with more than 162 thousand deaths, and it also crossed the day before yesterday the threshold of five million injuries.
And in Brazil, the second-most affected country in the world, the threshold of 100,000 deaths has been crossed, prompting a wave of messages of solidarity with bereaved families and strong criticism of the government on social media.
In Venezuela, the increasing number of Coronavirus infections prompted President Nicolas Maduro to extend the "state of emergency" for 30 days, allowing him to extend the quarantine in effect since last March.
And the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the number of cases of Coronavirus throughout the African continent rose to one million 36 thousand and 564 cases, after 14,480 new infections were recorded.
The center stated that the number of deaths due to the virus rose to 22,966 deaths, after 505 new deaths were recorded throughout the continent, pointing out that the number of recoveries from the virus has reached 723 thousand and 40 cases so far.
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One million cases of "Corona" virus around the world ... and the number of people recovering exceeds 12.1 million.
The imposition of putting "masks" in Paris for a period of one month, which can be extended, amid a heat wave in Europe.