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- A total of 108 additional deaths were reported Thursday in Hubei province, where the Covid-19 epidemic started in December. More than 2,100 people died from this epidemic, in total.
- But only 615 new cases of contamination were recorded, down sharply from the 1,693 reported on Wednesday, according to the provincial health authorities.
- In addition, two people contaminated on the liner "Diamond Princess" in Japan died.
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4:56 p.m .: The shortfall due to restrictions related to the coronavirus could reach USD 27.8 billion for the airlines (IATA)
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They will be 34. 34 French men and women who will be housed in Normandy for their quarantine after their repatriation from the Wuhan region. This fourth repatriation flight will arrive on Friday.
1:14 p.m .: First death in South Korea
South Korea reported on Thursday the first death of a person infected with the new coronavirus when the number of cases of contamination has exceeded one hundred, half of which are followers of a sect. Among them, more than forty attended the branch in Daegu of the Church of Shincheonji, or Temple of the Tabernacle of the testimony, often considered as a sect.
The deceased is a man in his sixties who lived in the northern province of Gyeongsang. Authorities said he was tested positive for coronavirus the day after his death on Wednesday from symptoms of pneumonia, authorities said.
1:12 p.m .: Bercy gathers economic players on Friday to assess the impact
The Ministry of Economy and Finance will bring together representatives of businesses and various economic sectors on Friday morning to take stock of the impact of the coronavirus epidemic, he announced on Thursday.
This “very large” format meeting will bring together, around Minister Bruno Le Maire and his Secretary of State Agnès Pannier-Runacher, employers' organizations (Medef, U2P, etc.) and representatives of many sectors, such as those of the health, wood, automotive, luxury, food, sea, nuclear or rail, we said in Bercy. The objective is "to listen to all these representatives on possible difficulties today, but especially tomorrow or the day after tomorrow" and also to see how they "anticipate difficulties if the (epidemic) continues", explained the ministry.
12:32 p.m .: A contaminated sect in Korea
Nearly forty people belonging to a sect in the city of Daegu, in South Korea, were contaminated by the new coronavirus, according to a report established Thursday by the authorities, leading the mayor to ask the inhabitants to stay at their homes. About half of the total 82 infected people in the country are related to a 61-year-old woman who attended the Daegu branch of the Church of Shincheonji, or Temple of the Tabernacle of Testimony, often considered a sect.
The municipality of Daegu said that 1,001 faithful of Shincheonji who would have attended the same offices as the 60-year-old were asked to remain in quarantine at their home. A total of 43 cases of contamination were recorded in the city of Daegun and in the neighboring northern province of Gyeongsang located in the east of the country. Daegu mayor Kwon Young-jin called on residents on Thursday "to avoid leaving their homes as much as possible". The Shincheonji Church has closed all its structures across the country.
11:53 a.m .: A fourth flight arrives
The French who must be repatriated from China by Friday, from the area most affected by the epidemic of the new coronavirus, will be welcomed in a holiday center in Calvados, we learned Thursday from the prefecture and the regional health agency. This 12-hectare center is located in Branville, in the heart of the Pays d'Auge region, about 15 kilometers from Deauville and Cabourg.
The Calvados prefecture and the ARS of Normandy organize a press conference at the end of the morning in this village called "Normandy Garden" to specify "the conditions for the reception of French nationals" upon return. In this fourth repatriation flight, "a few dozen" French are expected, announced Wednesday Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon.
"As with the first three flights, these are only people with no symptoms," he said. These returnees will be confined for fourteen days and tested twice to make sure they are not infected.
10:13 a.m .: Shortfall
Air France-KLM estimates between 150 and 200 million euros the shortfall due to the suspension of the group's flights to China from February to April due to the spread of the Covid-19, the group announced on Thursday. "Under the assumption of a gradual resumption of operations from April, the estimated impact of Covid-19 on operating profit is from -150 to -200 million euros between February and April", said detailed the group in a press release.
Many airlines, including Air France, British Airways, Air Canada, Lufthansa, American Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta have suspended their flights to mainland China since late January to try to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
10:07 am: First victims on the "Diamond Princess"
Two patients with the new coronavirus, a woman and a man in their eighties from the quarantined liner Diamond Princess in Japan, have died, authorities and media said. These are the first deaths observed among confirmed carriers of the virus on the cruise ship (621 people, including 270 Japanese, 88 Americans, 50 Canadians and 48 Australians).
The two octogenarians were suffering from pre-existing conditions and were evacuated from the boat on February 11 and 12, the public broadcaster NHK said. With a total number of 621 cases listed on the Diamond Princess, this cruise ship docked in the port of Yokohama, in the suburbs of Tokyo, is the most important source of the virus outside of China.
9:59 a.m .: Continued decrease in increase
In mainland China, the death toll surpassed 2,100 on Thursday, with more than 74,500 people infected. A total of 108 additional deaths were reported Thursday in Hubei province, the epicenter of the epidemic.
But only 615 new cases of contamination have been recorded, down sharply from the 1,693 reported on Wednesday, according to the provincial health authorities, which have also revised downwards, without specifying why, the number of cases declared in previous days .
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