Although Kurna continues to spread worldwide ... deaths are declining in China and thousands of people are recovering

The Corona virus continued to spread in several countries around the world, causing more deaths and injuries, and imposing tightening of preventive measures, at a time when it recorded a relative decline in the number of its victims in China, and the recovery of thousands of infected people.

At the level of sixty countries around the world, the number of newly infected people with coronavirus rose today to 85,000, including more than 79,000 in China.

In China, from which the virus was launched to spread rapidly in Asia and Europe, and to a lesser extent in Africa, today the number of deaths increased to 2838 after 47 new deaths were recorded, with 430 new infections recorded during the past 24 hours.

Although Corona continues to spread in China, mainly in Hubei Province and its center is the worst affected city of Wuhan, the death rate has declined in the past days and has settled in the range of fifty deaths per day compared to more than 200 cases earlier, which indicates a possible decline in the outbreak of the disease The borders of China.

In addition, the numbers give rise to some optimism, as out of the total number of injured people of 85,000, 36,500 people have so far recovered, according to a survey conducted by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, and data were collected from the World Health Organization and health authorities in each country. .

Continuous outbreaks
Despite this, the spread of the virus is accelerating in some countries, especially Iran, where the number of deaths today increased to 43 deaths after recording nine new deaths, while the total number of infected people reached 593, an increase of 150% over the previous day, while preparing to conduct tests for tens of thousands Of citizens.

In Iran, too, the virus has so far caused the death of a parliamentarian, including at least three other deputies, and a member of the Expediency Council of Muhammad Muhammedi, in addition to Farid al-Din Haddad Adel, who is the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Advisor Ali Khamenei.

In Qatar, the Ministry of Public Health announced today the registration of the first confirmed case of coronavirus, and said that the patient, a 36-year-old Qatari citizen, had recently returned from Iran among the citizens evacuated by the state and subjected to quarantine upon their arrival in Doha.

The ministry added in a statement that the patient was admitted to the Transitional Diseases Center under complete isolation, and he is in a stable health condition, noting that she has started examining all of the close contacts of the patient and implementing appropriate quarantine measures.

In the Gulf region, a few dozen infections have been recorded so far in Kuwait, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman, and most of the cases infected with the virus were coming from Iran.

In South Korea, the virus continued to spread at a high rate, with Friday recording 594 new cases, the largest in a single day, raising the total number of infections in the country to 2931, while the number of deaths so far reached 17 cases.

South Korea is the second largest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus after China.

Not far away, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for strict precautions against what he described as a difficult virus spreading quickly, and although Pyongyang had not yet reported any infection with the virus, it had taken strong precautions.

In Japan, where the number of injuries exceeded 900, today, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on citizens to cooperate in what he described as the fierce war to contain the spread of corona in the coming weeks, as Japan prepared to host the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In the United States, where 62 cases of HIV have been recorded, the United States has postponed a meeting of leaders of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that was to host it on March 14, in light of concerns about the spread of the disease.

Economic implications
Meanwhile, the economic repercussions of the outbreak of the Coruna virus are emerging at a time when China and Europe are under pressure to contain the disease that has not yet developed into a pandemic.

Official data showed today a retreat more than expected for the industry in China, the second largest economy in the world because of the near paralysis in the country since the outbreak of the virus in December / December last.

Because of fears of a wider spread of Corona, and the high cost of containing it, global financial markets continue to decline. The US Dow Jones last week recorded its worst performance since 2008, as indicators fell in Europe and Asia.

In the context of the negative repercussions of the global spread of the virus, the number of tourists in Thailand decreased by 50%, while the United States' invitation to its citizens with several ambassadors to Italy warns of fears of damage to the tourism sector in this country, which has now recorded about 900 cases of the disease, including 18 deaths .