The World Health Organization confirmed yesterday that the outbreak of the "Covid-19" virus is a global pandemic that can be controlled, if countries reinforce measures to address it. While Beijing announced that the Corona virus exceeded its peak in China with only eight new cases recorded in Hubei, the epicenter of the virus, European Union leaders expressed their dissatisfaction with the US decision to impose a unilateral embargo on people from the Schengen area, without consulting them .
In detail, the President of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Gebresus, told diplomats in Geneva, "We are very concerned that some countries do not deal with this threat with the level of political commitment required to control it."
And Gabrius announced, on Wednesday evening, that "Coffed 19" has become a global epidemic, adding that the number of cases outside China has increased by 13 times in the past two weeks.
And in Beijing, the National Health Committee announced yesterday that the Corona virus exceeded its peak in China with only eight new cases being recorded in Hubei province, the epicenter of the virus, which records for the first time less than 10 cases in one day.
Hubei announced that further travel restrictions would be eased, and would also allow production to resume in some sectors in two cities and two provinces. "In general, China has surpassed the epidemic," said National Health Commission spokesman Mei Feng. "The increase in new cases is receding," he added.
In Brussels, European Union leaders yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction with the US decision to impose a unilateral embargo on people from the Schengen area, without consulting them.
"The Corona virus represents a global crisis that is not confined to a particular continent, and requires cooperation rather than unilateral action," said European Union officials, Ursula von der Line and Charles Michel.
They said in a written statement, “The European Union does not agree with the United States’s decision to impose a unilateral travel ban, without consulting it. The European Union is taking strong measures to limit the spread of the virus. ”
This comes after US President Donald Trump announced a 30-day ban on travelers who recently visited Europe, to the United States, with the exception of American citizens, in a strict measure aimed at stemming the spread of the new Corona virus epidemic.
"I have decided to take tough, but necessary measures to protect the health of all Americans," Trump said in a speech to Americans from the White House. In his 10-minute speech, Trump described the emerging corona virus as a "virus from outside."
Trump exempted Britain from the ban, saying that this decision "does not apply to the United Kingdom."
For its part, Iran announced yesterday, registering 75 new deaths due to the new Corona virus, in the highest daily death toll since the virus began spreading, which has officially exceeded the threshold of 10,000 people. A spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health, Kyanosh Jahanpur, announced that in total the epidemic caused the death of 429 people in Iran.
Algeria recorded its first death from the Corona virus, according to what the Algerian Ministry of Health announced in a statement yesterday.
In Ramallah, a Palestinian government spokesman, Ibrahim Melhem, announced that a twenty-year-old girl from Beit Jala had been infected with the Corona virus, which raises the death toll to 31.
Lebanon also announced yesterday that it had recorded a new death from the Coruna virus, bringing the total deaths in the country to three.
Yesterday, the National Media Agency reported that a third death had been registered at Al-Ma'oon Hospital in Jbeil.
Yesterday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun confirmed that the government is taking all appropriate measures to combat the emerging corona virus and limit its spread.
And in Vienna, the Medical Crisis Group announced, yesterday, the first death resulting from infection of the new virus Corona in Austria.
South Korea recorded less than 120 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, but authorities warned of a new outpost in Seoul that could cause the virus to spread in the capital.
In New Delhi, officials announced yesterday that all schools, universities and cinemas in the Indian capital will be closed until March 31, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Corona virus.
"According to the orders of the government that has been issued, the cinema halls will be closed until March 31," Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kigirwal told reporters. Schools and universities without exams will be closed. ”
For its part, Saudi Arabia decided to temporarily suspend the travel of citizens and residents, and to suspend flights to each of the “European Union countries, Switzerland, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, and Somalia.”
- Iran announces 75 new deaths in Corona, which raises its death toll to 429.
- South Korea records 114 new cases of Corona and warns of a focus in Seoul.