Yesterday, the countries of the world continued to close the borders, impose strict restrictions on entry and quarantine measures, and restrict major gatherings, as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the emerging "Corona" virus and reduce the risk of transmission, after infecting more than 138 thousand people, and the death of more than 5,000 in various around the world.

With many border countries and schools closed and activities canceled in an attempt to contain the epidemic, US President Donald Trump said, a few hours after declaring a state of emergency in the United States, that today will be a national day of prayer to protect America and give it power in such difficult times. In reference to the outbreak of the Corona virus around the world.

He said through his account on Twitter: “It is a great honor for me to announce on Sunday March 15th a national day of prayer. We are a country throughout our history looking to God for protection and strength in such times.”

This comes as cases of infection in the United States of America rose to more than 1,800 cases, even with separate and decisive tests, while the death toll rose to 41.

For his part, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebriusos, announced that the continent of Europe now has "more recorded injuries and deaths than in the rest of the world combined, without counting China."

He described the situation as a "tragic stage", and warned that it is still "impossible" to determine the stage at which the virus reaches its peak in the world.

The death toll in the world exceeded 5,000 people, including about 1,500 cases in Europe, while the number of injuries in the world exceeded 140,000, according to a toll from official sources.

The first injuries were reported in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Venezuela declared a "state of alert" after confirming two injuries, and Colombia closed its border with Venezuela and denied entry to foreigners who visited Europe and Asia in the last 14 days.

So did Russia, which closed its borders with Poland and Norway initially, from midnight yesterday, while its borders are closed with China. Moscow has imposed restrictions on foreigners traveling to it for any reason, except for citizens of Belarus and official delegations.

Poland, in turn, closed its borders with a second death from the virus.

And governments imposed strict restrictions to contain the spread of the disease, and revealed large and emergency financing plans in an attempt to reduce economic damage.

Colombia said it would close its borders with Venezuela and prevent entry to visitors who were in Europe or Asia, while the US embargo on entering most people from Europe began midnight yesterday.

Saudi Arabia will suspend all international flights for a period of two weeks, starting today, and Taiwan said it will ask travelers from the mainland to Europe, Britain and Ireland to isolate themselves for 14 days, while New Zealand has applied a similar procedure to all arrivals.

New Zealand Prime Minister Gassinda Ardern also called on cruise ships, a major source of infection in some countries, not to come to New Zealand until June 30.

Chilean President, Sebastian Pinera, announced that public events of more than 500 people would be banned, joining countries like Australia where the ban will take effect tomorrow.

A British government source said it planned to enact emergency laws this week to ban public gatherings, in an escalation of the crisis plan that critics said was too loose.

The Philippine capital, Manila, with a population of 12 million, announced a night curfew yesterday, and urged shopping centers to close for a month.

In China, the authorities announced yesterday that they once again eased restrictions on movement in the central province of Hubei, the origin of the new epidemic of "Corona", by lifting the isolation from some neighborhoods and towns.

More than 50 million people were prevented from leaving their areas.

"All the administrative authorities in urban neighborhoods and rural towns that were classified as low-risk, have removed the isolation," said Liu Dongru, deputy director of the Hubei Health Commission.

This announcement comes after the Ministry of Health confirmed, yesterday, that only four new infections were recorded in Hubei, after this province was recording thousands of new infections daily in February.

In Paris, the doors of the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum and Moulin Rouge club were closed.

In Tehran, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced yesterday 97 new deaths due to the new Corona epidemic, which raises the official death toll to 611 in Iran, with a new increase in the number of injuries also recorded.

"Thirteen65 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours," the health ministry spokesman, Kyanosh Jahanpur, told a televised press conference, raising the number of injured people in Iran to 12,729.

Yesterday, the Turkish Ministry of Interior announced the ban on entry for travelers from nine European countries, as part of efforts to combat the spread of the new Corona virus.

In Ramallah, a Palestinian government spokesman said that three new cases of Corona virus were recorded in the Palestinian territories, bringing the number to 38.

In South Korea, which was the largest outbreak of the disease outside China, the number of people recovering from the disease finally exceeded the number of new infections for the first time, and the lowest number of new infections was recorded in three weeks.

Italy, the country most affected by the virus in Europe, recorded the highest daily toll with 250 deaths in the past 24 hours, while Spain announced its alert status after the number of infected people exceeded 4000 people.

And recorded more than 1500 new cases of the epidemic of new epidemics, since yesterday evening, in Spain, the second most affected country in Europe, bringing the total number of 5753 cases, according to the latest toll released by the authorities yesterday.

Yesterday, the Malaysian Ministry of Health stated that 41 new cases of newly infected Corona virus (Covid-19) have been confirmed in the country, bringing the total number to 238.

In Kuwait, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it had recorded four new infections with the "emerging corona virus - Covid 19" virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 104.

Iran announces 97 new deaths from the Corona virus, and infections in Kuwait rise to 104.

Turkey prohibits entry from travelers from nine European countries to combat "Corona".