Today, more countries of the world declared emergency situations, extended the state of quarantine throughout the country, and closed its borders to travelers in an attempt to avoid the worst of the outbreak of the new Corona epidemic, and the statistics available so far indicate that the countries of the world recorded more than 20 thousand injuries in one day.

According to the latest statistics, there are approximately 219 thousand cases of corona epidemic in 172 countries, and more than 8,900 deaths related to the virus, and recorded in the past 24 hours more than 20 thousand new cases, which exceeds what was recorded at the height of the epidemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan - The cradle of the disease - at that time 5,000 injuries.

Emergency and closure
Italy: The authorities announced the extension of the country's closure and quarantine period to counter the outbreak of the Coronavirus. It had reported 475 deaths within 24 hours. The civil defense official, Angelo Borelli, confirmed that the total number of casualties rose to about 35,700.

Portugal: The President declared the country yesterday a state of emergency in an effort to tackle the epidemic.

Chile: The President of the country announced the imposition of a 90-day state of emergency and asked the military to participate in the implementation of the decision.

Britain: London's Transport Authority has decided to partially shut down the metro trains in the capital starting today, and the British Ministry of Defense said that more than 20 thousand soldiers have been put on alert in the context of efforts to address the epidemic.

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Libya: The Ministry of Interior closed the Ras Agadir and Mezan border crossings with Tunisia.

Australia: The Australian Prime Minister announced a ban on non-residents entering the country from Friday evening.

Arab region
Kuwait: The Ministry of Health announced 3 new cases of corona virus, bringing the total number of cases to 18, and the country registered 6 new epidemics, bringing the total to 148.

Iraq: The Kurdistan Ministry of Health said that those infected with the virus increased to 40 after a new infection was recorded in Dohuk.

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The regional director of the World Health Organization for the Middle East, Ahmed bin Salem Al-Manzari, said in an exclusive interview with Al-Jazeera that the spread of the new Corona virus in the Middle East has not reached its peak yet.

Theoretical added that the nature of the spread of the virus is not clear-cut, stressing that the organization seeks to strengthen health systems in Arab countries, especially those that suffer from a lack of resources, stressing the importance of countries in the region dealing transparently with the issue of sharing the virus infection data with the health organization to help in taking appropriate strategies .

European region
Spain: The number of deaths increased to more than 624 and injuries to 13910.

Asian region
Iran: Ministry of Health spokesperson Kyanosh Jahanpur explained that every ten minutes a person dies in the country due to the Corona virus, adding that about 50 people are infected with the virus every hour.

Israel: The Ministry of Health said today that it had recorded 96 new infections in Corona, bringing the number of injured to 529, and the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that 5639 Israeli soldiers are being quarantined because of the fear of being infected with the epidemic, after 10 soldiers were confirmed injured.

Malaysia: The country recorded 110 new infections, bringing the number of injuries to 900.

South Korea: Today the authorities announced 152 new injuries, bringing the number to 8,565.

South America
Brazil: The Ministry of Health said that the death toll from the Coronavirus was four, and that it had 489, while two recovered. The authorities announced that the President of the Senate Dave Alkolombre had been infected with the virus.