Yesterday, the death toll of the new Corona virus exceeded the threshold of 10,000 deaths in the world, including more than 5,000 in Europe, despite the isolation decisions issued by all countries.
While the United Nations called for coordinated political action to confront and combat the virus.
In detail, the epidemic has caused the death of at least 10,316 since its appearance in December, according to a toll compiled by AFP based on official figures yesterday. In Europe, topped by Italy, the number of deaths reached 5,168, ahead of Asia (3,431).
The number of deaths in Italy reached 3405 people, 41 thousand and 35 injuries. Italian authorities said that 4,440 people have been cured.
In China (excluding Hong Kong and Macao) the number of injuries reached 80,876 (48 new cases between Thursday and Friday), of which 3,248 (three new deaths) died, and 71,150 people recovered.
After China and Italy, the most affected countries are Iran, where 1,433 people died from 19,644 injuries, Spain (1002 deaths, 19 thousand and 980 injuries), France (427 deaths, 10 thousand and 995 injuries), the United States (205 deaths, 14 thousand and 250 injuries).
In Europe, the total number of injuries reached 110,568 persons, 5168 deaths, in Asia 94,714 injuries (3431 deaths), the Middle East 22,57 injuries (1450 deaths), the United States and Canada 14,927 injuries (214 deaths), Latin America and the Caribbean 2,392 injuries and 24 deaths , Oceania 917 injuries and seven deaths, Africa 874 injuries and 22 deaths.
Restrictions on freedom of movement include more than half a billion people, after the authorities called on residents to stay with homes.
In California, 40 million people were forced to remain in their homes until further notice, unless absolutely necessary.
The same applies to Argentina's 44 million people, while the famous beaches of Rio de Janeiro have been closed for at least two weeks starting today.
In Malaysia, the army will deploy to help the police force people to stay in their homes.
The British government also decided to close schools.
France has taken measures to prevent hiking on the coast of Cote d'Azur, which was witnessing a movement despite instructions to run home.
Lady Morenval, a doctor residing in a small French town, warned that elderly people still living in their homes "do not understand the reason why visits stop and they will feel frustration that could lead to their death."
The Covid-19 epidemic, which the World Health Organization has described as "the enemy of mankind", has so far infected more than 240,000 people worldwide.
In Italy, which has been under complete stone for a week, the number of priests who die from the virus is increasing day by day, who go to hospitals to bless the infected.
A parish priest in Bergamo, northern Italy, recounted, "Wearing masks, hats, gloves, protective gowns and glasses, we walk like priests alive among the rooms." For his part, the city's bishop, Francesco Bisci, said, "We no longer know where to put the dead. Some churches have been used for this purpose."
In China where 3,250 people died yesterday, there was no new local infection for the second day in a row.
Tens of thousands of Chinese living abroad, including students, employees and athletes, were invited to "return home".
On the diplomatic front, China yesterday accused US President Donald Trump of "running away from his responsibilities" after statements he made that he considered the world to pay a "heavy price" for China's slow reporting of the outbreak of the Corona virus.
International pharmaceutical companies have pledged to provide a vaccine against Covid-19 "worldwide" within a period of 12 to 18 months at the earliest.
Affected by the spread of the virus, Spain is preparing to face the "toughest days" in fighting the epidemic by using thousands of health care workers.
Solidarity increases in the isolated areas of the country.
Along with a health tragedy, the emerging Corona virus may plunge the world into an economic downturn, despite billions of dollars quickly being allocated in the United States and Europe.
The International Labor Organization has warned that 25 million jobs will be threatened in the world in the absence of a coordinated international response. The European Central Bank warned that the European economy would "shrink a lot."
In New York, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the importance of the world taking coordinated, decisive and innovative political measures, especially in the major economies of the world, to confront the Corona virus, describing this epidemic as the common enemy our world is facing.
At a press conference held by the Secretary-General remotely at his residence, during which he addressed the repercussions of the global emergency crisis caused by the global epidemic of the emerging Corona virus, the Secretary-General welcomed the decision of the leaders of the Group of 20 to hold an emergency summit next week to respond to the major challenges posed by the Corona virus pandemic, stressing His clear, central message to states is that we are "in an unprecedented situation" and that "we cannot resort to the usual tools in such unusual times."
Guterres urged governments to provide the strongest support for the multilateral effort to combat the virus, led by the World Health Organization.
In Tehran, an official of the Iranian Health Ministry said on Twitter that the number of deaths from the Corona virus rose to 1,433 after the death of 149 yesterday.
In Lebanon, the number of new infections of the Corona virus rose to 163, according to the daily report of the Ministry of Public Health, an increase of 14 cases from Thursday.
In Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority announced the recovery of 17 new cases of the Corona virus (Covid-19) in the West Bank.
Taiwan announced yesterday that it had recorded 27 new cases of coronavirus, the highest number the country had recorded in one day since the outbreak. The country also announced the registration of the second death from the virus.
Malaysia recorded 130 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, bringing the total number of people infected to 1030, while facing the largest number of infections in Southeast Asia.
- The death toll of "Covid-19" in Spain has exceeded 1,000.
Tehran: The number of Corona deaths in Iran has increased to 1433.