Gaza calls for 23 million dollars .. Erdogan calls for international action to confront Corona and Europe tightens its procedures and warns of the death of thousands in America

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the necessity of the international community to move with maximum speed to face the Corona crisis as it had previously moved during the global financial crisis, at a time when Gaza appealed for $ 23 million to confront Corona, amid warnings by American experts of the deaths of thousands of Americans if the necessary steps were not taken To confront the pandemic.

"No one of us has the right to implement individual and preventive policies," Erdogan said in his speech during his participation in the G20 summit via video technology Thursday.

Erdogan urged all countries to participate in facing the global health crisis of the Corona virus. "We must act quickly, as we did during the global financial crisis."

For his part, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tidros Adhanom Gebresos, addressed the leaders of the Group of Twenty on Thursday, saying that the Corona pandemic "is increasing at an accelerating rate," and urged them to strengthen the production of protection tools for health workers.

He told the leaders of the group, according to the text of his speech published by the United Nations organization, "We call on all your countries to increase production, lift the export ban and ensure fairness in distribution."

The death toll from those infected with corona Thursday evening exceeded the barrier of half a million around the world, of whom more than 23,000 died, while more than 120,000 recovered.

Arab countries
In Gaza, on Thursday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health launched an appeal for $ 23 million to tackle the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

"The Ministry of Health views with great concern its severe shortage of essential medicines, medical consumables, laboratory supplies, and blood banks, in addition to the limited material for testing for the Corona virus," ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told a news conference in Gaza City.

The Palestinian official held Israel fully responsible for the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip because of its systematic undermining of the health and humanitarian services system in the Strip over the long years of the siege.

Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza's population of more than two million, since the victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the legislative elections in January 2006, and tightened it in the following year after the movement's control of the Gaza Strip after differences with the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) Still going.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that 7 Palestinians were infected with the Corona virus, bringing the number of people infected in the Strip to 9.

In Algeria, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that it had recorded 4 deaths and 65 new cases in Corona, taking the total number of victims to 367 and 25 deaths.

And on Sunday, Minister of Health Abdel-Rahman bin Bouzid confirmed, in an interview with the official radio, that Algeria entered the "third stage" of the stages of the spread of Corona, adding that it "is preparing for the worst."

Morocco also announced the registration of 4 deaths and 50 new cases in Corona, taking the number of injured to 275.

And the Iraqi province of Karbala canceled on Thursday the "half of Sha`ban" visit, which is witnessing the influx of thousands of Shiites to perform religious rituals in the province.

The Governor of Karbala (South) Jassem Al-Khattabi, during a television interview, revealed that the province was not allowed to perform the visit of the half of Shaaban because of the serious health situation following the outbreak of the Corona virus.

And the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that it recorded 7 deaths and 36 new cases of the virus during the past 24 hours, which brings the total to 382 cases, including 36 deaths.

Afghanistan
And in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday that Afghanistan will release at least 10,000 prisoners over the age of 55, in an effort to curb the Coruna outbreak.

"The president issued a decree requiring the release of several thousand prisoners soon due to the Coruna virus," said an official in the president's office, Ashraf Ghani. The released prisoners will not include Taliban or ISIS members.

United State
In the United States, New York State Governor Andrew Como announced on Thursday that the state's corona deaths had risen to 385 after recording 100 new deaths over the past 24 hours, according to US media.

"The high death rate is partly due to the placing of older and weaker people on ventilators from 20 to 30 days," said Como.

As of Thursday evening, New York State had recorded 37,258 injuries, an increase of more than 6,400 injuries over the past 24 hours.

A new study published Thursday showed that the "Covid-19" virus could cause more than 80,000 deaths in the United States, and depletes the capacity of its hospitals in early April, even if the commitment to non-social mixing procedures.

On Thursday, the number of deaths in the United States from the pandemic has already risen to more than 1,000, with 68,000 confirmed infections.

During the height of the pandemic, which US experts also predicted next April, 2,300 patients could die daily, according to computer models developed by researchers.

They said this would happen even if the population adhered to strict social non-mixing measures.

"Our estimated course of deaths from Covid-19 presupposes the constant and constant vigilance of people in general and hospital and government staff," said Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at Washington University College of Medicine.

He added that "the course of the pandemic will change - for the most dramatically worse - if people reduce social separation or become complacent with other precautions" that must be taken.

In an unprecedented event, the economic shutdown caused by the recent Corona pandemic caused 3.3 million people to apply for unemployment benefits during the past week alone.

European tightening
European countries continue to take measures and a series of measures to limit the spread of the Corona pandemic, after the continent reached the stage of the "epicenter of the pandemic" with the increasing number of injuries and deaths.

Among the actions of the Czech government to limit the spread of the virus, the prevention of gatherings abroad for more than two people, and the closure of many border crossings.

Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamacik also announced his country’s intention to send 10,000 private clothing items to prevent corona virus to Italy and Spain.

In Hungary, the army has begun missions to protect the security of 84 strategic companies, and to provide what is necessary to continue operating, according to a statement of the Ministry of Defense.

In Serbia, the police arrested 108 people who did not comply with the decision of the home quarantine, and the Serbian Ministry of Justice stated that the trial session of the 108 judicial persons will be held through the "Skype" program.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the authorities have designated 3 areas in the city of Banja Luka for quarantine of citizens returning from abroad, provided they are not HIV-positive.

As for Finland, it decided to ban entry and exit to and from the capital, Helsinki, from Friday, except for the necessary flights.