The new Corona virus (Covid-19) continued its outbreak in Europe, where the most affected countries are strengthening their struggle against the global epidemic, which has so far caused more than 31,000 deaths in the world, and in the absence of any vaccine or proven treatment against the epidemic, more than 3.38 billion people, their homes, yesterday, in about 80 countries and regions, according to an AFP census, and almost two thirds of deaths were recorded in Europe, the continent most suffering from the epidemic, with the largest number of deaths recorded in Italy, where the number of deaths exceeded 10 thousand people.
Yesterday, officials in Italy said that 889 people had died in the past 24 hours, in the second highest daily death toll since the Corona pandemic began in the country on February 21, and the total number of confirmed cases in Italy rose yesterday to 92,472 cases.
Italy was the first western country to implement severe restrictions on movement after the outbreak of the epidemic five weeks ago, and since then the measures have been increasingly tightened.
In Spain, the health authorities announced the registration of 838 deaths from the Corona virus within 24 hours, and the total number of deaths rose to 6528 cases, while the total number of infections reached 78 thousand and 797 cases.
And the Ministry of Health in Iran announced that the total number of deaths due to the virus in the country rose to 2,640, while the number of infected reached 38 thousand and 309 people, and the total number of people recovered reached 12 thousand and 391 people.
In Britain, the Ministry of Health announced that 209 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 1228 cases, and the total infections rose to 19 thousand and 522 cases, while the authorities in France announced that the total deaths increased to 2314 deaths, including 319 in the last 24 hours.
In the United States of America, President Donald Trump, yesterday evening, abandoned the order to close New York, and the United States is witnessing a great acceleration in the transmission of infection with the count of about 124 thousand injuries, about half of which are in New York State and its largest city, in addition to 2010 deaths recorded . After the US President mentioned the possibility of imposing a quarantine on the states of New York and New Jersey, he abandoned taking such action, as the issue raised a campaign of criticism in the New York region, and the National Health Authority issued a statement saying that it “appeals to the residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to avoid any non-essential movements during the days The next 14, with this procedure immediately entering into force. ” The Russian government decided to temporarily restrict traffic on the country's land borders from today, as part of its measures to curb the spread of the Corona virus, and the government mandated the Ministry of Transport, the Federal Security Service, customs, and the Federal Supervisory Authority to protect consumer rights, to restrict traffic temporarily until further notice, through every Border crossings, including pedestrian crossing points, cars, trains, and river crossings.
Japanese health authorities said that more than 80 people were confirmed infected with the virus yesterday, which brought the total number of cases in Japan to more than 1,800.
In India, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it had registered 61 new cases, bringing the total to 979 cases, and the total number of deaths reaching 25 cases.
Yesterday, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced that two new deaths were registered with the Corona Virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 14.
Trump is giving up ordering the closure of New York ... and Russia is closing its land borders from today.
The number of deaths in Spain increased to 6528 ... and injuries amounted to 78 thousand cases.