Corona crawls Africa and Japan on the brink of emergency .. America records the highest death rate and Trump warns Americans of two painful weeks

The United States recorded the highest death rate from the emerging coronavirus yesterday, while many African countries fear a rapid spread of the virus after registering consecutive cases, while China initiated the situation of those who were infected with the virus and did not show symptoms of quarantine in light of fears of being infected.

Johns Hopkins University announced Tuesday evening that 865 people in the United States died from the virus, pointing out that the total number of people affected by the epidemic who died in the country until now reached 3873 people, while the total number of infections in the country reached 188,172, after it was confirmed in the hours The past twenty-four injured 24,743 additional people.

Italy still holds the record for the highest daily death toll from Covid-19, which is 969 deaths recorded on March 27.

This new toll came to America hours after President Donald Trump warned his citizens that they would face two "very, very painful" weeks in the fight against the Corona virus (Covid-19), which continues to claim increasing numbers of victims, especially in New York, the epicenter of the epidemic in the country. .

"It will be very painful. We will go through two very, very painful weeks," Trump said yesterday evening at his daily White House press conference on anti-virus developments.

Trump described the Covid-19 pandemic as a "scourge", saying "I want every American to be prepared for the difficult days ahead," expressing his hope that at the end of this period his country would be able to "see a real light at the end of the tunnel."

According to White House estimates, Covid-19 will die in the United States of between 100,000 to 240,000 people if everyone complies with the restrictions currently imposed to contain the epidemic, compared to between 1.5 million to 2.2 million people who would have died had it not been imposed. No restrictions.

The US government is rushing to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals near major cities after the health-care system has been overburdened by the Corona virus.

Yesterday, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said it was not the right time to evacuate a US aircraft carrier that had an outbreak of the Corona Virus among its crew, adding that he had not read in detail a letter from the carrier’s captain appealing for help.

Reuters had previously published a letter from Brett Cruiser, captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, calling for the evacuation of four thousand sailors from the carrier and their health isolation.

Africa
On the brown continent, the virus continues to spread at an accelerated pace, as the State of Burundi recorded, on Tuesday, the first five cases of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19).

A statement issued by the Ministry of Health in Burundi stated that the analyzes conducted for five people who had come to the country through Tanzania, all of them had confirmed the virus.

The statement indicated that the injured were quarantined in a hospital, stressing that all preparations for any other possible injuries have been completed.

It should be noted that of the 54 countries in Africa, no injuries were reported in Malawi, Comoros, Lesotho, Sao Tome, Principe and South Sudan.

As of Tuesday evening, Corona infected more than 854,000 people in 199 countries and territories, of whom more than 42,000 had died, and more than 176,000 had recovered.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo also announced, on Tuesday, the first two deaths as a result of infection with the Coronavirus.

The country's Minister of Health, Jacqueline Lydia Mikulo, said that two people lost their lives in the city of Oil, Point Noire, due to HIV infection.

The minister pointed out that the total number of infections in the country reached 22 cases, noting that the country will start implementing a partial curfew for 30 days to prevent the spread of the virus.

In Algeria, President Abdel Majid Taboun yesterday urged citizens to show "discipline" to help overcome the spread of the Coruna virus while the number of HIV infections and deaths has increased.

Taboun said in an interview with some local media that the government is still able to deal with the situation despite the decline in energy revenues, which is the main source of state revenue.

"What is lacking most is the discipline in applying the advice provided by doctors and adherence to quarantine," Taboon said.

Some Algerians have ignored the steps the government has taken to curb the spread of the virus, including a night curfew in ten provinces and complete isolation in the Blida region, south of the Algerian capital.

China and Japan
Today, Wednesday, the Chinese health authorities began recording cases of the symptoms of the Corona virus that did not show symptoms, as part of efforts to calm citizens' fears that these people would cause the virus to spread without their knowledge that they had been infected with it.

China, which was the epicenter of the virus late last year, managed to control it and began easing restrictions on movement in the areas hardest hit by the epidemic.

However, there are fears that thousands of people will return to their daily lives after the isolation ends without knowing they are carrying the virus because they have had no symptoms and have not undergone a medical examination.

The South China Morning Post, citing unofficial documents, said more than 40,000 cases did not show symptoms of the disease.

The National Health Commission says that all cases infected with the virus without symptoms will be subject to quarantine for 14 days.

China has reported more than 81,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 3,305 deaths.

In Japan, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said today, Wednesday, that the Japanese government will hold a regular meeting of experts on the Corona virus pandemic in order to keep abreast of the latest developments in the infection.

He also said that Japan had not yet reached the stage of declaring a state of emergency, denying speculation that total isolation of Tokyo was imminent.

While Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said today, Wednesday, that Japan is still on the brink of an emergency with the increase in cases of coronavirus in the country.

Suga told reporters that controlling the virus is a priority for the government, which will do "whatever is necessary" to reduce the impact on the economy after a public opinion poll showed pessimism among industrial enterprises over the virus.