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April 10, 2020 The pandemic continues to gain ground, conquering meter by meter all continents and now almost all countries. According to the updated budget of the Johns Hopkins Univerisity, over 95,000 people have died so far worldwide due to coronavirus, an increase of about 5,000 deaths compared to yesterday. Specifically, the death toll is now at 95,735 compared to a total of 1,602,216 confirmed cases, about a third of which (29%) recorded in the United States (466,033). Overall, 355,079 people were healed worldwide, but in the United States this share continues to remain very low (25,988).

First case in Yemen
As feared, the virus made its appearance on one of the most difficult war fronts on the planet. An initial outbreak from Covid-19 has been reported in Yemen, where a two-week ceasefire is underway to help focus efforts in the fight against coronavirus. The first confirmed case was registered in the province of Hadramout, in southern Yemen, under the control of the government recognized by the UN. The Yemeni authorities made it on Twitter, explaining that the patient is in stable condition and is receiving the necessary medical treatment.

Decreasing cases in South Korea
South Korea yesterday detected 27 new infections from Covid-19, still falling from 39 on Wednesday and at the lowest of the last 50 days, while in Daegu, the most serious outbreak, there were zero cases for the first time. According to updates given by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Kcdc), infections rose to 10,450 overall, while deaths rose to 208 (+4 units). 6,973 people were discharged from hospitals, equal to the cure rate of 66.7%. There have been four new cases of imported infection, bringing the total to 869. To reduce the number of infections, Seoul has launched more stringent rules of prevention and control including those on "social distancing", extended for another two weeks until 19 April. The virus positivity tests so far have exceeded 500,000, up to 503,051.

The epicenter in the United States
The heaviest toll from the Covid-19 pandemic is the burden of the United States : more than 16,000 victims have exceeded that of Spain. According to Johns Hopkins University data, the deaths are now 16,129, the positive 363,851, over 454 thousand total cases. The hotspot in the US is New York State, especially the Big Apple metropolis. The state recorded the record of victims in one day (799), which brought the total to over 7 thousand, "On September 11, there were 2,753," stressed Cuomo. And while a New York Times study showed that Covid-19 would arrive in New York from Europe, Vice President Mike Pence also raised the alarm about Philadelphia, which is emerging as a new hotspot, after already in Washington DC, Louisiana, Chicago, Detroit and Colorado the situation has worsened. The city of Detroit, the capital of the American car, has passed New York by mortality rate and hospitals are close to collapse, overwhelmed by the number of people arriving in the emergency room. From the White House, the first lady Melania Trump made it known that she spoke on the phone with Laura Mattarella, daughter of President Sergio Mattarella: "I have my deepest condolences to the Italians who lost their lives for Covid-19", expressing the hope that "the positive trend will continue in Italy and in other parts of the world".

More than 6.6 million Americans lost their jobs last week, bringing the total to 16 million job losses in the past three weeks as the pandemic is bringing the American economy to a standstill. As the U.S. Department of Labor has confirmed, lockdown measures in the United States have led employers to lay off workers in almost every corner of the market. Economists expected a lower figure, of about 5.25 million unemployed.

Mnuchin: working to 'reopen' in May
US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin believes that the US economy can get back on track after the coronavirus emergency in May: he said it by answering a question about the hypothesis that the president, Donald Trump, could decide for May, although some experts believe that a longer duration of social distancing measures is necessary. "We are doing everything necessary - he added - so that American companies and American workers can be open to activities". Trump should announce shortly the birth of a new "task force" that will deal with "reopening America" ​​and guide initiatives to restart the economy after the crisis: among the advisors involved in the plan, in addition to Mnuchin, the director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow. The new body could also involve company managers, such as the CEO of Blackstone, Steve Schwarzman, Ronald Reagan's economist and former adviser, Art Laffer, and famous athletes.

In the meantime, Japan has recorded more than 500 cases of contagion in one day for the first time: a worrying development in the country with the longest population in the world, given that Covid-19 is particularly lethal for the elderly. Premier Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency, not a lockdown, for Tokyo and six prefectures. But mobile operators have shown that the movement of people in Tokyo is only reduced by 30-40%.

India , whose data for experts do not reflect reality, is also viewed with alarm in the country where a large part of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty and the health system is very weak. Until next week, 1.3 billion people will be in lockdown and the authorities have sealed dozens of hotspots in and around New Delhi, announcing that they will supply food and medicine to the stranded people. The confirmed cases are more than 5 thousand, the dead 166, according to government data.

In parallel, appeals from the WHO and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health authorities continue to arrive from Africa : if the rich countries do not contribute to stopping the contagions on the continent, the world will not be safe. In Africa there are more than 10,000 cases in 52 countries, with almost 500 deaths.

The virus could cause 11,000 to 22,000 deaths in Canada between now and the end of the pandemic, according to the two most likely scenarios announced today by Canadian health authorities. The total number of patients could vary between 934 thousand and 1.9 million if containment measures are maintained in the coming months. To date, there have been 476 deaths in Canada.

In Iran , 4 thousand dead. In the last 24 hours, 117 people have lost their lives by raising the number of deaths to 4,110. Tehran Ministry of Health reports. Over 66,220 the total number of infected people, with 1,624 new cases in one day, including 3,918 in serious conditions, 32,309 people were cured. These included a 100-year-old man from the northern province of Alborz who had been hospitalized in intensive care. A 106-year-old man and a 102-year-old woman had already been declared healed in the provinces of Qom and Zanjan.

The number of infected people exceeded 40 thousand, with a doubling of cases in a week in the 34 nations of Latin America . On April 1, the number of confirmed patients was 20,269, while now, with the latest update regarding Chile, it has risen to 40,092. In the same period the deaths practically tripled, from 538 to 1,599. As has happened in the past, almost half of the infected and dead (14,152 and 699) concern Brazil. Chile (5,546 infections) and Ecuador (3,995) follow, while the latter country continues to report itself for the high death toll (220), in proportion to its population which is 12 times less than the Brazilian one. More than a thousand cases also in Peru (2,954 and 107 dead), Mexico (2,785 and 141), Panama (2,249 and 59), the Dominican Republic (1,956 and 98) and Argentina (1,715 and 60).

Doctors protest in Pakistan for lack of protection (PPE) and security measures. Some have even been arrested. In all Baluchistan , the outbreak of the epidemic in Pakistan, on the border with Iran, there are only 19 fans. And doctors don't have the right personal equipment to treat patients with coronavirus symptoms. There are 4,322 cases recorded across the country but the number is believed to be much higher. The dead are 63. The premier, Imran Khan, who initially downplayed the virus, now invites the population to stay home and has imposed the lockdown.

Carnival's Ruby Princess cruise ship, which landed at the Sydney harbor on March 19, was held responsible by the public and opposition parties for the spread of the coronavirus in Australia . Although many cases of people with the symptoms of Covid-19 have been recorded on board, the authorities nevertheless decided last month to disembark 200 people who later tested positive. Fifteen of them died and 86 tested positive. A thousand still remain on board.