The World Health Organization said yesterday that the number of new infections with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) is declining in some regions of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but the numbers are still increasing in Britain and Turkey, and at a time when the virus has caused about 125 thousand deaths around the world, As part of international efforts to tackle the pandemic, China has announced that it has agreed to clinical trials in humans of two additional experimental vaccines against HIV.

In detail, Margaret Harris, a WHO spokesperson, said during a press briefing in Geneva, "As far as global outbreaks are concerned, 90% of cases come from Europe and the United States, so we definitely have not seen the peak yet."

She stated that the organization will issue instructions to member states at a later time, outlining six steps that these countries need to make sure they are applied before beginning to ease any restrictions.

"The most important of these steps are: Has your infection been contained?"

She said that the United States has the largest epidemic outbreak at the moment, and that it is "an excellent partner" and the largest donor to the organization.

"There will always be criticism of the organizations," she added. It is important to listen to criticism, especially constructive criticism, and our work will continue regardless of any issues. ”

The organization's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Gebresus, expressed confidence the day before yesterday that the United States will continue to fund his organization, despite US President Donald Trump's criticism of the organization's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Russia has become the largest source of imported cases in China, after the number of cases submitted from Russia reached 409. "The biggest danger (for China) is cases coming from abroad," said Harris.

Regarding vaccinations, Harris said, "We should not expect a vaccine 12 months or more ago."

This comes at a time when about 125,000 people in 193 countries and regions around the world died as a result of the infection of the new Corona virus, according to a toll prepared by Agence France-Presse, according to official sources, yesterday.

The total number of registered cases of the virus has reached one million, 979,853 cases since the first outbreak of the epidemic in China in December.

The United States tops the list of countries most affected by the virus, whether in terms of deaths with 24480 cases or infections with 588,300 infections.

Italy is behind the United States with 21076 deaths, followed by Spain with 18,150 deaths, France with 15529 deaths, and Britain with 12,107 deaths.

In Italy, which imposed a total closure, and extended it until the third of May, it will be allowed to reopen some companies, libraries and laundry centers in some regions.

And Spain, which has implemented some of the most severe isolation measures in Europe, has allowed some sectors, including construction and manufacturing, to return to work from Monday. Poland announced yesterday that it will ease restrictions on stores from April 19.

Other countries have gone further, Denmark is due to open schools on April 15, Austria has allowed supermarkets to resume operations yesterday, and plans to open malls on May 1.

In New York State, where the virus has caused more than 10,000 deaths, Governor Andrew Como said, "The worst has passed."

In a new development, China announced yesterday that it has agreed to conduct human clinical tests for two additional experimental vaccines against the virus, as the vaccines contain viral elements that have been inactivated, according to an official with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Wu Yuebin at a press conference.

Yesterday, the Chinese Medicines and Food Security Agency approved tests of a first vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech, which is listed on NASDAQ, according to Wu.

The second vaccine, developed by the Institute of Biological Products and Virology in Wuhan, was approved Sunday to start testing.

China is now conducting clinical tests on three different experimental vaccines against Coronavirus.

On March 16, China had agreed to initial vaccine trials developed by the Military Academy of Medical Sciences and the Kanceno Biotechnology Group listed in Hong Kong.

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A thousand deaths around the world with the virus "Corona", and the cases of infection close to two million.

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From the cases that come from Europe and the United States, so we definitely have not seen the peak yet.