The highest daily toll in France and Turkey ... Corona doubles in America and expands in Asia

The number of people infected and killed by the Corona virus has increased around the world. As several European countries begin to emerge from a state of closure after a slowdown in the spread of the virus on their soil, France has crossed the barrier of 15,000 deaths, while the virus continues to expand in Asia.

France has become the fourth country to cross the 15,000 death mark, after Italy, Spain and the United States.

Director of the Public Health Authority Jerome Salomon said that the number of virus deaths in hospitals and nursing homes in France rose by 5% after recording 762 deaths, bringing the total to 15,792, the highest daily toll since the outbreak began.

While the death rate increased in France, the number of injured in intensive care units fell to 6,730 from 6,821 in 24 hours, bringing the total down for the sixth consecutive day, indicating that the general isolation measures extended by France yesterday to May 11 - come Its fruits contain the disease.

Doubled in a week
In the United States, 25,000 new infections were recorded, bringing the total to approximately 597,000, which shows that infections doubled within one week. A further 1,540 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total to 23,650 deaths.

New York State recorded 778 additional deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, compared to 671 the previous day, its governor Andrew Como said Tuesday.

Como said the new daily toll brings the total number of deaths in the state - which is the most affected by the virus in the United States - to 10,834.

Meanwhile, the governors of the US West Coast states - Washington, Oregon and California - have agreed to prepare a joint plan to reopen economic activity.

They stressed - in a joint statement - that they would prioritize the safety of the population in any decision to ease restrictions on movement currently in place to reduce the spread of the Corona virus.

The move follows a similar announcement made by the governors of six states on the east coast, including New York, whose governor Andrew Como said that if US President Donald Trump requested that the state be reopened in an unsafe manner, he would refuse to implement such a decision.

Como said that any such order would constitute a constitutional challenge between the states and the federal government, and would be brought to court for decision.

Trump said yesterday that he has absolute authority over the states regarding measures to confront Corona and issue a decision to lift the economic closure. He explained that he had received a request to close the country on January 11, without being in the United States at the time of any confirmed infection in Coruna.

Anthony Fuchi, director of the American National Institute of Infectious and Allergic Diseases, said that the May 1 determination to lift measures of social separation and open the economy is overly optimistic.

Fauchi warned of the danger of the virus spreading in areas where social divergence measures will be eased, indicating that such a step should be done gradually and not once.

Europe is suffering
In Britain, 778 deaths were recorded, bringing the total to 12,107, but the death toll may be 15% higher, according to broader data that includes deaths outside hospitals, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Official figures in Britain revealed that one of every three workers in the National Health Service who participated in the fight against the Corona virus was infected.

The Daily Mail newspaper reported that the new results confirmed the injury of 5733 people (33%) of workers in the National Health Service, out of the 17 thousand people who have been examined so far from medical staff who dealt with the epidemic.

Italy saw 600 deaths, bringing the total to 21,067, and 2,972 new injuries were recorded, bringing the number of injuries to nearly 162,490.

In Sweden, 114 new deaths from the Coronavirus were recorded, bringing the total to 1033, and nearly 500 new infections, bringing the total to approximately 11,450.

In Turkey, 4,062 new infections were recorded, bringing the total to 65,111, and 107 deaths were recorded, taking the death toll to 1403.

Turkish Health Minister Fakhruddin Kuja said that the rate of coronavirus infections in Turkey began to decline in the fourth week of its spread, noting that the number of people recovering had risen to 4,799, after 842 people recovered.

In the Netherlands, there were 122 new deaths, in addition to approximately 870 new infections.

Reducing insulation
On the other hand, several European countries start to exit from the state of closure after the slowdown of the Corona virus, on their lands, while warning that the path towards recovery and return to normalcy is still long.

The day after the Spanish authorities agreed to return construction workers and factories to their jobs, provided that the masks were distributed widely, Austria began on Tuesday to exit from the state of closure with a cautious reopening of small shops and parks.

Poland announced today that it will ease restrictions on stores starting April 19, while Denmark is due to open schools on Wednesday.

In Italy, which is almost closed for nearly a month and has recorded more than 20 thousand deaths, some institutions - such as libraries and laundry centers - are authorized to resume their activities on Tuesday in some areas.

On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of isolation and quarantine measures to tackle the Corona virus until the 11th of next month, which is the date when he said that schools and nurseries will be reopened gradually.

And in Germany, where the Coffid-19 death rate is low compared to neighboring countries, it is expected to announce on Wednesday the easing of the restrictions that vary between regions.

A statement of the National Academy of Sciences - concerned with researching the return to normal life in the country - recommended the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel to end the closure of educational institutions as soon as possible, and recommended them to re-allow private travel and travel business and sports and technical events, if the numbers of new injuries at a low level, with Maintain sanitary measures.

The European Commission has urged the member states of the European Union to coordinate with the start of lifting measures of general isolation, and warned that failure to do so may result in new waves of cases of infection with the Corona virus.

The Commission called for a common approach, after each country worked separately with regard to containing the virus, and now countries are working in the same way regarding exit strategies from general isolation measures.

Marched in Asia
The Corona virus continues to spread in Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan, leaving scores of victims behind.

In this regard, the deaths of Corona - Tuesday - in Indonesia rose to 459, after recording 60 deaths. 282 infections were recorded, bringing the total to 4,839, while the total number of people recovering from the virus was 426.

In Malaysia, Corona injuries increased to 4,987, after 170 cases were recorded. The country also recorded five deaths, taking the total number of deaths to 82.

The government announced that, as of Wednesday, it will prosecute courts in violation of the partial curfew imposed across the country until April 28.

In Japan, the corona injuries reached 8850, including 169 deaths. The capital Tokyo (the hardest hit) has recorded 161 injuries in the past 24 hours, topping the figure to 2,319.

The Iranian Ministry of Health recorded 98 new deaths from the Coronavirus, which brought the total number of deaths to 4,683, and 1574 cases were recorded, exceeding the total number of infections by 74,000.

In India, the authorities have extended nationwide isolation measures to reduce the outbreak of the Coronavirus, until the third of next month.

The Indian authorities had announced that the injuries in Coruna had crossed 10,700, and more than 360 deaths had been recorded.

In neighboring Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the extension of general isolation measures in the country for a period of two weeks, but he said that some sectors would return to work in stages.

The Israeli Ministry of Health announced that the number of deaths had increased to 118, and the number of injuries had reached 11,586.

Peak outbreaks
For its part, the World Health Organization said that the world has not yet reached the peak of the emerging Corona virus, which has resulted in more than 121,000 deaths in the world, about 70% of which are in Europe, where several countries have eased measures of general isolation, while the IMF announced The international point is that the epidemic is pushing the world economy into a deep recession.

WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said that 90% of infections worldwide were recorded in Europe and the United States.

The World Health Organization indicated that the number of new cases is receding in some parts of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but the outbreak is increasing in Britain and Turkey.

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

Arab world
On the Arab level, Egypt announced on Tuesday that it had recorded 14 new deaths from the new Corona virus, and confirmed 160 new infections.

The Ministry of Health stated that the total number of HIV infections recorded in Egypt is 2,350, of whom 514 have recovered and been discharged from isolation hospitals, and 178 have died.

In Algeria, 13 deaths from the virus were announced, bringing the total deaths to 326, 87 new infections were recorded, bringing the total to 2070, while the number of similar parasites to 691.

In Iraq, the Ministry of Health said that 22 injuries were recorded, and indicated that there were no deaths recorded, to settle at 78 deaths, while 766 people recovered.

Saudi Arabia recorded 8 deaths, bringing the total to 73 deaths, in addition to 435 new cases, bringing the number of injured to 5369.

In Oman, the Ministry of Health announced 86 new injuries, bringing the total number of injuries to 813.

In Kuwait, the third death from the Corona virus and 55 new infections was recorded, bringing the total number of infections to more than 1,350.

In Bahrain, the seventh death in Koruna and 161 new injuries was recorded, according to the Ministry of Health.

In Qatar, the Ministry of Health announced that 197 new cases had been registered, bringing the total to 3428.

In Morocco, 125 new cases were recorded in Corona, exceeding the total of 1888. The authorities announced that there were 5 cases of HIV infection inside a prison in the city of Ksar El-Kebir.

In Lebanon, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 9 new injuries, bringing the total to 641.

In Palestine, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 10 cases of corona, bringing the total number of injuries to 320, including injuries in Jerusalem.

The Syrian opposition health directorate said that the epidemiological monitoring laboratory in Idlib conducted tests for patients suspected of being infected with the Corona virus, and that the results of the analysis confirm that the province and the opposition areas are free of the virus so far.

In the areas controlled by the Syrian regime, SANA news agency reported that the death toll from the Coronavirus cases reached 25, five of whom were cured and two died.

In Jordan, the government announced on Tuesday a comprehensive curfew imposed on next Friday and Saturday. The Minister of Endowments, Muhammad Al-Khalayleh, said that prayer will be banned in mosques during the month of Ramadan, which begins next week, as part of measures to counter the spread of the Corona virus.

Jordan announced the registration of 391 confirmed cases of the Corona virus and seven deaths during the last period.