Germany announced yesterday that the new epidemic of Corona virus is under control after a month of restrictions on social mixing imposed by the authorities, and at a time when the number of people infected with the virus around the world reached two million and 218 thousand and 590 infections, and about 150 thousand deaths, US President Donald Trump revealed His plan to "reopen America" ​​in three stages, while about two-thirds of Americans saw, according to an opinion poll, that their president had been late in taking measures to tackle the spread of the virus.

For the first time, data from the Robert Koch Institute for Epidemiology showed that every person infected with the virus in the country is now transmitting the infection to less than one person. She noted that the rate of infection with the emerging coronavirus, which causes the epidemic between one person and another, has decreased to 0.7.

German Health Minister Jens Young announced that the virus is "under control".

The minister said that «the number of injuries decreased significantly, especially the relative increase on a daily basis. The outbreak is now again under control. ”

Without resorting to strict isolation, Germany imposed on its entire territory great restrictions from closing schools and cultural centers to preventing the gathering of more than two people.

"We can say now that this worked," German Health Minister said. "We were able to move from an active increase to a stable increase, and infection rates decreased dramatically." And Germany, which has received in its hospitals dozens of French or Italian patients, will now be able to ease restrictions.

From May 4, schools will start reopening their schools, giving priority to students who will soon take their exams. Shops greater than 800 square meters will be allowed to receive customers again.

But "this success in stages" remains "fragile", as warned the German Chancellor, whose popularity peaked after 14 years in power, on Wednesday.

Rules that prohibit the gathering of more than two people in public places, with the exception of families whose members live in one house, will continue to be applied, while large public events will remain prohibited until August 31, with the need to respect the social distance of one and a half meters.

Yesterday, the German Minister of Health confirmed that "we must learn to live with the virus."

In order to avoid the virus from re-spreading, Germany will manufacture large quantities of protective masks.

Neither the federal government nor the 16 German provinces followed the example of neighboring Austria, which imposed masks in shops and public transportation, contenting itself with a "strong" recommendation to use it.

Defending the decision not to impose the mask, young men said that people have so far shown "a great responsibility".

But the experience of mandatory masking in the city of Enna in the province of Thuringia proved effective, as no injuries were reported in it a week ago, according to the German press.

In Washington, Trump said at his daily press conference at the White House about the health crisis, "Based on the latest data, our team of experts has come to agree that we can start the next phase of our war that we call (reopening America)."

He added that the 50 state governors would ultimately decide to lift restrictions or impose more or less stringent measures to contain the epidemic. But the executive branch made recommendations to "direct them." Trump explained that these recommendations require the reopening of the country "cautiously step by step" and "state after state", based on "verifiable" data on the emergence of the emerging Corona virus, saying that the peak of the epidemic probably "passed".

He did not talk about any time schedule. His recommendations state that any state or even a region can start lifting isolation measures when it meets specific health standards, including a 14-day decrease in the number of infections by "Covid-19" and the presence of hospitals able to cope with the influx of new patients.

Trump said that "healthy states" can resume activity "from tomorrow" before May 1, the date originally proposed, referring to Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota that appear to be in relatively good shape, compared to New York or New Jersey who "live in hell" .

The first stage of moving the economy forward according to the White House plan is to reopen restaurants and gyms, with conditions, but not schools and bars. The White House stresses that it is strongly advised to put on masks in public places and to continue working from home remotely and to maintain the rules of social separation.

Some Americans face difficulty in carrying out the targeted quarantine to contain the virus in America, as some demonstrated this week against measures of social divergence, and in support of Donald Trump, who believes that the time has come to "reopen America."

The outbreak of the Corona virus forced many countries of the world to impose closures, which put more than half of the world's population in isolation and quarantine in the world.

Yesterday, the number of persons under domestic isolation rose to at least 4.5 billion people spread in 110 countries, most of them, or about 2.93 billion people in 66 countries, obligated to respect the isolation procedures, according to «AFP». According to the United Nations estimates of the population in 2020, this represents the equivalent of about 58% of the population of about 7.79 billion people.

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Of the world's population of about 7.79 billion people, they are under household isolation.

Corona's outbreak forced many countries in the world to impose closures.

Some Americans struggle to quarantine the virus in America, as some demonstrated this week

Against the measures of social divergence.