Several countries have moved cautiously towards easing restrictions aimed at curbing the outbreak of the newly emerging Corona virus (COFED-19), with isolation measures beginning to appear with results, although the number of casualties remains as high as in the United States, where more than 40,000 deaths have occurred.

Germany allowed the reopening of stores that did not exceed an area of ​​800 square meters, and thus became the first country in Europe to start a slow process to ease the isolation procedures. The German Health Minister, Jens Span, considered that the epidemic in his country “is under control and can be managed”, after it was registered. More than 135 thousand cases of the disease, and about 4000 deaths.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that Germany should exercise caution and discipline in its war against the Corona virus, in order to avoid a setback in the coming weeks, adding to reporters that Germany will see, within only two weeks, whether partial relaxation of restrictions on public life will drive the rate of infections To increase, he called on China to "show the greatest transparency, on (Covid-19)."

And several countries recorded a decline in the number of injuries and deaths, such as France (about 20 thousand deaths), Spain (about 20,500 deaths), and Italy (23 thousand deaths), after weeks of rise, allowing governments to think in the coming weeks with the initial application of measures to lift the isolation.

"We are not out of the health crisis, but the situation is gradually improving, slowly but surely," said French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.

France, the fourth country in the world most affected by the virus in terms of deaths after the United States, Italy and Spain, plans to start lifting isolation measures, starting May 11, but this will be gradual.

Philip warned that from May 11, life will not be the same as before the isolation, and everyone will have to learn to live with the virus.

In Italy, the authorities stated that the first measures to reduce insulation will not be taken before May 3, but companies are reopening their doors little by little, even if it is partial and in conjunction with many preventive measures.

"We are back," said the famous Giuletti, an ice-cream maker in Rome, announcing the resumption of its operations.

In Spain, the director of the Health Emergency Center, Fernando Simon, announced that the daily death toll fell for the first time since March 22 to below the 500 threshold, with 410 deaths recorded the day before yesterday, and 399 injuries yesterday, and the field morgue established in A skiing circuit in Madrid tomorrow, after receiving more than 1000 coffins, and as of April 27, children will be allowed out of the homes, after this was forbidden since March 14.

In Norway, where the authorities believe that "the virus is under control", nurseries reopened, yesterday, and in a second phase beginning on April 27, schools and universities are reopening.

On the other hand, the isolation imposed on March 23 in the United Kingdom has been extended to at least three weeks, and the government has yet to lift it.

Britain is one of the countries most affected by the virus in Europe, with more than 16,000 deaths.

In China, Hubei (central) schools, the epicenter of the Covid-19 epidemic, will open their doors, starting May 6, for high school final students, the authorities announced yesterday, after closing in late January.

In the United States, where the US President, Donald Trump, is calling for a rapid resumption of economic activity and some Democratic state governors, the governor of New York State, the epicenter of the virus in the country, Andrew Como, announced that the outbreak began to follow a "downward path" for the first time since its appearance.

"All indications prove that we are in a declining phase," Como said, but he called for caution at this time.

According to a census of "France Press", the new Corona virus has killed at least 165 thousand and 216 people in the world since its appearance last December in China, and until yesterday, and more than two million and 403 thousand and 410 infections have been officially diagnosed in 193 countries and regions since Beginning of the epidemic.

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One thousand deaths, two million and 403 thousand cases of the virus around the world.

Norway opens nurseries and prepares for the return of schools .. And companies in Italy resume their work.