• London accelerates, human vaccine test since Thursday
  • Coronavirus. Discharged from Boris Johnson hospital. The Prime Minister: "Thanks for the excellent care"
  • Coronavirus, record deaths in France. In Spain 18 thousand dead, over one thousand victims in Sweden
  • France: Macron deploys the army against the pandemic

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April 24, 2020 The number of coronavirus infections and daily deaths still remains too high to be able to plan the timing of a UK exit from the lockdown, despite the flattening of the spread curve and efforts to accelerate on the test and online tracking of people at risk. British Health Minister Matt Hancock said so. "I understand the desire to know - he said to the press - when it will be possible to go to phase two, but at the same time the message remains the same, people must stay at home to protect the NHS (the national health service), save lives "and remove the risk" of a second peak "which would eliminate all the sacrifices made."


Downing Street: It is not possible to give a date on Johnson's return to work
After the indiscretions reported by 'The Telegraph' on a possible return to the work of Prime Minister Boris Johnson as early as Monday, the Downing Street spokesman announces that it is not possible to "give a date" for his return to full activity. He also reported that the prime minister is still recovering from the coronavirus infection that forced him to hospitalize. However, said the spokesman, Johnson has been in contact with Downing Street officials and receives regular updates on actions taken to tackle the epidemic, even if "he is not carrying out government activities". Furthermore, yesterday evening the premier had a telephone conversation with Queen Elizabeth. After being discharged from London's St Thomas Hospital, Johnson was transferred to the British Prime Minister's country residence in Checkers.

Trump: "Johnson is incredibly well. He is ready to restart."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "incredibly well. He is ready to restart." President Donald Trump said this when asked by reporters about how he found Johnson when he heard him on the phone after being admitted to the intensive care unit for coronavirus. "He called me as soon as I got out of the hospital ... it's amazing, he was very lively and sharp," Trump said.

France. Masks will be distributed
to the population from May 4 The French government will distribute the first masks to the population from May 4 and various methods of distribution are being studied. Undersecretary for economics Agne's Pannier-Runacher said in an interview with Les Echos. "The state will help to provide citizens with masks as soon as possible through the most suitable distribution channels. The first experiments will be conducted from May 4," he explained. "Different distribution methods have been identified to allow as many French as possible to access them. The range of possibilities is very wide and we are examining all the hypotheses: pharmacists, town halls, mass distribution, tobacconists, Afnor platform, e-commerce and more ", he added. 

Elisha: "The use of masks for public transport passengers
is being evaluated " France is considering the obligation of masks for public transport passengers across the country. The Elysium confirms this in a note released after a conversation between President Emmanuel Macron and the French mayors. The idea is "without a doubt" on the table, says the note. The proposal will form part of a package of measures to ease the lockdown starting 11 May. In the country so far there are 516 deaths related to the Covid-19 epidemic, whose toll has reached 21,856 motions since the beginning of March. This was reported by the Directorate General of Transalpine Healthcare, which however also reported today - on the fifteenth consecutive day - a drop in ICU patients.