Yesterday, the data gathered for the number of corona virus victims around the world showed that the number of infections exceeded three million, and data from the World Meters platform, an international specialized in statistics, showed that the number of people recovered exceeded 882 thousand cases, while the number of deaths exceeded 207 thousand cases.
The United States alone recorded about a third of the world's injuries with 987,000 injuries, and the number of deaths exceeded 55,415 deaths and 118,000 recoveries.
Russia announced yesterday that a meeting of the leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council will be held in an effort to unify its efforts to confront the "Covid-19" epidemic, after the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, urged it to do so.
"The five largest countries are looking into the possibility of their contribution to the fight against the Corona virus, and for this purpose, a meeting in the closed circuit has been agreed in principle," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, in a video interview with students broadcast by Russian television. It remains to determine the day during which the meeting will be held later. ”
The permanent members of the Security Council are Russia, France, China, Britain and the United States. In mid-April, Guterres urged the five countries to unify their positions in the face of "Covid-19".
One of the main reasons for the division prevailing in the Security Council is the dispute between Washington and Beijing over the Chinese origin of the emerging virus.
At the beginning of April, French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Donald Trump organized an emergency video conference for the five permanent members of the Security Council to address the epidemic in conflict areas, and Macron clarified that the meeting came in support of Guterres' call for a global cease-fire.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed to reporters yesterday that the date of the new meeting has not yet been determined, and he expected at the same time that Russia will reach the peak of recording new cases of coronavirus by mid-May, and made it clear that the situation will become better in next June.
He said in an interview with the weekly newspaper "Argenti e Facti", that the current difficulties related to the Corona virus will disappear "within two months." He added, "It seems to me that all of this will not last for a longer period." He pointed out that the critical phase of the epidemic in Italy and Spain lasted for a period of one and a half months as a maximum.
He continued: «At some point in mid-May, we must reach this peak. After that, it will be easier in the first month of summer. ”
"At that time, everyone will have to work hard to reduce the consequences of the epidemic for their lives," he added, adding that "this period will also be difficult, and a great effort must be made."
The United States records about a third of the world's injuries and 55,000 deaths.
An upcoming meeting of the Security Council to unify the efforts to confront the epidemic.