Corona: The United Nations calls for a new economic map and Trump hints to seek compensation from China

The United Nations Organization called on the world’s governments to move to map an economic map for the post-Corona pandemic epidemic, stressing the difficulty of returning to the "previous normal". This comes as the number of HIV infections in the world exceeded the level of three million, and the number of deaths exceeded 209 thousand cases.

US President Donald Trump, whose country is the most affected by the epidemic, also hinted that China could demand billions of dollars in compensation for the damage caused by the virus, which first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.

And the United Nations made clear - in a statement issued on Monday - that it laid down a road map to improve the world's economies and save jobs in the Corona period.

Historic stagnation
The UN statement stated that "Corona has caused a historical economic recession with the highest levels of unemployment recorded, and the creation of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has severely hit the poorest countries."

"Societies and economies need a better, more sustainable and more gender-equal path, different from the previous normal," he added.

On the other hand, US President Donald Trump - during a White House press conference yesterday - hinted at the possibility of China demanding that the United States pay billions of dollars to the United States to compensate for the damage of Corona.

"We will never forget those who were sacrificed due to a lack of efficiency or something else," Trump said during the conference, referring to China, which he accuses of delaying reporting the world to the virus, and not dealing transparently with the current health crisis that has turned into a global pandemic.

"We are conducting very serious investigations ... we are not satisfied with China ... we believe that it could have been stopped from the source ... it could have been stopped quickly and would not have spread all over the world."

As of yesterday evening, the number of people infected with the new virus in the United States reached nearly one million, while the country recorded 1303 deaths from the virus during the past 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to more than 56,000.

A statistic published by Agence France-Presse showed that about 80% of confirmed HIV infections worldwide were recorded in the United States and Europe.

The number of injured in Europe reached about 1.3 million people, of whom more than 126 thousand died. The largest number of deaths in 24 hours was recorded in the United States (1303), France (437), and the United Kingdom (360).

Loosening and extending

On the other hand, a group of countries relaxed their measures that they had previously imposed to confront the Corona pandemic, while others extended their precautionary measures against the virus.

France is expected to present today, Tuesday, its plan for the gradual exit from the isolation imposed to contain the virus that caused the death of thousands of Frenchmen.

In Spain, the authorities allowed the children to leave their homes since the day before yesterday, Sunday, for the first time in six weeks. 

The governments of Italy and the United States are also preparing to partially relax the tight restrictions they have imposed on their citizens in recent weeks.

In Hong Kong, the authorities announced today that most state employees will gradually start returning to their work from May 4, but the government has not yet decided to ease travel and social separation restrictions that are due to expire next week.

In Algeria, Prime Minister Abdelaziz Jarrad instructed to expand commercial sectors that will be reopened with a view to reducing the economic and social impacts of the Corona crisis. 

In Jordan, the Minister of State for Information Affairs, Amjad Al-Adayleh, announced that some public sector service institutions will return to work with a limited number of employees decided by the minister or the heads of these institutions.