Corona .. US vaccine company is achieving success and China supports the investigation and Turkey imposes complete isolation

Optimism prevailed in the United States of America after Moderna announced progress in the search for a coronavirus vaccine, while China expressed support for an investigation into the circumstances of the outbreak.

The US company Moderna said that the clinical tests that you are conducting on a vaccine for Coronavirus showed positive results in the first stage.

The president of the company, Stefan Bansel, said that the vaccine succeeded in stimulating the immune system of all volunteers 15 days after receiving varying doses.

Bansil added that our manager is seeking to reach the third stage by July, if the vaccine continues to show positive results.

Following this announcement, the Dow Jones jumped 700 points.

It should be noted that the Dow Jones index includes the shares of 30 major companies registered in the American capital market, and was first launched in 1896, and includes major companies from various sectors of the American economy, including the financial sector, retail, manufacturing, energy, technology and media.

A conference for WHO and Washington continues to attack

The annual World Health Organization conference kicked off with a video conference with representatives from 194 countries, to discuss coordinating international efforts to combat the Corona pandemic.

Washington affirmed during the conference that a large part of the outbreak of the Corona epidemic is due to the costly “failure” of the World Health Organization, and called for the organization to be more efficient.

"There has been a failure by this organization to get the information the world needed, and this failure has caused many lives," US Health Secretary Alex Azar told the organization's annual meeting held over the Internet.

"At least one member state underestimated its obligations to be transparent, in an attempt to conceal the outbreak of the epidemic," he said, referring to China without mentioning it by name. And that came at a huge cost to the whole world.

"We see that the World Health Organization has failed in its primary mission of sharing information and transparency when member states do not act in good faith. It cannot happen again," he said.

For his part, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country has always dealt with transparency in everything related to the pandemic, and supports an investigation into the circumstances of the outbreak of the virus, after controlling it, and pledged to provide two billion dollars to fight the virus globally over two years.

Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) was indispensable and stressed that it needed greater resources to provide support to developing countries.

Proposals to reform the organization

In response to its accusations of default, the World Health Organization (WHO) oversight committee said - on Monday - that the organization has shown a "leadership" role in dealing with the Corona virus epidemic, and that its performance should be reviewed but not during the process of countering the virus so that an imbalance does not occur.

In its first report, covering the January-April period, the Independent Commission proposed reforms to the World Health Organization, including introducing a "progressive level of alerts" before declaring an international emergency in order to attract countries' attention at an early date.

She also suggested that the 194 members of the World Health Organization review the size and capacity of the WHO's emergency program, saying that the annual budget of less than $ 300 million is "very modest."

The seven-member committee added that "incomplete and changing understanding is usual during the first stage of the emergence of a new disease. There are still many doubts about Covid-19 ″, and it warned that" the increased politicization (of the method) of dealing with the epidemic "impedes its control, "The World Health Organization cannot succeed without unified global political support."

Complete isolation in Turkey

In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, Monday, that the general isolation, which is scheduled to last for four days from May 23, will be imposed throughout the country as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Coruna virus during Eid al-Fitr.

He added in a speech after a government meeting that the schools will not resume work in this academic year, adding that students' return to schools will resume in September with the new school year.

The Turkish president said that the mosques will open their doors to congregational prayer starting May 29, adding that the period of house reservations granted to prisoners who were released because of the virus has been extended for two months.

A European development plan worth 500 billion euros

As part of efforts to tackle the economic effects of Corona, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed on Monday a plan for the recovery of 500 billion euros in Europe, in the face of the economic repercussions of the emerging Corona virus, which caused an unprecedented deflation in the old continent.

"In support of a lasting recovery that restores and promotes growth in the European Union, Germany and France support the creation of an ambitious, temporary and targeted growth fund" within the framework of the upcoming EU budget project, with a value of "500 billion euros," said a joint statement.

The statement added that these funds will then be transferred "as budget expenditures" to European countries, and "to the most affected sectors and regions."

It is worth noting that Paris and Berlin are proposing that the European Commission finance this support for the economic advancement by borrowing from markets "in the name of the European Union".

In a statement on Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Lyen welcomed the "constructive proposal made by France and Germany" to revive the European economy after the emerging Corona virus crisis.

On the other hand, British Transport Minister Grant Shabs said that his country will finalize the plan to end the quarantine from the emerging corona virus early next month, and will study various procedures for travelers from countries with low infection levels.

The government plans to impose a 14-day quarantine on most arrivals, in an attempt to prevent a second peak of the pandemic.

Italy ... lowest death rate since March 9

Corona virus deaths in Italy - both - fell to less than a hundred for the first time since 9 March.

Italy recorded 99 new deaths in Corona in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 32,7 cases.

A statement issued by the Civil Defense Foundation stated that the active infections with the virus recorded a decrease of 1798 to 66,553, while the total cases of the virus reached 225,886.

A ban on areas in Baghdad

In the Arab world, Iraqi Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi said that it was decided to impose a ban on a number of areas of the capital, Baghdad, because of the spread of the Corona virus in it.

Al-Tamimi added that the aim of this measure is to break the chain of disease spread and prevent its transmission to other regions.

On the other hand, most sectors in Lebanon have returned to work in the context of easing public mobilization measures to counter the Corona virus, after four days of complete closure due to the high number of infections.

This comes as the curfew continues from seven in the evening until five in the morning, with cars restricted according to their license plate numbers.