The number of newly infected Coronavirus has exceeded 5 million around the world, most of them in Europe, which continues to raise the stone despite the fear of a pandemic surge, and this comes as China prepares to declare a "victory" on the epidemic.
The confirmed cases of the virus reached 5 million and more than 137 thousand in the world, more than two million recovered, and more than 331 thousand died.
Europe, the continent most affected, recorded about two million injuries, including 169 thousand and 932 deaths.
However, European countries continue to gradually reduce isolation measures.
It is expected to open today, Thursday, almost all the beaches of French Corsica, while Cyprus opened schools, cafes, restaurants and hairdressing salons after nearly two months of stone, and despite the opening of the beaches Saturday, the airports and hotels will remain closed, prolonging the crisis of the tourism sector vital to the island's economy.
Russia has passed the threshold of three thousand "3099" deaths from the Corona virus, after recording 127 new deaths.
The Russian Anti-Corona Operations Center announced the registration of more than 8,849 new cases of the virus, thus exceeding the total cases of 317,554 cases.
This comes as the United States announced that it would donate two hundred respirators to help Russia fight the Corona virus, weeks after Moscow sent similar equipment to New York State.
In the United States, 1,422 new deaths were recorded in Corona, which raises the death toll to 95,16 cases.
China threatens to respond.
In China, where the epidemic appeared last December in Wuhan, the 3,000-member National Assembly deputies are supposed to meet from Friday in the annual session, and this will be an opportunity to celebrate the end of the epidemic.
But Beijing - in addition to the challenges of Corona - also faces another challenge related to the escalation of tension with the United States.
China has threatened "countermeasures" if sanctions are imposed by the United States against the backdrop of the outbreak of the new Corona virus, according to a spokesman for the Chinese parliament.
"China is firmly against these bills, will respond firmly and take countermeasures based on the discussions the legislature will hold on this legislation," Zhang Yuesui told a press conference on the eve of the annual session of the People's Assembly.
Airline losses and
among the major economic repercussions of the Corona crisis, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has kept its estimates of airlines losses in the Middle East region due to the corona's consequences at $ 24 billion this year.
The Union - based in the Canadian city of Montreal - raised its estimates to this level late last month, after he expected on the eleventh of last March, losses of about seven billion dollars.
IATA, which represents 290 international airlines, added that departing flights in the Middle East and Africa decreased by 95% at the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to their level at the beginning of the year. He pointed out that Dubai International Airport decided to freeze flight fees increases for this year.
Worried about "genocide" in Brazil and
with the increase in the number of infections, Latin America and the Caribbean has become the region where the virus is spreading at the fastest pace, recording about 30 thousand new infections yesterday, Wednesday.
And Brazil is witnessing an acceleration in the spread of the epidemic, with a daily result that rose to 1179 deaths. But right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the seriousness of the emerging Corona virus and criticize isolation measures.
The French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, 76, who spent his life depicting the living conditions of the poorest and their fragile environment, fears that the indigenous peoples of the Amazon will be subjected to "extermination" due to the lack of care in Brazil during the Bolsonaro era.
Under pressure from the Brazilian head of state, the Ministry of Health on Wednesday recommended the use of chloroquine and the hydroxychloroquine drug for patients "Covid-19" who exhibit mild symptoms.
Pending vaccination and medication, the use of this drug is stirring controversy because its effect on the virus has not been confirmed to date.
In Chile, the number of casualties rose to more than fifty thousand, while a new demonstration took place in a popular neighborhood to demand food aid for the poorest Chileans who suffer from stunted economic activity.
A leap in Gaza and
in the Gaza Strip, which remained isolated for a while from the epidemic, the Ministry of Health announced that 25 people in the Gaza Strip were infected with the Corona virus.
The ministry said in a press statement that the number of people infected with the virus has risen to 55, which means that 25 new cases have been registered in the last 24 hours.
She explained that the wounded are among the inmates of the quarantine centers, who are returning to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing at the end of the day. The ministry said that the injured were mixed with dozens of returnees during their return to the Gaza Strip and in quarantine centers, and their suspicions of contact with people outside the quarantine centers are being verified.
In Sudan, the Ministry of Health announced ten deaths and 410 injuries within three days, bringing the total number of injuries to about 3,140, including 121 deaths, while 309 cases were cured of the disease.