Turkey, France and Britain announced lifting many restrictions imposed due to the Corona pandemic, Kuwait also eased the comprehensive curfew in two parts, and Jordan announced that it would reopen mosques and churches.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that the government will lift travel restrictions between cities and allow the reopening of restaurants, cafes, parks and sports facilities from the beginning of next June, adding that the restrictions will remain based on the movement of individuals over the age of 65 and under 18 years.
France is recovering
and the French government announced on Thursday to lift an important part of the restrictions imposed on the population from June 2, in light of the decrease in the spread of Covid-19 disease caused by the emerging Corona virus, and it also supported the reopening of the internal borders of Europe in the middle of next month.
In France, which has reduced the level of danger in its capital, Paris from red to orange, the ban on freedom of movement imposed since May 11 will be lifted, and cafes, bars and restaurants closed since mid-March will open their doors.
But some restrictions will remain, including that the number of people gathered around one table does not exceed ten people, in addition to keeping a distance of at least one meter between the tables, in addition to the necessity of wearing masks by workers and customers when they are at their table.
Museums and monuments will open in all parts of France on June 2, and wearing masks will be obligatory upon visit, but gatherings in public space will remain restricted to only ten people, and Orly airport in Paris will be reopened on 26 of next month.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that all these measures would be reviewed on June 22, before entering the third phase of normalization.
Philip also announced that Paris supports the re-opening of the internal European borders on June 15 without imposing a 14-day quarantine on travelers, adding that they would apply reciprocity if the countries of the stone were imposed on the French.
Britain opens schools,
and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his country’s success in the five tests the government set as a condition to ease public closures.
On Monday, the country will start gradually opening schools, and on June 15 it will reopen non-essential shops.
Starting next Monday, the British authorities will allow at most six people from different homes to meet in public parks provided they maintain physical spacing, and children can meet their parents and grandparents as well.
Relieving the ban in Kuwait
Arab, Kuwaiti Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh announced that the comprehensive curfew will be reduced to a partial ban for 12 hours from 6 pm until 6 am starting next Sunday, adding that normal life will return through five stages that will take a total of 15 weeks starting from Sunday.
The Kuwaiti minister indicated that the first stage includes opening houses of worship, resuming shipping activities and delivering services for restaurants and cafes, noting that normal life will not be fully restored unless there is a vaccine.
Opening houses of worship in Jordan
. Jordan decided to open mosques and churches starting from the fifth of next month, more than two months after closing them, and studying the amendment of the comprehensive ban imposed every Friday, allowing citizens to access the mosques on foot at the time of Friday prayer, provided that the Friday sermon be short No more than 15 minutes.
The Archbishop of Jordan told the Greek Orthodox Christoforce Atallah that the churches will open their doors to worshipers from Sunday, June 7.
Infections increase in Egypt Egypt
continues to record increases in the number of confirmed cases of the emerging corona virus, and Thursday, 1127 cases were recorded in the highest daily death toll since the outbreak began, up from 910 cases the day before.
29 new deaths were recorded, compared to 19 the previous day. This brings the total number of people infected with Coronavirus in the country as of Thursday, 20,793 cases, of whom 5359 had recovered and were discharged from isolation hospitals, and 845 deaths.
The outcome of three wars
In the United States, the number of people who died from the virus exceeded 102,000, and Reuters described the number as greater than the total number of American deaths in the wars of Korea, Vietnam and Iraq combined, and the highest number of seasonal flu victims since 1958, while the number of infected people exceeded 1.7 million infected.
The new toll in the United States coincides with a decline in the average daily number of deaths, the return of stores to work and the departure of some Americans from general isolation.
Meanwhile, New York State Governor Andrew Como announced that he will sign an executive order allowing commercial activities to prevent entry to any individuals who do not use masks, stressing that they are necessary to prevent the spread of corona, and made clear that store owners have the right to protect themselves and protect others inside stores.