As the epidemic of «Covid-19» recedes, Europe continues to reduce isolation measures, while the number of deaths from the emerging Corona virus exceeds the threshold of 100,000 in the United States, and while the death toll from “Corona” in Russia exceeds 4000, the spread of the virus has killed more than 175,000 people in Europe.
In the United States, where the first death was announced at the end of February, the death toll has crossed the 100,000 threshold of 1.7 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University census.
Experts, including White House counselor Anthony Fuchi, a virologist, agree that this official outcome is likely to be underestimated.
The number of deaths within 24 hours resumed its rise, with 1,401 additional deaths recorded between Tuesday and Wednesday, after three days, this number was less than 700.
Commenting on this rise in the number of deaths, Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the November presidential election, said: “There are days in our history that are grim and sad, to the point that they remain engraved in our hearts as a common mourning, and they are one of these moments.”
The largest number of deaths was recorded in New York, the second US state in the population, with a third of the deaths recorded, and its Governor, Andrew Como, made an appeal for federal state assistance.
According to the average number of statistics for epidemiological models by researchers at the University of Massachusetts, it is assumed that the number of deaths will approach 123 thousand in the country by June 20, and the White House estimates talk about a number between 100,000 and 240 thousand.
The situation is different in Europe, where the number of deaths from the virus has risen to 175,000, according to a figure based on official figures.
With a total of 175 thousand and 11 deaths (out of two million, 48 thousand and 58 injuries), Europe is the continent most affected by the epidemic that has killed 355 thousand and 548 in the world. The two most affected European countries are Britain (37,460 deaths) and Italy (33,72 deaths), followed by France (28,596) and Spain (27,118).
The European Commission revealed an extraordinary development plan worth 750 billion euros, but its provisions still have to be negotiated because some governments want state subsidies, and others only loans.
In a speech to the European Parliament, the Chairperson of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the aim was “to bring the benefits of the next generation in Europe tomorrow.”
For its part, the French government will announce new measures, which will enter into force from the second of June, the date set for the start of the second stage of easing quarantine measures.
Belgium announced that it would open nurseries Tuesday, after receiving again the older students in the priority classes.
As for the countries of southern Europe, where tourism constitutes an important part of the gross domestic product, it announces one-on-one the end of the restrictive measures, and calls on Rome to set June 15 as the date for the whole European Union to open the borders between its countries.
In Brazil, the urgent priority remains to contain the spread of the epidemic, which this giant country in South America has not yet been able to do, as the day before yesterday, the country exceeded 1,000 deaths for the fifth time in one day (1086 cases).
In neighboring Peru, one of the hardest hit countries in Latin America, a record number of deaths was recorded yesterday, 195.
And in Moscow, the Russian health authorities announced yesterday, 174 new deaths from the virus "Corona" during the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths from the virus since its inception in Russia to 4142.