China denied that it had slowed down in sharing information about "Covid-19" with the World Health Organization, while Russia recorded the third highest death toll in the world, and in Brazil a new record of deaths was recorded.
The Chinese denial came from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Legian during a daily press briefing on a question about the report published by the Associated Press, in which it was reported that the WHO is disappointed by China's apparent slowdown in sharing information.
In Russia, today, 8,436 new infections were recorded, bringing the total to 432,277 cases, which is the third highest death toll in the world. The number of deaths from the virus reached 5,215 after the authorities recorded another 178 deaths the day before.
The Russian Information Agency said that a person died today in a fire that broke out in a hospital in St. Petersburg, treating patients with infectious diseases, as the fire broke out in the bed covers of a patient with hepatitis while smoking cigarettes.
The new Corona virus continues to circulate in Latin America, while Italy, one of the most affected European countries, today, Wednesday, reopens its borders as the epidemic recedes.
Brazil set a new record in the daily number of deaths, with the total toll increasing to 31,199 out of a total of 555,383 injuries, according to the Ministry of Health.
Scientists are of the opinion that the figures announced in Brazil are much lower than the actual number, yet this country is now the fourth highest death toll in the world after the United States, the country most affected with its high to 106 thousand and 180 deaths, and Britain (39 thousand and 369 deaths) and Italy ( 33,530 deaths).
Brazil - which its president, Jair Bolsonaro has consistently called for, to lift restrictions to protect the economy and jobs - records more than half of the infections and deaths from the emerging Corona virus in Latin America.
The virus continues to spread very quickly. In neighboring Colombia, Brazil, the number of deaths exceeded a thousand less than three months after the first infection was detected, and in Mexico - which started launching the economy again - the number reached ten thousand, and in Peru exceeded 4,600.
In Bolivia, more than 10, 500 injuries and more than 300 deaths have been recorded, figures showing a clear rise.
In this country, the authorities of the cities of La Paz and El Alto will place panels on the homes of patients who refuse to isolate themselves, in the face of the numerous violations of health procedures by injured persons.
In Venezuela, the epidemic led to an unexpected rapprochement between two archenemy enemies, Socialist President Nicholas Maduro and opposition Juan Guaido, who signed an agreement to search together for funds to fight the disease.
Return to normalcy
In Europe, a return to normalcy continues, as the French managed to drink coffee on the sidewalks of cafes on Tuesday, and reopening important tourist sites with caution, such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Colosseum in Italy.
Hoping to save its tourism industry, which has been undermined by the health crisis, Italy - where northern Lombardy was the epicenter of the old continent - is reopening its borders to European tourists on Wednesday.
It was now possible for Italians to move freely between regions, but banning large gatherings and imposing protective masks in closed places and on public transport remained in effect, and the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, warned that the epidemic crisis was "not over."
Italy, where about 33,000 people died, is the second highest number of deaths in Europe after Britain.
The British government intends to build air bridges with some of the less affected countries, to spare many travelers entering the UK the quarantine feared by many workers in the tourism sector.
For its part, Latvia lifted the imposition of a stone on Wednesday for travelers from more than twenty European countries, after a similar step by neighboring Estonia and Lithuania.
As for Germany - which is the first European economy - it is assumed that it will also decide today on the issue of canceling the warnings of tourism travel within the European Union, which were issued to combat the epidemic.
India did not reach its climax,
and official figures showed today, Wednesday, that the number of Coronavirus infections in India - the second largest country in the world in terms of population - exceeded 200,000, and the pandemic may not reach until a few weeks later.
The Ministry of Health said the number of injuries in the country jumped 8,909 compared to the previous day in one of the highest recorded daily increases, bringing the total to 207,615, and the disease has killed 5,815 people in India so far.
It is noteworthy that the injuries in India are increasing at a time when the authorities ended strict measures for public isolation imposed on the population of about 1.3 billion people last March, and led to the stalling of the economy and leaving tens of thousands without work.
On the other hand, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced today 70 deaths and 3,134 injuries, bringing the total deaths to 8,012 and injuries to 160,696.
Today, the Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman announced the registration of 738 new injuries, bringing the total number to 13,538.
In total, "Covid-19" has killed 379,585 people worldwide since its appearance in China last December, according to official sources.