Today, the death toll from the emerging epidemic of coronavirus around the world has exceeded 7 million, at a time when the epidemic continues to spread in the United States, Russia, and Latin American countries, which have become the fastest spreading focus of the virus.

On the other hand, several countries, led by India, South Africa and New Zealand, have entered new stages of easing isolation measures in an effort to alleviate the economic pandemic and gradually return to a pre-epidemic lifestyle.

A new statistic for Agence France-Presse showed that the total number of injuries in the world today reached 7,003,851, of whom more than 400,000 died, especially in the old continent.

The United States remains at the top of the list of the largest affected by the virus, recording in just 24 hours 691 additional deaths, exceeding the total deaths of 110,000 people, according to new data published by Johns Hopkins University.

The data also showed that the number of people infected with the virus in the country was about two million infected.

Brazil comes second in the world with more than 676 thousand injuries, followed by Russia with more than 476 thousand injuries, then Spain is fourth with more than 288 thousand injuries, and Britain has about 285 thousand injuries.

Opening places of worship

While the numbers continue their upward trajectory in many countries, other countries continue to reduce isolation measures in an effort to alleviate the pandemic, as worshipers hesitated on mosques and temples in India today with the start of the federal government’s decision to lift most restrictions on public places despite the record number of cases in one day.

After tight restrictions were imposed last March, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to fully open the economy.

The government allowed the opening of shopping centers, places of worship and restaurants, while adhering to a set of guidelines aimed at preventing another wave of disease infections in the second largest country in the world in terms of population.

The worshipers put up masks, and they committed themselves to standing about two meters from each other, and they were subjected to temperature measurements in Hindu temples in Delhi and other parts of the country, usually densely populated.

But the capital, one of the hot spots of infection in India, will not allow hotels that it says may need to be reopened to makeshift hospitals to reopen if a significant jump in injuries occurs.

In South Africa, children have started returning to their classes today as part of a gradual easing of restrictions imposed months ago on fighting the virus.

The reopening of schools was postponed after the teachers' unions urged to defy the government’s order last week, saying that schools lacked adequate health and hygiene measures to maintain the safety of teachers and students.

South Africa has registered nearly 50 thousand cases of coronavirus, to be the worst affected country in the sub-Saharan Africa region.

New Zealand is winning

In New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today that all measures related to the Coronavirus will be lifted starting tomorrow, Tuesday, with the exception of border closure restrictions after the virus was eliminated, after no new active cases have been registered since February 28.

Ardern added - during a press conference - that New Zealand will move to the first level of state alert, and that it will be available to hold public and private events without restrictions, and the retail and hotel sectors can work normally, and public transportation can resume its activities.

In Denmark, the Ministry of Health announced that it has today raised the allowable limit for public gatherings from 10 to 50, while easing the measures to limit the spread of Corona.

Also, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Gadwija ​​Emilevi اليوم announced today that she does not see the need to impose new restrictions or re-impose previous restrictions on the Coruna virus, despite the sudden rise in cases in the past days.

On Sunday, Poland recorded 575 new cases of the virus, which brought the total number of infections in the country to 26,561, including 1157 deaths.