Moscow began yesterday to lift the isolation measures, similar to New York and many countries around the world, despite the approach of «Corona» in Russia from half a million, after the cases exceeded 485 thousand, and despite the warning issued by the World Health Organization that the status of the Corona virus « "It is getting worse" globally, while an official in the Iranian health sector stated that "about 15 million Iranians may have been infected with the virus since the start of the epidemic."
In detail, the traffic jam has returned to the streets of Moscow for the first time since the end of March.
"There are large numbers of people on the street," said Olga Ivanova, 33, who is in charge of marketing. It's a beautiful day". "I spent every May in my country house, but it is time to return to Moscow," she added.
Street masks and indoor gloves are still mandatory in the city of 12 million people.
Moscow remains the epicenter of the epidemic with half of the number of deaths in Russia, even if the daily number of casualties falls from 6,000 in early May to 1572 yesterday.
On the basis of these encouraging figures, the mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, announced the day before yesterday the lifting of the "domestic stone" applied since the end of March, and the system of mandatory permits for residents of the capital.
In the luxurious Patriarc Prodi neighborhood, the beauty salons welcomed the first customers.
According to official figures, the total number of "Covid-19" cases in Russia reached 485 thousand and 253 cases, including 6142 deaths. Russia remains the third country in the world in terms of number of injuries (based on absolute numbers).
And at a time when restrictions are being eased in the world, with the aim of moving the severely affected economies, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebresos, said yesterday, during an online press conference in Geneva, “Although the situation is improving in Europe, only "It is getting worse globally."
The number of confirmed infections in the world has increased, exceeding seven million, more than 100 thousand during nine of the past 10 days, and by 136 thousand, last Sunday, "the highest to date so far," he said. The threshold of 400,000 deaths was crossed on Sunday.
He explained that 75% of the new cases, last Sunday, were recorded in 10 countries, especially in the American continent and South Asia.
Moscow is following in the footsteps of New York, after the city emerged, the day before yesterday, from isolation that began on March 22. The American economic capital began a gradual reopening process, which was restricted during the first phase to the construction and industrial sectors.
Within 15 days, the authorities hope to move to the second stage, which will allow eating on the sidewalks of restaurants or a return to hairdressers.
"Return is a good thing," said Michael Ostergreen, supervisor of the Shakespeare Library in Manhattan, whose first customers entered their doors. "Everyone wants to leave their homes," he added.
After 11 years of growth, the United States has entered a recession, and the entire world is going through the worst recession in 150 years, according to the World Bank.
In these circumstances, India, as the virus continued to circulate strongly, yesterday, reopened its commercial centers and places of worship.
And Latin America, where the virus is spreading alarms, has begun to lift isolation measures as well.
And in Brazil, which has the highest death toll in the world after the United States and Britain with more than 37,000 deaths, the Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro announced the easing of restrictions.
The government of President Jair Bolsonaro is publishing figures of deaths and injuries due to "Covid-19" days ago amid a state of confusion, in light of accusations that it is seeking to "cover up the data."
In Britain, which has recorded more than 40,597 deaths, isolation measures are slowly being lifted. Anyone who arrives in Britain from abroad will have to quarantine himself for a period of 14 days, and there are doubts about the effectiveness of this step, which worries the aviation and tourism sectors.
In Iran, at least one out of every five Iranians may have been infected with the new Corona virus since the outbreak began in the Islamic Republic in February, a health sector official said yesterday.
"About 15 million Iranians may have been infected with the virus since the start of the epidemic," said Ihsan Mostafavi, one of the members of the task force tasked with fighting "Coved-19".
This means that the virus is "far less deadly than we or the world believed," according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
The number represents 18.75% of Iran's population of more than 80 million, and Iran announced yesterday 74 additional deaths from the virus.
Mostafavi referred, in this regard, to blood serum tests to determine the antibodies in people who recovered from the disease.
These tests differ from the corona presence test (PCR).
Iran has said it has so far conducted more than a million PCR tests to confirm and report injuries.
The Ministry of Health spokeswoman, Sima Sadat Larry, said that the new 74 deaths raise the total to 8425 deaths.
2,095 new injuries were registered during the same period, bringing the total toll to 175,000 and 927 injuries.
Larry was appointed a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, yesterday, to succeed Kianush Jahanpur, according to a statement of the ministry.
Minister Saeed Nemki called the spokeswoman to "avoid politicizing" the issues, and to coordinate with him "before making any statement on social media or the media," according to the statement. Jahanpur was criticized in March, after he said that China's numbers related to "Covid-19" were "a bad joke." He was attacked by the Chinese ambassador to Tehran Zhang Hua on "Twitter", which forced him to back down from his position, praising Beijing's support for Tehran during the epidemic crisis.
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One of the new cases of "Corona", last Sunday, was recorded in 10 countries, especially in the American continent and South Asia.