More than 1.5 million new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Latin America, which is at risk of a food crisis. In Latin America and the Caribbean, which has become the new epicenter of the epidemic, more than 73,000 deaths, more than half of them in Brazil, at a time when experts believe that seriousness may have to return For isolation procedures if a second wave occurs.
In detail, the largest country in Latin America with 212 million people has crossed the threshold of 40,000 deaths and 800,000 confirmed cases. Despite the rapid spread of the epidemic, commercial centers reopened in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil is the second country in the world in terms of number of injuries, after the United States.
Alicia Barcena, Secretary-General of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, warned that "the epidemic may take us 13 years back" in Latin America. "We have to see how to avoid the health crisis turning into a food crisis," she added.
The United Nations has warned that millions of extra children may be forced to work in the world if families are forced to use all means to make a living.
"In times of crisis, child labor becomes a coping mechanism for many families," UNICEF Director-General Henrietta Fury said in a statement. "When poverty increases, schools are closed, and social services decline, more children find themselves forced to work," she added.
In addition to Latin America, the epidemic is also spreading rapidly in Africa.
"It took 98 days to cross the 100,000-case threshold, and only 18 to exceed the 200,000 injuries," it announced, starting on Tuesday.
"Even if these cases in Africa represent less than 3% of the injuries in the world, it is clear that the pace of the epidemic is accelerating" on the African continent.
In Europe, where the number of patients being transferred to hospitals and deaths is declining, Brussels has called for all restrictions on travel within the borders of the European Union and the Schengen space to be lifted from June 15, and the reopening of the external borders of the Union for travelers from the Western Balkans from July 1.
The European Commission supported the reopening of the European Union and the Schengen space after June 30 (partially and gradually), but the final decision on the borders rests with the countries.
The isolation continues to rise in the old continent, in Spain, which recorded more than 27 thousand deaths, football league matches resumed the day before yesterday after a three-month hiatus.
At the global level, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expected that the economic recession would reach at least 6%.
And in the race to develop a vaccine in which universities and laboratories around the world participate, the big steps continue. The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo announced that it had signed an agreement with the Chinese "Sinofac Biotech" laboratory to develop a vaccine that will be tested on 9,000 volunteers as of July. This comes at a time when health experts in the European Union pointed out yesterday to the possibility of a second wave of cases of Covid-19 disease that necessitates the re-imposition of general isolation measures in Europe, and they said this possibility is medium to high and depends on the gradual reduction in Restrictions and how well people adhere to them.
An evaluation of the pandemic conducted by the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention also expected a moderate increase in infection rates in the coming weeks, although it indicated that the transmission of infection exceeded its peak in most European countries.
"The pandemic is not over," the director of the center, Andrea Amon, said in a statement attached to the assessment. She added that although Covid-19 infections have decreased across Europe, an effort is still required to limit the spread of the disease.
"It is important to adhere to the recommendations on social estrangement and maintain high standards of public health," she added. Everyone’s contribution is important. ”
The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, based in Stockholm, monitors diseases and public health in the European Union and makes recommendations in this regard.
His assessment concluded that the strict social divergence measures imposed by many governments reduced the transmission of the disease.
The European Commission supported the reopening of the outer borders of the European Union and the Schengen space after June 30th (partially and gradually).