Beijing Municipality announced this evening that the Chinese capital will close all its schools and universities after increasing the number of cases of the "Covid-19 اء" epidemic. In Britain, it was announced immediately to start describing a dexamethasone tonic for people living with the virus.
The Beijing authorities examined tens of thousands of residents after monitoring 106 new cases of the virus in five days, urging residents to avoid "unnecessary" travel outside the city and preventing residents of the outbreak areas from leaving the capital.
Shen Pe, assistant mayor of the municipality, said anyone who really needs to leave Beijing must submit the results of a test conducted in the past seven days that proves he is not infected with the virus.
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In Britain, Health Minister Matt Hancock announced Tuesday that his country would immediately begin prescribing a dexamethasone stimulant to Covid-19 رضى patients, after a test showed that it had saved the lives of a third of patients with the most severe symptoms.
He added that they now have 200,000 doses ready for use and are working with the National Health Service to include the usual treatment for Covid-19 "dexamethasone", as of Tuesday afternoon.
The research, published today, was led by a team from Oxford University, partly funded by the British government.
Global Outcome
Globally, the new Corona virus, as of 11:00 GMT, has killed at least 436,813 people worldwide since it appeared in China in December. More than 8 million, 48 thousand and 880 cases have been officially registered in 196 countries and regions since the outbreak began, of which 3 million, 681 thousand and at least 400 cases have recovered.
These numbers only reflect part of the actual number of injuries, as many countries conduct examinations only for the most serious cases, while other countries give priority to conducting investigations to track contacts of the injured, and a number of poor countries have limited examination capabilities.
The United States, the country worst hit in terms of deaths and injuries since early February, recorded 116,127 deaths out of two million, 114,000 and 26 injured, and at least 576,334 people recovered.
After the United States, Brazil comes with 43 thousand and 595 deaths out of 888 thousand and 271 injuries followed by Britain with 41 thousand and 736 deaths out of 296 thousand and 857 injuries, then Italy with 34 thousand and 371 deaths (237 thousand and 290 injuries), and France with 29 thousand and 436 Death (194 thousand and 175 injuries).
To date, China (without Macao and Hong Kong counted) has reported 4,634 deaths out of 83,221 recoverable injuries, including 78,377 people.
NATO is getting ready
In Europe, the Hungarian parliament approved today the abolition of the emergency powers granted to the government to confront Corona, which has raised international concerns that National Prime Minister Viktor Orban strengthened his hold on power.
And NATO is making preparations for a possible second wave of the epidemic, as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said today that NATO defense ministers intend to approve an operational plan in this regard on Wednesday. It is expected to build a stock of medical equipment and create a crisis fund.
Stoltenberg explained that the goal is for NATO to be able to provide the assistance that might be required, at the right time and place.
Carissa Etien, Regional Director of the World Health Organization in the Americas, said today that the region is fast approaching four million HIV cases and the pandemic continues to accelerate.
She added in an online press briefing from the Washington-based Pan American Health Organization that Brazil has 23% of the cases that exceeded 3 million and 800 thousand in the Americas, and also 23% of the deaths that amount to 204 thousand cases in the region.
Arab countries
In the Arab countries, Algeria today recorded 11 deaths, 116 injuries, and 107 recovery, bringing the total injuries to 11,147, of which 788 died, and 7 thousand and 842 recovered.
The Supreme National Committee for Combating the Corona (governmental) epidemic in Yemen announced the registration of 6 deaths, 41 injuries, in addition to recovery 12.
Egypt, the largest Arab country in terms of population, recorded more than 46,000 injuries and nearly 1700 deaths in terms of sentence, according to official figures . Thus, Egypt is the largest country affected by the epidemic in Africa.
On Tuesday, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate demanded the release of five detained doctors for criticizing the state administration for the Corona crisis.
Iraq recorded 60 deaths in Corona on Tuesday, and 1,385 injuries in a daily toll that is the highest in the country since the virus appeared in it.
Somalia recorded 16 cases, Jordan monitored two cases, and one recovered.
Today, Tunisia has monitored 15 injuries, bringing the total number to Alpha and 125 injuries, including 49 deaths and 1,002 recoveries.
In Qatar, the Ministry of Health, in a statement, reported the registration of four deaths, 1,121 injuries, in addition to one thousand and 780 cases of recovery, bringing the total number of injuries to 82 thousand and 77, including 80 deaths, 60 thousand and 461 cases of recovery.
Today, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced 41 new deaths, bringing the total deaths from Corona to 1052 and 4,267 new injuries, bringing the total injuries in the Kingdom to 136,315. She pointed to the registration of 1650 cases of recovery, bringing the total number of the recovered to 89 thousand and 540.
The Emirate of Dubai announced today that it is "moving towards recovery from the Corona crisis," noting that it recorded an increase in recovery rates and a significant decline in the number of discovered injuries.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health is preparing to face a second wave expected from Corona in the event that the number of HIV infections continues to rise, and the ministry teams and the Epidemiology Committee are examining the current epidemiological situation in Palestine and possible scenarios, with an increasing number of infections recorded.
Asia and Africa
In Africa, Tanzania will lift a wide range of restrictions due to the Coronavirus by the end of this month, despite some doubts over whether it is safe to do so.
In Asia, India is concerned about the shortage of beds in hospitals and medical teams due to the outbreak of corona, the health crisis worsening with the annual monsoon rains and the diseases it brings, as more than half a million people are infected annually in India with diseases such as dengue and malaria due to the rains that fall on the country From June to September, infections are similar to the symptoms of the "Covid-19 اء epidemic, including fever, difficulty breathing, loss of smell and taste.