Paris (AFP)

New assessments, new measures, highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.

- India exceeds 500,000 cases -

The second most populous country in the world (1.3 billion inhabitants) has just crossed the threshold of 500,000 cases of officially listed contamination and 15,685 deaths.

Epidemiologists believe that the epidemic has not yet reached its peak. While the country is in a phase of exit from containment, the virus circulates in a disturbing way in very densely populated cities.

New Delhi alone plans to reach 500,000 cases by the end of July and has requisitioned rail cars, hotels and party rooms to unclog hospitals.

- Nearly 495,000 dead worldwide -

The pandemic has killed at least 494,337 people worldwide, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources on Saturday at 11:00 GMT.

The United States is the most affected country, with 125,039 deaths. Follow Brazil with 55,961 deaths for 1,274,974 cases, the United Kingdom with 43,414 deaths (309,360 cases), Italy with 34,708 deaths (239,961 cases), and France with 29,778 deaths (199,343 cases).

- First flights in Tunisia -

After three months of closure of the commercial lines, the first planes landed in Tunisia (1,164 official cases of coronavirus, including 50 deaths).

Only travelers from countries considered safe - Germany, China or Italy - can arrive without any conditions.

Those coming from countries like France, Morocco and Spain, must present a negative PCR test done less than 72 hours before departure.

People in hotels must limit their outings to guided group excursions. The others must commit in writing to a 14-day self-isolation at their place of residence.

- Against unemployment, the Danish army is recruiting -

To limit the breakage for the coronavirus generation affected by unemployment, Denmark creates 150 places for its military service in addition to the 5,000 currently funded.

- Trump cancels a weekend -

US President Donald Trump cancels a planned weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, as the country experiences a surge in cases.

New Jersey, New York and Connecticut impose a 14-day quarantine for people coming from states where infection rates are rising (Texas, California, Florida or Arizona, where Donald Trump went on Tuesday).

Donald Trump says he wanted to "stay in Washington to ensure that law and order are applied", the country has been shaken for several weeks by anti-racist demonstrations.

- Buenos Aires: again confined -

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will tighten containment measures in Buenos Aires and its outskirts from July 1 to 17, faced with the increase in cases. According to him, this area where 14 million people live "contaminates the rest of the country".

The containment imposed in the capital since March 20 had been gradually eased, but the number of contaminations continues to increase.

- Unconfined Lima -

Peru, the second most affected country in Latin America (272,364 patients), is unraveling on Tuesday its capital Lima, confined since March.

According to the government, the pandemic is in "descending" phase there, even if the country continues to deplore more than 100 daily deaths, with a total of 8,939 deaths.

The pandemic has severely strained the hospital system, with 10,964 people currently hospitalized, and a shortage of medical equipment and oxygen.

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