The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries affected by the Corona pandemic crisis to "wake up" and engage in its fight because "the numbers do not lie", at a time when the number of infected people around the world exceeds 11 million people, officials, most recently Pakistan's foreign minister, did not escape.

"It is really time for countries to look at the numbers, please do not ignore what the numbers tell you," said Michael Ryan, WHO's health emergency official, during a press conference.

He added that the World Health Organization is fully aware that there are good reasons for countries that want to restore their economies to the right path, but he added, "But the problem cannot be ignored either, as it will not magically disappear", stressing that all now engage in stopping this virus.

"Countries face difficult choices," Ryan said, but "they have to break the infection chains," and that includes adopting quarantine measures "if there are no alternatives."

And for the first time since the virus appeared in China last December, Latin America Friday surpassed Europe in the number of infections by recording 2.7 million cases, but Europe remains the most affected region in the world by recording about 200 thousand deaths before the United States and Canada (137 thousand and 421 deaths And Latin America (121,662 deaths).

The United States recorded more than 55,400 cases of Covid-19 disease on Thursday, a new world record for cases recorded in one day, as injuries increased in most states. Some US rulers have suspended plans to reopen the economy in the face of an increase in cases.

According to the "World Meter" site that specializes in monitoring injuries and deaths of corona around the world, the number of injuries reached 11 million and 163 thousand and 476, while the deaths rose to 528 thousand and 101, compared to 6 million and 231 thousand and 877 cases of recovery.

In Brazil, the Ministry of Health said on Friday that 42,223 new infections were registered in the Corona virus during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 1, 539,81 people.

Many of the worst affected countries are working to reduce public isolation measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus while making extensive adjustments to work and life patterns that can last a year or more until the vaccine is available.

Some countries are suffering from a return to an increase in cases of infection, which is causing the authorities to partially re-impose isolation measures, while experts say it could be a recurring pattern until 2021.

Pakistani official

In Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed that he was infected with Corona within days of a high-level meeting with the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad.

In the past few days, Qureshi mingled Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in parliament and during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

In the Arab world, the Ministry of Health and Population in Egypt announced on Friday, 1412 new cases of corona virus, down from 1485 cases the day before and 81 deaths down from 86 Thursday.

Since last Saturday, the government's decisions to lift the night curfew imposed on March 25th, and to open restaurants, cafes and places of worship, have taken effect, although they will keep the number of visitors limited.

In Bahrain, the Ministry of Health said on Friday that it had recorded one death and 573 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

The ministry said that the number of injuries hit 28,410, including 95 deaths, and 23,318 recoveries.

Vaccine

On the other hand, WHO Director-General Tidros Adhanum Gebresos said at a press conference on Friday that the organization expects to see preliminary results within two weeks of clinical trials that are conducted on drugs that may be effective in treating Covid-19 patients.

Mike Ryan, head of the WHO's emergency program, said it was not wise to predict when a coron vaccine would be ready for mass distribution.

He added in a press conference that while the effectiveness of a vaccine may appear by the end of the year, the question remains when can it be produced in large quantities?

The European Commission has also allowed the use of the anti-retroviral drug Ramsdevir, "under conditions", which is used to treat seriously ill people with coronavirus.