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The coronavirus epidemic continues to gain ground worldwide, with alarming situations, particularly in the Americas, and a new milestone reached. What compel WHO to raise a new cry of alarm. In France, the day is marked by the tribute paid to caregivers through a military mini-parade on the occasion of July 14. Follow the situation live.
More than 13 million cases worldwide, WHO launches a cry of alarm
The pandemic continues to worsen with at least 569,879 deaths worldwide for around 13 million confirmed cases, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Monday in the early evening. For the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, "the contradictory messages of the leaders undermine the most essential ingredient of any response: confidence", he deplored without quoting from names.
"Too many countries are going in the wrong direction," he said. "If basic principles are not followed, this pandemic can only go in one direction. It will get worse and worse," he warned. "I want to be frank with you: there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future," he also warned.
France pays tribute to its caregivers
It is a necessarily special July 14 which takes place Tuesday in Paris. Coronavirus epidemic obliges, it is a min-military parade, circumscribed in the Place de la Concorde, which is planned in Paris in the presence of Emmanuel Macron. The head of state will arrive around 10:40 am in front of the stands at Place de la Concorde, where 2,000 soldiers will parade in circles, half as much as for the usual descent from the Champs-Elysées. Without mask, but with sanitary distances. With the aerial parade and a double flyby of the Patrouille de France but without tanks. And especially without an audience.
A unique configuration, which illustrates the threat of a rebound in the epidemic in France. In the stands, 2,500 guests, 1,400 of whom will represent the French on the front line during the epidemic: caregivers, family of caregivers who died from Covid-19, teachers, cashiers, funeral officers, police, gendarmes, firefighters, employees of mask factories or tests.
According to the latest figures established by the Directorate General of Health, France counts Monday evening 30,029 deaths linked to Covid-19 recorded since the beginning of the epidemic, that is to say 25 deaths more than at the time of the last assessment of Friday. The number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care continues to drop slightly with 492 patients concerned, four fewer than on Friday.
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The United States and Latin America hit hard
In the United States alone, 59,222 new infections have been recorded in the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. They bring the total to 3.36 million. Particularly affected, California on Monday ordered the return to a "modified form of our original 'confinement' instruction", announced its governor Gavin Newsom. Across the south and west of the United States, such as Texas and Florida, which are also experiencing a Covid-19 explosion, local officials are planning to go even further and declare a reorganization, but political disagreements between the different jurisdictions prevent a unified and coherent response. For his part, President Donald Trump maintains his line: "When we test, we create cases," he said on Monday.
Latin America and the Caribbean on Monday became the second most affected region in the world by the pandemic, behind Europe, with more than 144,840 deaths officially recorded. It thus exceeds the balance sheets of the United States and Canada (more than 145,900 dead). Brazil remains the most bereaved country in the region and alone accounts for 72,833 deaths. The epidemic knows no respite: it is the country to have recorded the most new deaths in 24 hours (733 dead).