US President Donald Trump has vowed to control the Corona virus in his country, the most affected country in the world, while Russia has confirmed the arrival of a vaccine for the virus, and Spanish beaches are crowded with vacationers despite the authorities' warnings from the virus.
Trump defended his handling of the epidemic crisis in an interview broadcast on Sunday, as well as his statement that there are only "embers" of the virus appearing across the country.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump reiterated that the virus would eventually disappear, saying "I will be right in the end ... it will disappear."
This comes at a time when Florida recorded more than 12 thousand new cases of Corona virus yesterday, in the fifth consecutive day that the US state announced the monitoring of more than 10 thousand cases.
At least 14 states announced record increases in hospitalizations in July to date, including Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Nevada and Texas.
Experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of a possible rise in the number of injuries and deaths in autumn and winter. Nearly all of the 20 forecast models used by the centers predicted deaths would rise in the coming weeks.
Latest statistics
A statistic told Reuters that more than 14.38 million people were infected with the emerging coronavirus worldwide, and that 604,232 people died from the virus.
HIV infections have been recorded in more than 210 countries and regions, since the first cases were discovered in China in December 2019.
The United States topped the list, recording 140,398 deaths, as well as 3 million, 789 thousand and 711 injuries.
Yesterday, the United States recorded more than 63,000 new infections within 24 hours, according to data released Sunday by Johns Hopkins University.
Brazil ranked second with 79,488 deaths, out of two million, 98,389 injuries.
India ranked third, recording 26,816 deaths, out of a million, 77,618 injuries.
Russia ranked fourth, recording 12,342 deaths, out of 771,546 injuries.
In Mexico, the Ministry of Health recorded 5,311 confirmed cases and 296 additional deaths on Sunday, bringing the total number of injuries in the country to 344,224 cases, including 39,184 deaths.
As for Australia, the authorities have warned that it may take weeks to control the further spread of the virus.
Australia recorded 11,800 injuries and 123 deaths, and the epidemic was effectively eliminated in most Australian states.
In Europe, the beaches of Barcelona, the capital of the Spanish province of Catalonia, are crowded with vacationers, ignoring the authorities' calls to the people of the region to stay in homes, while the number of Corona virus infections continues to rise in one of the hardest-hit areas in the country.
As the police patrolled to ensure compliance, the famous Barcelona Beach reached its maximum capacity, closed its doors to new visitors this afternoon, and people were queuing to enter it.
The latest figures issued by the Ministry of Health in the Catalonia region - yesterday Sunday - showed 944 new injuries, compared to 1226 on Saturday.
It is noteworthy that Spain ended the strict public isolation measures last June 21, and it is one of the most affected countries in Europe, after recording more than 28 thousand deaths due to Covid-19.
Arably
In the Arab world, the death toll from Corona rose yesterday in Egypt, Sudan, Morocco and Mauritania, according to official data.
Human Rights Watch said that at least 14 prisoners and detainees died of complications from infection with the Coronavirus in several prisons and police stations in Egypt until the middle of this month, amid a severe and official blackout.
In Iraq, the capital, Baghdad, and most of the provinces witnessed the reopening of shopping centers, in the first step in easing the curfews related to the Corona virus.
The measures to ease the ban also include reducing the hours of a comprehensive ban, and the authorities have excluded mosques, restaurants, cafes, and stadiums from the decision to ease the ban measures.
An imminent Russian vaccine
In the context of the international efforts to reach the Covid-19 epidemic vaccine, Sergey Borisevich, director of the Central Institute for Scientific Research of the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced that the clinical trials of the Coronavirus vaccine at the Boardenko Hospital are nearing completion.
Borisevich explained that the second and final group of volunteers, consisting of 20,000 people, will leave the military hospital today.
He added that the Russian vaccine was developed in cooperation between the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Gamalia National Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Research.