According to the latest figures, the new Corona virus has infected about 17 million people worldwide, of whom 663 thousand have died, while 9 million and 668 thousand have recovered.

Deaths in the United States have crossed the 150,000 mark, while new infections have increased in China and Europe has seen a wave of outbreaks, with the aspiration for a vaccine Russia announced plans to produce in September.

According to Johns Hopkins University figures, the United States recorded more than 150,000 deaths as a result of Covid-19, while the number of injuries reached more than 4 million and 300 thousand cases.

The United States is the country most affected by the virus globally in terms of number of infections and deaths.

In the last 24 hours, the United States recorded 1592 deaths, the highest daily number of deaths since mid-May.

The number of injuries reached more than 60,000 new infections confirmed in one day, after a slight decrease during the previous two days.

In second-ranked Brazil, the Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the Covid-19 epidemic has exceeded 90,000 after 1595 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.

On Wednesday, the country recorded more than 60,000 new infections, bringing the number of injuries in the country to more than 2.5 million.

In Bombay, India, a new study reported that more than half of the city's slum dwellers were infected with the emerging coronavirus or had antibodies.

India is currently the third country most affected by the virus after the United States and Brazil with 1.5 million cases recorded, although experts consider that the outcome is much higher as a result of the lack of testing.

Corona is in its infancy,
but in China, where the virus first appeared at the end of last year, the health authorities on Wednesday recorded 101 new infections with the new Corona virus, at the highest rate of infections in one day in 3 months, with the closing of gyms, bars and museums in the main infection hotspots .

In Hong Kong, the Chief Executive Officer warned that the city was about to witness a "large-scale" epidemic, while social separation measures, the most severe since the emergence of the new Corona virus earlier in the year, had begun.

As of Wednesday, the city's 7.5 million residents will have to put masks in public places, while restaurants are no longer allowed except for the catering service to be delivered abroad.

No more than two people were allowed to gather, except for families.

In Europe, Spain has witnessed a rise in the number of new infections more than 3 times in the past two weeks, to over 1,800. Germany, France and Britain have recommended their nationals not to travel there.

On his part, French Health Minister Olivier Ferrand affirmed on Wednesday that his country "is not witnessing a second wave of the new Corona virus," noting that "we should not be complacent" if we want to avoid it.

Shocking vaccine
In the context of experiments to find a vaccine, Russia announced on Wednesday that it hopes to start industrial production of the vaccine against the Corona virus in September and October.

The Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Tatyana Golikova, said that two vaccines that Russian researchers worked on were "one of the most promising vaccines today."

"The Americans were astonished when they heard the signal of Sputnik," the first satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. He added, "With the vaccine, the situation will be the same. We will be the first."