Paris (AFP)
New reports, new measures and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
- Quarantine for French people entering the United Kingdom -
The United Kingdom re-imposed a quarantine on Thursday on travelers from France and the Netherlands due to an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in these two countries. This measure also concerns Monaco and Malta, as well as Turks & Caicos and Aruba.
"If you arrive in the UK after 04:00 (03:00 GMT) Saturday from these places, you will have to place yourself in self-isolation for 14 days," the UK Transport Minister announced on Twitter.
Paris regretted Thursday the British decision and announced in reaction a "measure of reciprocity".
- 750,000 deaths in the world -
The new coronavirus has killed at least 750,471 people for a total of almost 20.7 million cases recorded worldwide, according to a count made by AFP from official sources.
The United States is the most bereaved country (166,038 deaths), ahead of Brazil (105,463), Mexico (55,293) and India (47,033).
- The vaccine will be free in the United States -
When it becomes available, a vaccine against the new coronavirus will be distributed free to Americans, promised the administration of Donald Trump on Thursday, repeating that the authorization process would be carried out with the greatest scientific rigor.
"We hope that every American will not only have access to a free vaccine distributed in various sites, but that they will also have nothing to pay for the administration of the vaccine," said Paul Mango, senior official in the Ministry of Health. Health.
- Latin America: vaccine planned for early 2021 -
The vaccine on which the Anglo-Swedish laboratory AstraZeneca is working and which is to be produced in Argentina and Mexico for Latin American countries (except Brazil) should be ready in the first quarter of 2021, Mexican President Andrés assured Thursday. Manuel Lopez Obrador.
- Death of the chief executive of Caracas -
The head of government of Caracas in Venezuela, Dario Vivas, who represents the national government in the Venezuelan capital, died Thursday at the age of 70, almost a month after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Dario Vivas had tested positive for Covid-19 on July 19. He is the first leader close to the government of Nicolas Maduro to die after being infected with the coronavirus.
- Peru: more than 25,000 dead -
Peru surpassed the 25,000 coronavirus death mark on Thursday and reached half a million cases of contamination (507,996). "We have a total of 25,648 deaths," lamented the Deputy Minister of Health on Thursday, including a record 277 deaths in the past 24 hours. In terms of deaths, Peru is the third most affected country in Latin America, behind Brazil and Mexico.
As in Peru, Mexico passed the half-million mark on Thursday and deplores 55,293 deaths.
- Virus on Brazilian chicken exported to China -
The Brazilian government said Thursday it was trying to clarify the "alleged contamination" by the coronavirus of chickens it exported to China. The virus was detected on samples of frozen chicken wings taken on Tuesday, the city hall of the Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen (south) said in a statement.
- WHO: urgently need to fund the anti-Covid-19 system
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched an appeal for urgent funding of the international mechanism created to accelerate access to tools to fight Covid-19. This tool, the ACT Accelerator, aims to ensure equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines for all countries. It brings together governments, health sector organizations, scientists, businesses, civil society and philanthropists.
- Figures increasing in Morocco -
Morocco is facing a rise in infections with the new coronavirus, with more than 1,000 cases recorded daily for a few days, the World Health Organization (WHO) warning Thursday against this "upward trend". Thursday a record of 28 deaths was recorded and 1,241 new cases were reported in this country of 35 million inhabitants, against a few dozen on average at the start of the pandemic.
- Pilgrimage to Lourdes with compulsory mask -
Participants in the August 15 pilgrimage to Lourdes, to which thousands of Catholics are expected, will have to wear a protective mask, the Hautes-Pyrénées prefecture in southwestern France announced on Thursday. While it normally attracts 20 to 25,000 people, the pilgrimage will bring together a maximum of 10,000 people on Saturday.
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