Corona injuries in the world are close to 28.5 million ... and 915,602 deaths

The United Nations adopts a resolution on "Covid-19" by majority, and Washington votes against it

A woman takes a Corona test in the town of Jumilla, in the Murcia region, eastern Spain.

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The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved, despite the objections of the United States and Israel, a resolution calling for a "comprehensive and coordinated response" in the face of the "Covid-19" pandemic, and stressing the "decisive role" of the World Health Organization.

While Corona injuries in the world approached 28.5 million, and 915,602 deaths, India, the latest focus of the Corona virus pandemic, recorded 97,570 new cases, which is another world record for daily injuries, while the number of deaths exceeded 1,000 cases. For the 11th day in a row.

In detail, the United States received, at dawn yesterday, support from Israel only in its vote against a text in the United Nations General Assembly calling for a "comprehensive and coordinated response" in the face of the "Covid-19" pandemic, and stressing the "decisive role" of the World Health Organization.

This text, negotiated since May, was adopted by an overwhelming majority by 169 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, while Ukraine and Hungary abstained.

The text, which is described as a "comprehensive resolution", because it includes many aspects of the epidemic, and consists of about 60 articles, "recognizing the critical role of the World Health Organization, and the essential role of the United Nations system in mobilizing and coordinating the comprehensive global response against the epidemic."

In the spring, the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization, accusing it of mismanaging the emerging corona virus crisis, and of delaying the launch of a global warning.

She explained to the United Nations General Assembly that she cannot support a resolution that highlights the role of the World Health Organization, and does not mention human rights defenders.

The text calls for "strengthening international cooperation and solidarity, in order to contain the epidemic," and to overcome it and mitigate its consequences.

The text also supports a call made in March by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, for a ceasefire in countries experiencing conflicts, to facilitate combating the disease, and this call has not yet been answered.

The decision also calls for "urgently removing unjustifiable obstacles" (another term for sanctions) to obtain products that allow combating the epidemic.

The resolution calls on member states to "strengthen their health system in a sustainable manner" and "grant all countries access" to vaccines and treatments "freely and quickly."

The resolution also calls for the maintenance of food and agricultural supply networks, and encourages the adaptation of strategies to revive the economy by encouraging sustainable development and combating climate change.

The decision is not legally binding, and it “calls for intense international cooperation and solidarity to contain the epidemic, mitigate its impact and overcome it,” and urges member states to “enable all countries to have timely, unimpeded access to diagnostics, treatments, medicines, and good, safe and effective vaccines at a reasonable cost. ».

The adoption of the decision came at a time when the number of confirmed cases of the emerging corona virus reached 28 million 493 thousand and 74 cases around the world, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The disease caused by the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), caused the death of 915,602 people.

And in New Delhi, the Federal Ministry of Health data showed a record daily jump in the number of cases of coronavirus infection, for the second consecutive day, after 97,570 cases were recorded yesterday.

With more than 4.65 million cases in total, India ranks second in the world in the number of HIV cases, after the United States, which has recorded more than 6.4 million cases.

But the increase in cases is faster in India than anywhere else in the world, with the number of cases rising across urban and rural areas in some large, populous states.

On the other hand, Japan is preparing to ease restrictions on attendance numbers at events, including professional sports, at a time when the recent wave of injuries subsides, and the government seeks more openness to the economy.

In a related development, the Australian state of Victoria recorded another decrease in cases and deaths.

In the United States, cases rose by 0.8%, above the average daily increase of 0.6% in the previous week.

In Colombia, which at the beginning of the month ended a general isolation that lasted more than five months, cases of infection with the Corona virus exceeded 700 thousand cases, the day before yesterday, with the increase in deaths due to the virus and approaching 23 thousand cases.

And the Ministry of Health said that Colombia has recorded 702,888 confirmed cases of the virus, and 22,518 deaths.

In Indonesia, the number of Coronavirus cases increased by more than 3000, for the fifth day in a row, and it is the second time that this happened this month, as the highest daily number of infections was, Thursday, according to official data, according to the agency reported. Bloomberg News »yesterday.

The website of the Ministry of Health showed that the country had recorded 3806 new cases in the past 24 hours, and 106 deaths.

In South Korea, new cases of Coronavirus are still less than 200, for the tenth day in a row, but the health authorities are still concerned about the lack of stopping mass infection cases in separate places, and the cases that have not been monitored in various parts of the country, according to the agency "Yonhap" »South Korean news yesterday.

Health authorities plan to determine whether strict social distancing measures will be expanded further.

The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the country has recorded 136 other cases, including 118 domestic cases, which brings the total number of cases to 22,55.

• India sets a record for daily injuries, and Japan intends to ease the rules.

• Indonesia records more than 3,000 HIV infections for the fifth day.

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