Guterres will seek a ceasefire in the world due to the pandemic

Tightening health restrictions around the world to avoid re-imposing complete isolation

Local lockdown restrictions have been put in place in the English city of Bolton, due to the rise in new Corona cases in the city.

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The world, from France to Canada through Britain, is tightening health restrictions in the face of the accelerating spread of the "Covid-19" epidemic, as governments seek at any cost to avoid re-imposing a complete isolation that will have disastrous economic repercussions, while the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, will seek, During his annual speech to world leaders next week, to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020.

In detail, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, warned that "what we are witnessing in terms of numbers these days should worry the world."

Last weekend, his country recorded more than 1,300 injuries, in an unprecedented number since the beginning of the summer.

"The last thing we want to live this fall is isolation, as happened in the spring," Trudeau said, noting the importance of adhering to the recommendations of the World Health Organization.

If the possibility of re-imposing complete isolation, such as that imposed in Israel for at least three weeks, is not on the table for most countries, some officials do not hesitate to threaten it.

"I make sure to be very clear: all options are on the table," said the prime minister of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, Doug Ford.

The situation is also worrying in France, where, the day before yesterday, more than 6000 cases of the disease were recorded, after recording a record number of 10 thousand 561 cases on Saturday.

The day before yesterday, a set of restrictions were announced, including banning student parties, school outings and gatherings for more than 10 people in several large cities, especially in Marseille and Bordeaux (south).

Concerns related to "Covid-19" in France led to the cancellation of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, one of the main international artistic gatherings, which was scheduled in Paris in late October.

As of yesterday, Birmingham, the second most populous city in the UK, has banned all meetings between families and friends.

Across England, since Monday, more than six people from different families have been banned.

The new Corona virus has killed at least 929,391 people in the world since the WHO office in China reported the emergence of the disease, according to a census prepared by "France Press" based on official sources yesterday.

Last Sunday, the World Health Organization recorded a daily record number of nearly 308,000 injuries worldwide.

"We are far from emerging" from the crisis, the organization’s director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said yesterday.

In Lebanon, the head of the Beirut Bar Association, Melhem Khalaf, warned yesterday of an outbreak of the disease in Roumieh prison, near the capital, which houses about 4000 prisoners, which is about three times more than its capacity.

"The virus inside Roumieh prison is like a humanitarian bomb that no one can carry," Khalaf told «Agence France Presse».

On the other hand, the situation appears to be improving in Peru, one of the Latin American countries most affected by the epidemic that has killed 31,000 people on its soil.

There were 102 new deaths recorded in Peru yesterday, the lowest number recorded since May 24.

For its part, Australia did not record any deaths from the epidemic for the first time in two months.

This coincides with the easing of restrictions imposed in Melbourne.

At a time when the world is still far from reaching the end of the current epidemic, an international committee warned yesterday that the world is not preparing enough to face a future pandemic that may be more dangerous than the "Covid-19" epidemic.

The Global Preparedness Supervisory Board, an independent oversight body established by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, warned that “if we do not take the lesson from (Covid-19), and if we do not act through the necessary means, and show the required commitment, then the next epidemic - which is something For sure - it will be more devastating. ”

This comes at a time when António Guterres, during his annual speech to world leaders next week, will seek to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020 so that countries can fight the emerging coronavirus pandemic, but he said that opportunities will be lost due to the failure of state leaders to attend themselves to New York for a meeting on the ground.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were expected to attend the United Nations headquarters in a rare appearance to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Organization, which includes 193 member states.

But due to the pandemic, the two will be among some 170 heads of state and government who will deliver speeches via video link during the week-long WHO meeting starting on September 22nd.

Guterres told reporters, the day before yesterday, at the United Nations, «Diplomacy depends a lot on communication between people for sure, so we will lose things, especially in what I consider my first priority at the present time.

Implement a global ceasefire.

Since his first call for a global ceasefire in March with the start of the spread of the Corona virus, Guterres said that "positive signs" have already appeared with the reaching of peace agreements in Sudan, the start of talks between the Afghan government and the "Taliban", and the decline in violence in areas such as Syria, Libya, and Ukraine, and the conduct of "intense negotiations" for a truce that would lead to talks in Yemen.

An international committee has warned that the world is not preparing enough to face a future pandemic, which may be more dangerous than the "Covid-19" epidemic.

In Lebanon, the head of the Beirut Bar Association, Melhem Khalaf, warned yesterday of an outbreak of disease in Roumieh prison.

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