• Coronavirus.

    New York Times: US guidelines violate expert opinion

  • India is getting closer to the US by exceeding 5 million confirmed infections

  • Coronavirus: a contagion in the White House, in India record in 24 hours

  • Coronavirus: over 30 million cases worldwide, Israel in lockdown from today

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21 September 2020 There are more than 31 million cases of coronavirus in the world.

The new data from Johns Hopkins University speak of 31,028,757 infections.

Globally, 960,698 victims are due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The United States remains the most affected country with over 6.8 million cases (6,805,342) and 199,511 deaths.

In 24 hours, according to JHU data reported by CNN, 39,844 new cases of Covid-19 and 250 deaths were recorded in the US.

India follows, globally for the number of infections and deaths, with 5,400,619 cases and 86,752 deaths, and Brazil with 4,544,629 cases and 136,895 deaths.



But if you look at the data in relation to the population, Peru is the country with the highest mortality (95 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants), ahead of Belgium (86), Spain (65), Bolivia (65), Brazil (64) , Chile (64), Ecuador (63), the United Kingdom (62) and the United States (60). 



In Israel 1,256 dead


In Israel 187,902 people have contracted Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Johns Hopkins University and Medicine reports it.

The dead are 1,256.

Meanwhile, 2,044 fines have been notified up to now against people who have abandoned their homes in violation of the lockdown imposed in Israel to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The Israeli police announced this, adding that another 629 fines were imposed on those who violated the obligation to wear a mask.



India.

After 6 months the Taj Mahal reopens: never closed for so long


The Taj Mahal has reopened.

Symbol of India, it had been closed since March 17 due to the coronavirus emergency.

From today, only 5,000 visitors can enter each day.

Mandatory mask, as well as physical spacing.

Meanwhile, India, with over 1.3 billion inhabitants, records 86,961 new cases of Covid-19 with the total reaching 5,487,580 infections since the beginning of the health emergency.

In the last 24 hours there have also been another 1,130 deaths which brought the death toll to 87,882 deaths.



The Asian giant is the second country in the world for the number of infections, after the United States, and the third for the sad death toll after the United States and Brazil.

The Taj Mahal, which welcomed up to 70,000 visitors each day, had never been closed for so long.



Schools reopen in Seoul


All

schools in the Seoul

metropolitan area resumed face-to-face lessons today, albeit with some restrictions, at a time when infections in this area of ​​South Korea continue to decrease.

South Korean Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae first announced the return to school on September 15, along with easing other social distancing measures.



Kindergartens, elementary and middle schools can now occupy up to a third of their capacity;

this limit rises to two thirds for high schools.

Seoul schools have been practicing remote teaching since August 26, when the capital experienced a surge in coronavirus cases.

Yesterday the country reported 70 new cases, 55 of which were transmitted locally.