The chief emergency expert describes the coming period as "difficult"

"Global Health": 10% of the world's population may have been infected with the "Corona" virus

Spanish police enforce partial lockdown measures in Madrid.

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Yesterday, the World Health Organization said that approximately 10% of the world's population may have been infected with the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), indicating that the world is heading to a difficult period.

WHO's chief emergency expert, Mike Ryan, said that outbreak centers are increasing in parts of Southeast Asia, and that the numbers of injuries and deaths are on the rise in regions of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.

"Our current best estimate is that about 10 percent of the world's population may have contracted the virus," Ryan added.

The matter differs from one country to another, and from urban to rural areas, it differs according to groups, but what it means is that the vast majority of the world is still facing risks.

He continued, “We are now heading into a difficult period.

The disease continues to spread ».

He stated that the WHO has submitted to the Chinese authorities a list for consideration, which includes experts to participate in an international mission to China to investigate the origin of the Corona virus.

Paris imposed new restrictions yesterday, including closing bars in the face of the high number of cases of the Covid-19 epidemic, and the French capital has been placed on a state of high health alert, and restaurants will be able to keep their doors open, but they will have to respect a strict health protocol in accordance with the new restrictions announced by a police chief Paris Didier Laallmann, which will go into effect from today and last for at least 15 days.

Lallman said that a "scale" would be put in place in malls and supermarkets to control the number of people whose paths could cross, and exhibitions and conferences would be banned.

He added, "These measures are to curb the epidemic because it is spreading very quickly, and it must be slowed down before the health care system loses its ability to absorb patients."

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said the health situation in the city was "very dangerous".

The new Corona virus has killed at least 1037,971 people around the world since the end of last December, according to a census by "France Press", and more than 35243990 cases have been officially diagnosed with the epidemic, while at least 24,354,200 people have recovered.

Like Paris, New York is preparing to announce new restrictions, especially the closure of schools and non-essential stores in nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, where the number of Coronavirus infections is rising sharply, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio said he wants to re-close these neighborhoods from tomorrow, and is awaiting Governor Andrew Como for approval.

For its part, Russia said that it did not immediately plan new measures to contain the epidemic, despite the registration of nearly 11 thousand new infections, yesterday, close to the record number it recorded last May.

The authorities consider that the health system is able to ensure the reception of patients, and that the stock of protective devices and medicines is sufficient.

"We do not want to impose a lockdown and we will not do that," said the Russian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of health, Tatyana Golikova, acknowledging at the same time the dangerous increase in the number of injuries.

In Spain, two other cities, Lyon and Valencia, will be subject to a partial closure from today, except for Madrid.

In Ireland, the government faces a difficult decision, as its medical advisers recommended imposing new lockdown measures to stop the spread of infections again.

As for the United Kingdom, which records the highest number of deaths in Europe, with more than 42 thousand deaths, it has exceeded the 500 thousand injuries.

The government, which hopes to avoid resorting to general lockdown, is stepping up measures at the local level in an effort to control the spread of the virus.

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One million and 37 thousand deaths from the "virus" around the world ... and more than 35 million injuries.

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