The number of people infected with the new Corona virus "Covid-19" is approaching 48 million and 700 thousand infected globally, about 10 million of which are recorded by the United States of America.

At a time when lockdown measures accelerate in Europe, Morocco extended the state of health emergency for a month.

According to the "World Meter" website, which specializes in monitoring numbers and statistics related to the Corona virus in the countries of the world, the number of infected people reached 48 million and 698 thousand and 146 cases at 20:00 Mecca time (17:00 GMT)

The number of people recovered - according to the same website - 34 million and 845 thousand and 638 recovered, while the number of deceased persons reached 1 million 234 thousand 579.

At a time when the election race between Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden is occupying the Americans, the number of infections in the United States is increasing.

The injuries reached 9 million and 816 thousand and 927 injuries, while the number of deaths reached 239 thousand and 988.

In India - the second country in terms of the number of injuries in the world - the number of injuries reached 8 million and 392 thousand and 437 injuries, while the number of deaths reached 124,683.

Days after recording a decrease in the number of injuries, India returned to record a death toll of more than 50 thousand injuries daily.

In Brazil - the third country in terms of the number of injuries and the second in terms of the number of deaths - the number of injuries reached 5 million and 590 thousand and 941 injuries, while the number of deaths exceeded 161 thousand and 170 deaths.

Brazil is ranked second in the world in terms of the number of deaths (Anatolia)

Block and close

And in Europe, in France - which ranks fifth in the world and first in Europe in terms of the number of injuries - the Mayor of Paris - Ann Hidalgo - announced Thursday the closure of "some shops selling drinks", grocery stores and ready-to-eat restaurants as of 22:00 (21:00 local time). Greenwich), to avoid "overcrowding" that leads to infection on the back of calls to tighten lockdown measures that have been in place for a week in the country.

Paris police also banned sales of ready meals and food and drink delivery services between ten in the evening and six in the morning, a week after the second closure in the country due to the Corona virus.

France recorded the number of daily infections with the Corona virus, ranging between 35 thousand and 641, and 52 thousand and 518 over the past week, while it is facing a second fierce wave of the virus, which exposes hospitals to new pressure.

For its part, England imposed new isolation measures today on its 56 million people for a month, hoping to limit the spread of the second wave of the epidemic sweeping the country.

And non-essential stores in England must close, while restaurants, bars and cafes will be allowed to offer delivery or delivery services only for customers to take with them without the ability to sit down.

In return, schools will remain open, residents are required to work from home, and they can leave their homes for only specific reasons such as playing sports, going to the doctor or shopping for food.

The Greek Prime Minister decided new measures to combat the epidemic (Reuters)

Stone and measures

For its part, Greece will re-impose a stone from Saturday for a period of 3 weeks, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, stressing the need to stop the second wave of the "Covid-19" epidemic that hits the country.

Under the measures, Greeks will only be able to leave their homes after obtaining a permit via text messages on a mobile phone.

Europe has become the region with the fastest outbreak of the virus in the world, counting 11.6 million infections, half of which are in Russia, France, Spain and Britain.

The eurozone is facing a catastrophic economic situation due to the "Covid-19" epidemic, with a large contraction and a huge rise in debt, while the recovery will be lower than expected, according to the European Commission's expectations issued Thursday.

This comes in light of the European airports' call, earlier today, of the European Union to take urgent and specific measures, fearing the deterioration of their situation with the worsening of the health crisis, and in particular the possibility of paying state aid to companies until 2021.

In an attempt to curb the outbreak of the epidemic again, China decided to prevent entry to foreign travelers from the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Philippines due to the epidemic.

The restrictions imposed on travelers from many other countries, such as France, the United States, Germany, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Singapore and Canada, have been tightened.

China has imposed restrictions on travelers to it from certain destinations (Getty Images)

Arab world

In the Arab world, the Jordanian Ministry of Health reported that it recorded 40 deaths and 4,630 cases of corona, in addition to the recovery of 148 patients from it.

The ministry stated - in a statement - that the total number of HIV infections rose to 95,864 cases, including 1,069 deaths, and 8,917 recoveries.

In Libya, the National Center for Disease Control (governmental) reported that 7 deaths and 853 cases of corona were recorded, in addition to the recovery of 500 patients from it.

The center stated - in a statement - that the total number of HIV infections reached 65,440, including 907 deaths, and 38,110 cases of recovery.

In Algeria, the new Corona virus infections recorded a new leap, after the Ministry of Health monitored 642 cases, an increase of 94 new cases over the previous day's outcome, bringing the total number of infections to 60,169 cases.

The government has not ruled out resorting to further quarantine measures if the epidemiological situation continues to deteriorate, and it has mandated various ministries to prevent the organization of forums, seminars, meetings or any other gathering that is a factor in the spread of the epidemic, until further notice.

Algeria does not rule out taking additional measures to confront the outbreak of the virus (Reuters)

Health emergencies

In neighboring Morocco, the authorities decided to extend the health emergency imposed since March to combat the "Covid-19" epidemic for another month until December 10, according to the government in a statement Thursday.

The statement said that the Government Council decided to extend the state of health emergency - which was scheduled to end on the tenth of November - for an additional month throughout the country, "in the interest of the public authorities to continue to ensure the effectiveness and effectiveness of the measures and measures taken to address the spread of the (Covid) pandemic. -19) ".

This new extension comes in light of a continuous increase in the daily numbers of infections with the epidemic in recent weeks, as the Kingdom recorded on Wednesday a record number of 5,745 injuries in 24 hours, which raised the total number of injured people since March to 235,310, of whom 3,982 died.

In a related context, the Palestinian government decided to tighten measures to combat the emerging corona virus during the winter season, with fears of a further spread of the virus.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said - after chairing a meeting of the Emergency Committee, governors and the security services in Ramallah - that it was decided to stress the ban on holding weddings and mourning homes and to close restaurants and cafes that violate the preventive measures.