The Covid-19 continues its ravages in Latin America, a continent hit hard by the epidemic. It has killed more than 70,000 people in Brazil.
The epidemic of coronavirus is continuing. Experts from the world health Organization is expected this Saturday in Beijing for a scouting mission prior to the start of the survey that the WHO wants to lead on the origin of the virus appeared in China in late 2019. In Brazil, the virus has killed more than 70,000 people. The Express train made the point about the pandemic.
A WHO mission
The mission of the two experts WHO's an epidemiologist and a specialist in animal health, comes as the agency on Friday launched an appeal for vigilance ahead of the recent explosion of infections in the world. In announcing Friday that the experts WHO were en-route to China, the spokesperson of the organization, Margaret Harris, said they would have interviews with chinese officials and would determine the places that the future survey mission must visit.
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Your support is essential. Subscribe for $ 1 support Us"one of The biggest questions is whether the virus was transmitted to humans by an animal and what animal it is," said Margaret Harris. The director-general of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has stressed on Friday that the contamination in the world, had "more than doubled in the past six weeks". Establishing this unsettling situation, he insisted on the need to intervene very quickly when outbreaks occur.
The United States welcomed on Friday the announcement of the investigation of WHO in China. "We consider this scientific inquiry as a necessary step to have a full understanding and transparent in the manner in which this virus is spread throughout the world," said u.s. ambassador to the united Nations in Geneva, Andrew Bremberg.
The United States is being hit hard
The United States is the country most heavily affected by the virus. The epidemic has made 133 969 deaths, including 774 in the last 24 hours, according to data released Friday by the Johns Hopkins university. And 63 643 contaminations have been recorded in 24 hours. Experts fear that the curve of death does not follow quickly the trajectory of new infections.
More than 70,000 dead in Brazil
The Covid-19 also continues its ravages in Latin America, where it reached some of its leaders. In Bolivia, the acting president Janine Añez, a candidate in the presidential election in September, announced Thursday that it was contaminated. On Friday, it is the president of the Congress of bolivia, Eva, Copa, second in protocol order of succession to the head of State, who stated that she was also.
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In Venezuela, where president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday the extension for a one-month state of emergency, introduced to fight the virus, the Oil minister Tareck El Aissami announced its contamination. Another close collaborator of Mr. Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, number two in the power chaviste, had done the same on Thursday. In Brazil, it is the president of the brazilian Jair Bolsonaro, who has announced on Tuesday to be contaminated.
Brazil is the Latin American country most affected by the virus and the second at global level. He crossed on Friday the bar of the 70,000 deaths after you have registered 1.214 additional deaths over the previous 24 hours. The contamination amounted to more than 1.8 million cases. Bogota, the main focus of the pandemic in Colombia, has increased its alert level in the face of the spread of the virus and will reinforce the containment of the population. From Monday, the capital of bolivia "between orange alert and the system of the intensive care unit in red alert," announced the mayor of Bogota, Claudia Lopez. The British recorded 133.973 case of contamination which 4.714 death.
resurgences of the epidemic
In countries where the pandemic seemed to be controlled, outbreaks have been recorded. In Australia, the five million inhabitants of Melbourne have been placed in confinement for six weeks. Hong Kong announced the closure of all its schools from Monday due to an "exponential increase" of contamination.
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new homes have also emerged in Europe, the continent most mournful with more than 200 000 deaths (2.8 million cases), where the situation seems, however, for the moment under control. For its part, France was crossed on Friday the age of 30, 000 deaths related to the Covid-19, with 25 new deaths in 24 hours in the hospital, announced the Directorate-general for Santé (DGS).
Date Of Update: 11 July 2020, 11:58
