Death toll in Corona Virus Increases in Europe, World Reeling
Rome: The number of people who died of Corona virus in Europe increased significantly on Saturday, while experts have expressed hope that the epidemic will reach its peak in the coming time. While the death toll has risen in Italy and Spain, the IMF has confirmed that the global economy has historically weakened and the US exerted war-buying powers. Since the outbreak of the corona virus, more than six million people have been infected by the epidemic and 27,989 people have died, according to AFP data.
In Italy , an outbreak of the Corona virus , cases of infection have increased alarmingly. Officials cautioned that the crisis may deepen as its cases are increasing worldwide. Economists say that more than three million people are infected in Europe alone, there are very few signs of the disease slowing down and the world has already gone into recession. In Spain, 832 people died within 24 hours, taking the total number of dead to 5690, the highest after Italy where a record 969 people died within a day on Friday.
139 more people died of the corona virus in Iran and a dozen villages in Punjab, India, were sealed where a guru visited who had an infection and was at risk of “outbreak of infection”. With more than 104,000 Kovid-19 patients exposed in the US, President Donald Trump on Friday empowered a private company to manufacture medical equipment, applying wartime powers. Trump said in an order issued to General Motors, “Today’s move will soon produce ventilators that will save Americans’ lives.” Due to the lockdown of 60 percent of the country and a wild increase in infections, Trump has moved to the United States. Also signed the largest two thousand billion dollar economic package in the history of India.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Minister Matt Hancock, who are leading the country’s fight against the Corona virus in Britain, on Friday announced themselves to be infected with Kovid-19. The economy of the European Union is becoming turbulent due to the closure of borders. Italian Prime Minister Guisepp Conte has warned that this union may lose its relevance. He told a newspaper here, “If Europe does not prepare for this unprecedented challenge, then the whole European structure will not matter to the people.”
France and Spain , supporting Italy , also said that there should be a strong financial system in times of crisis, but Germany and the Netherlands are opposing calls to pool national debts. Meanwhile, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristilina Georgieva, said large-scale spending would need to be done to help developing countries and warned, “It is clear that the recession has started.” While Europe and The United States is struggling to rein in the global epidemic of corona virus, while aid groups have warned that low-income countries and Syria and Millions of people may lose their lives in war-torn countries like Yemen where the sanitation situation is already worse.
According to the African Union, official numbers in Africa are still low. As of Friday, 83 people died and more than 3200 people were found infected. UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutarais warned last week, “If we let the corona virus spread like wildfire millions of people will be killed in the world’s most vulnerable areas.” Meanwhile, the corona virus in South Korea 146 New cases were reported and five more people died. With this, the total number of infected people in the country has risen to 9,478 and 144 people have lost their lives. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 4,811 people were discharged from hospitals by Saturday. Most 71 new cases were reported from Daegu city, the most affected by the virus.
At the same time, a 64-year-old man died of the virus in Brunei. This is the first case of death from corona virus in an oil rich country. There have been 115 cases since dozens of citizens returned from a religious gathering in Brunei in Malaysia. At the same time, the President of Syria and one of the most powerful leaders of the United Arab Emirates spoke on the phone on Friday, indicating a softening of Damascus’s strained relations with Arab countries. The Emirate’s official news agency reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Abu Dhabi’s Shehzade Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed efforts to rein in the Corona virus and reviewed precautionary steps to fight it.
