Coronavirus in the world: Boris Johnson tested positive, China and the United States ready to unite, Russia snaps
Despite their rivalry, China and the United States "must unite against the epidemic," the Chinese president said in a conversation with his US counterpart.
The spread of the pandemic continues to accelerate and to severely affect the global economy. Despite unprecedented containment measures affecting more than 3 billion people worldwide, the new coronavirus has now infected more than half a million people worldwide.
_China and the United States surpass their rivalries
Despite their rivalry, China and the United States "must unite against the epidemic," said Chinese President Xi Jinping during a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump. "China is ready to continue unreservedly sharing information and experiences with the United States," he added.
This appeasement message comes after weeks of verbal contests between Beijing and Washington. A Chinese official had suggested that the virus may have been of American origin, and Donald Trump and his family took pleasure in emphasizing the "Chinese" nature of the virus and complained that they had been misinformed about the severity of the epidemic.
Despite their rivalry, China and the United States "must unite against the epidemic," the Chinese president said in a conversation with his US counterpart.
The spread of the pandemic continues to accelerate and to severely affect the global economy. Despite unprecedented containment measures affecting more than 3 billion people worldwide, the new coronavirus has now infected more than half a million people worldwide.
_China and the United States surpass their rivalries
Despite their rivalry, China and the United States "must unite against the epidemic," said Chinese President Xi Jinping during a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump. "China is ready to continue unreservedly sharing information and experiences with the United States," he added.
This appeasement message comes after weeks of verbal contests between Beijing and Washington. A Chinese official had suggested that the virus may have been of American origin, and Donald Trump and his family took pleasure in emphasizing the "Chinese" nature of the virus and complained that they had been misinformed about the severity of the epidemic.
Boris Johnson tested positive with "mild symptoms"
After Prince Charles, heir to the British crown, it is Downing Street which announces that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive after having presented "slight symptoms". "I am isolated, but I will continue to lead government action via video conference to combat this virus. Together, we will beat him, ”he said.
Russia closes all cafes and restaurants from Saturday
Russia will close all cafes and restaurants in the country from Saturday onwards to limit the spread, the Prime Minister announced on Friday. "The executive authorities of the regions of the Russian Federation will suspend from March 28 until April 5, 2020 the activities of catering organizations, with the exception of distance trade," Mikhail Michoustin ordered in a document released on the site of the Russian government.
Over 23,000 deaths worldwide
The new coronavirus has already killed more than 23,000 people worldwide, two thirds of them in Europe, where nearly 275,000 cases are officially diagnosed, according to a count carried out by AFP on Thursday March 26 at 8 p.m. Paris time ).
In France, where the death toll has reached nearly 1,700, the epidemic continues to worsen with 365 deaths recorded at the hospital in twenty-four hours. The increase in the number of cases in Italy, the hardest hit country in the world with more than 8,000 deaths, seems to be slowing down, "but it is still too early to say that the pandemic has reached its peak in this country", tempered Thursday the boss of the Europe branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), Hans Kluge.
Spain, which had become the second most affected country in the world the previous day in front of China in number of deaths, recorded 769 new deaths in 24 hours, a new record in the country which brings to 4,858 the total number of people killed by the pandemic, according to the latest report from the authorities on Friday. The daily death toll has exceeded that of Italy, which counted 662 in its latest report released Thursday evening.
Iran announced on Friday 144 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 2,378 in this country, one of the most affected by the epidemic.
The United Kingdom has meanwhile counted for the first time 100 dead in a day.
Venezuela has announced the first death in its territory, a 47-year-old man who previously suffered from lung disease.
South Africa announced its first two deaths on Friday, hours after entering an army-controlled three-week national containment period designed to halt the worrying spread of the disease. The most industrialized country in Africa is by far the most affected on the continent with more than a thousand cases reported.
Containment measures and cease-fires
If the epidemic seems contained in China (with 55 new cases of Covid-19, including 54 "imported" from abroad), the country has decided to close its borders to most foreigners from Saturday, travel business aside.
The 10 million inhabitants of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, will also be placed in "total containment" but "intermittent" for three weeks.
Turkey, for its part, has placed in confinement some 1,500 people, the majority of them Algerians, who have been stranded for several days in Istanbul's main airport after flight cancellations.
The UN has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire by several armed groups (notably in the Philippines, Cameroon and Yemen) to facilitate the fight against the pandemic.
Saudi G20 leaders have pledged to inject $ 5 trillion to support the global economy, which is threatened by the pandemic.
The members of the European Union (EU) have agreed to examine within two weeks stronger measures to deal with the announced recession. These new proposals were imposed by Italy and Spain, who demanded a "strong and adequate" economic response from the 27. But Germany and the Netherlands did not like the idea of pooling the debts of countries in the euro zone, which would facilitate borrowing from the southern states. German Chancellor Angela Merkel loudly and loudly proclaimed her opposition to the so-called "coronabond" after the summit.
In Germany, the Upper House of the German Parliament, the Bundesrat, definitively adopted the giant plan to support the economy on Friday. This program, with a volume of almost 1.1 trillion euros, unprecedented for the country since the Second World War, includes a myriad of measures aimed at protecting businesses and jobs, supporting the health system and hospitals or even helping most vulnerable households and tenants unable to pay their rent due to the crisis.
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