New assessments, new measures, highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 403,449 people worldwide since its onset in December in China, according to an assessment from official sources Monday at 2:30 p.m. More than 7 million cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories.
The United States has recorded 110,514 deaths for 1,942,363 cases. Next came the United Kingdom with 40,542 dead, Brazil with 36,455 dead, Italy with 33,899 dead, and France with 29,155 dead. China, where the epidemic began in late December, has officially counted a total of 83,040 cases and 4,634 deaths
In an attempt to revive a bloodless economy, the Indian government largely relaxed on Monday the national confinement in force. Shopping centers and places of worship are authorized to reopen despite an epidemic still virulent.
Pakistan has officially surpassed the 100,000 new coronavirus patient mark, a figure well below reality as hospitals in the country begin to be saturated. The lethality of the disease, which is accelerating sharply, remains low in this country with poor health facilities.
The Prime Minister has from the start objected to the containment of cities, which he says "saves people from the coronavirus, but starves them to death." In early June, he announced the complete lifting of the containment started in late March.
Russia announced Monday a partial reopening of the borders, closed since March because of the pandemic. Russians will be able to leave the country for medical and professional reasons, while foreign nationals will be able to come to be treated in Russia where they have to take care of relatives. The mayor of Moscow has announced that confinement in the city will end on Tuesday.
Shops and some offices have reopened in Ireland after the government decided to speed up deconfinement due to progress in the fight against the epidemic. The government would then allow hotels and pubs serving food to reopen from June 29.
New Zealand, which welcomes the recovery of the last person still in solitary confinement, has lifted all of its national restrictions. This includes, and this is a world first, the resumption of a rugby championship which will only pit five teams but where the public will be allowed in the stands.
The Swiss group MCH had to resolve to cancel the 2020 edition of Art Basel, the great contemporary art fair which is held each year in Basel, which caused its price to fall on Monday on the Swiss Stock Exchange.
This fair, very popular with wealthy collectors and which is usually held in June, was initially postponed until September due to the pandemic.
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