COVID-19 in the world

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08 Apr. 2020 / 13:57

COVID-19 in the world

The largest Covid-19 infection outbreak at this time in the world is in the United States. In the last 24 hours alone, about 2,000 people have been infected with the virus. In the United States, the total number of deaths exceeds 12 thousand, and the number of deaths is 400,000. In Europe: Spain, France and the United Kingdom are fighting with the virus. Italy, with the passing day, has fewer and fewer deaths and illnesses. The World Health Organization claims that the pandemic peak has not been reached and warns countries not to relax the adopted restrictions, reports Moldova 1.

New York remains the epicenter of the American outbreak. The death toll has already surpassed that of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Hospitals are full to the brim, people are treated in the halls, doctors rush to every call to resuscitate the sick, for many it could be their last chance at life.

"Sometimes we wonder if we have done everything we could. From an emotional point of view, it is very difficult to prepare for this level of disease, suffering, mortality rate, which is growing alarmingly. I think no one is well prepared for this, "said New York physician Cynthaia Benson.

Containers for deceased persons were brought in front of hospitals. Authorities consider that part of the deceased will be temporarily buried in a park. The situation is worsening in other states as well, indicating that Washington may be the next major outbreak in the United States. Mileage queues were filmed in Pittsburgh and Houston at centers that offer free food packages. Ten million people were left without a job. Despite warnings, thousands of people voted in the state of Wisconsin, where primary elections for Democrats were held.

But from Europe, better news comes. In Italy, the number of deaths and illnesses is declining. Authorities have begun mass testing to identify those who have developed antibodies, as well as asymptomatic patients who will be isolated in hotels until they are fully healed.

Rapid testing is welcome. Venous blood sampling is the standard method and is more complicated, it takes a doctor, a lab and time.

The UK has recorded a record number of deaths in the last 24 hours. Doctors are overwhelmed by the increasing number of contamination.

"It's complicated and unimaginable, and I haven't reached the peak of the pandemic yet. We have patients between the ages of 40 and 70. It is very difficult to stay in this suit, after a few hours of work you have a terrible headache and you have a dry mouth, you can not stand," said the doctor Jim Down.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care, but his condition is stable. France remains the European state with the highest number of deaths and new cases from day to day. In a new attempt to reduce contact between people, the Paris authorities also banned jogging.

"We have not reached the peak of the pandemic yet, we have many patients in the hospital and their number is increasing every day. We must maintain social distance. The total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 increased by 16%, compared to 10% on Monday and 7% compared to Sunday,” said the Director General of Health in France, Jerome Solomon.

Spain has also a macabre balance, doctors are exhausted, but do not give up. In Barcelona, a luxury hotel will accommodate patients with mild forms and those who are recovering, to release archipelago hospitals.

Germany is sticking to tougher rules: mandatory use of the mask, imposing a limit on participants in meetings and maintaining social distance. In this country, mass testing of people takes place, in just one week, over 330 thousand people were tested. Russia, which has more than 7,000 people infected, announces that a vaccine against the new coronavirus will begin in late June. Currently, more than 20 vaccines are tested in the world.

At the same time, in the neighboring countries, the epidemiological situation is also serious. In Romania, the number of illnesses exceeds 4,400, and the number of deaths - 200. Most diseases are in Suceava and Bucharest. The capital and nine counties reported 70% of all cases nationally. Meanwhile, five newborns from the Odobescu Timişoara Maternity Hospital had negative results, a few days after ten of them were confirmed positive. The prosecutor's office opened a criminal case. In Ukraine, there are over 1,600 cases of Covid-19 contamination and 52 deaths. Authorities in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro have dug more than 600 graves to prepare for the possibility of a large number of victims due to the pandemic, although no deaths have been recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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