The new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the disease known as Covid-19, has infected more than 3.6 million people worldwide, while the death toll worldwide exceeds 259,000, and the of the recovered 1,200,000.
TheUnited States, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Turkey,
Brazil and Iran are, in this
order, the countries most affected by the pandemic in terms of the number of
confirmed infections and the only ones where the barrier has been overcome. of
the 100,000 cases. The ten countries have overtaken China, the
original epicenter where the pandemic emerged in December 2019.
In
the United States alone, more
than 1.2 million cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, it is the most affected country and with the highest number of deaths recorded, more than 71,000. Spain, with more than 220,000 cases, is the second country
with the most infected, followed by Italy, with more than 214,000; behind them are the United Kingdom, with more than
196,000 cases and Germany, with more than 167,000; Russia, with more than
165,000; France, with more than 132,000; Turkey, with more than 129,000; and
Brazil, which already exceeds 116,000 infected.
Travel
around the world has been canceled while business and the world economy have
been paralyzed, with the exception of activities considered essential. The rapid spread of the virus has
confined millions of people across the planet and has forced the imposition of social distancing.
As the countries of Europe begin to think about the lack of confidence,
although at different rates and without a common criterion in the European
Union, the focus of the coronavirus pandemic begins to shift to the American
continent.
Europe
Spain
(220,325 cases, 25,857 deaths). It
is the second country in the world in infections. The first death in Spain took
place in the Valencian Community on February 13 and was discovered in the
subsequent autopsy. One by one, infections have been registered in all the
Spanish communities, and also in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
The Government intends to maintain the state of alarm that it decreed on March
15 until at least May 9, but it will
start on May 4 the plan for gradual and asymmetric de-confinement by
territories, which will last
between six and eight weeks and will be for faes. Children can go outside under
certain conditions from April 26, it is intended to allow Individual outings
for walks and sports from May 2.
Italy
(214,457 cases, 29,684 deaths). It was the focus of the outbreak in Europe when it began
detecting cases in the last week of February and is the second country in the world with the most deaths with coronavirus. The Italian Government
halted all activity, except for the essential one, for two months and has
prohibited entering and leaving the country. The Executive of Giuseppe Conte
has announced the beginning of the
gradual lack of confidence as of May 4,
when the companies will resume their activity and family visits and funerals of
up to 15 people will be allowed. Two weeks later, they will be able to open
small shops; and the restoration will do the same from June, but only for
takeaway food.
France is already among the countries in the world with the most
deaths with coronavirus, registering 25,809 deaths with more than
137,000 cases. In confinement since March 17, on May 11 he will lift the restrictions. All shops will open, with the exception of hospitality,
the use of a mask will be compulsory in public transport and the beaches will
be closed at least until June, among other measures.
The United Kingdom has become the first country in Europe with the highest
number of deaths and the
second in the world, after the United States. On April 30, Prime Minister Boris
Johnson passed the peak of contagion and promised to publish the de-escalation
strategy the following week. Currently, the country accumulates 30,076 deaths and more than 196,000 infected people, including Prince Carlos, who overcame the disease, and
Johnson himself, who was admitted to an intensive care unit. While neighboring
countries decreed confinement, the country wanted to bet on a different
strategy based on group immunity and did not decree confinement until March.
Johnson is slated to announce the definition plan on May 11. Experts warn that
it could be the European country most affected by the pandemic. In fact, an
investigation by the Financial Times newspaper has brought the death toll to over 41,000.
The WHO
notes disparate situations in Europe but believes that the pandemic has
stabilized on the continent. While in some of the most affected countries there
is some improvement in the situation (Spain, Italy, France or Germany), in
others the infections are not decreasing or there are even rebounds, such as
the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia.
Russia has reported more than 165,000 infected and more than
1,500 deaths, and its president, Vladimir Putin, who on March 28 decreed nine
days of forced vacations in the country has given his government free rein to
declare a state of emergency because of the pandemic. The Mayor of Moscow has
decreed the confinement of its twelve million inhabitants, the city where the greatest number of people affected by this disease is concentrated.
In Turkey,
where the cases already exceed
129,000 and the deaths exceed 3,500,
the Government has begun to release thousands of prisoners to decongest their
jails due to the advance of Covid-19, causing controversy over the release of
several
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