Coronavirus, Trump: “I have spoken to many people, WHO mortality data is false.” San Francisco freezes ship. In Germany 400 cases. Greece, buses from Israel arrive: 21 positive

After China and Europe, even the United States cope with the increase in coronavirus cases and measures to contain infections. But for the president Donald Trump the death rate of 3.4% mentioned by the World Health Organization for coronavirus is “false”. “It is my impression based on the conversations I have had with many people. They personally believe the number is far below one percent, “he said Fox news, observing how many of the people who contract the coronavirus “will recover quickly, without even seeing the doctor.” And he added that “many people will have the virus in mild form, will heal quickly without seeing a doctor” and “many will continue to go to work.” It should be noted that the WHO Director-General on Tuesday Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that “globally about 3.4% of Covid-19 patients have died”, pointing out that the percentage of mortality it is higher than that of seasonal flu which is below one percent.

In this clip, Trump:
1. Denies WHO’s coronavirus death rate based on “hunch”
2. Calls coronavirus “corona flu”
3. Suggests it’s fine for people w / Covid-19 to go to work
4. Compares coronavirus to “the regular flu,” indicating he doesn’t get the difference pic.twitter.com/uC9c03zX31

– Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2020

in the meantime San Francisco freezes the cruise ship in port Grand Princess with 2500 people on board: 11 passengers and ten crew members developed symptoms and 62 people are sealed in their rooms. A 71-year-old man had died from that ship after he contracted the coronavirus. It was the first death in California, who declared a state of emergency: he is the third to do so in USA after the state of Washington, on February 29, and the Florida March 2. in USA the ascertained cases rise to 130 and the deaths are 11, of which 9 in the area of Seattle: in the city, which decided to close schools for two weeks, Amazon confirmed that one of his employees, who had been sick since February 25, tested positive e Facebook stated that one of his workers tested positive. Offices closed until 9 March. There Room has approved the allocation of 8.3 billion dollars of funds to counter the spread of the infection, and now awaits the green light of the Senate.

Moving on toEurope, two studies indicate that the first outbreak in Europe is that isolated in January in Germany, where the ascertained cases have risen to 400. It is a good 138 cases more than those registered until yesterday, when they were 262.

Athens announces 21 new cases of passengers who were all inside the same bus coming from Israel. Of the 27 new cases in Belgium, most returned from Italy. The latest, yet to be verified, was announced in Germany – where there are already 350 cases, 109 more in 24 hours -: it is a German citizen who, after a holiday in the risk areas, showed up in the hospital with the symptoms of the infection. First death in Switzerland: a 74-year-old woman died last night in Lausanne, canton Vaud. According to the authorities, the victim was a high-risk person: he had been suffering from a chronic disease for some time. Healed two Italians hospitalized in Austria. Contagion boom in Netherlands, where the National Institute for Public Health updated the number of people tested positive with 44 new cases, thus bringing the total number to 82, almost double. Of these, 69 would have been infected abroad or as a result of contacts with other confirmed positive test people. Among the newly infected, two are hospitalized, the others are in domestic isolation. In Britain, cases go up to 115, 25 more than yesterday.

In the rest of the world, Bethlehem closes churches and mosques for 14 days, lives the entrance to groups of tourists and orders the cancellation of reservations in hotels, whileAustralia has placed a series of restrictions on citizens arriving from Italy to limit contagion. L’Iran – one of the countries most affected by the epidemic with over two thousand infections and 107 victims – has decided to close all schools and universities for a month, the same decision in India until March 31st.

L’WHO calls on all countries and swabs on symptoms and highlights the drop in infections South Korea. “There are currently 95,265 reported cases of Covid-19 globally and 3,281 deaths. In the past 24 hours, China has reported 143 cases. Most cases continue to be reported from Hubei province and 8 provinces have not reported cases in the past 14 days. Outside the China2,055 Covid-19 cases have been reported in 33 countries. About 80% of these cases continue to come from only three countries. Although some countries are reporting a large number of cases, 115 countries have reported none and 21 countries only one case. There are five countries with previously registered cases but which have not reported new cases in the past 14 days. ” Finally, “we see encouraging signs from the South Korea: the number of reported cases appears to be decreasing and are mainly identified by cluster known. ”

United States – California’s decision comes twenty-four hours after the city of Los Angeles, which had already declared a state of emergency yesterday: the attention of the authorities is now concentrated on the cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco, where 2,500 people are waiting to disembark. The 71-year-old coronavirus who died in the United States had also been on the ship and the authorities speculate that he was infected during cruise on the San Francisco-Mexico route between11 and the February 21. For this reason, the Grand Princess ship – which after the trip to Mexico left for Hawaii – will not be able to return to port now. Eleven passengers and ten crew members developed symptoms, as the governor explained Gavin Newsom, and 62 people are sealed in their rooms. Some crew members were also on duty during the previous voyage: the Coast Guard will send the test kits to the ship tomorrow by helicopter, and the on-board medical team will carry out the swabs, which will then be sent (always by air) to a Richmond laboratory.

Germany – With 181 cases, North Rhine-Westphalia remains the most affected Land; followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg with 73, Bavaria with 70. Berlin has 13 cases.

France – The bulletin of the Santé Publique reveals that the 52% of the infected are between 18 and 64 years old. Children under the age of 18 follow (21%) over seventy-five, (16%) and finally people aged between 65 and 74. For now – says the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer – schools and universities are not closed under any circumstances.

UK – New acceleration of the cases ascertained, which rose today to 115 – or 25 more than yesterday’s figure – according to the daily update of the British Ministry of Health. In total, the reported infections more than tripled in two days, while the number of tests performed exceeded 18,000.

Austria – TO Innsbruck the two Italians who tested positive ten days ago were healed and discharged from the university clinic. “They pose no danger to fellow citizens,” the head of the infectious disease department, Guenther Weiss, reiterated on Oe1 radio. The young couple lives in Austria. They had come to the hospital because they had just returned from Lombardy and she had mild flu symptoms. The pair then tested positive for coronavirus. The hotel in which the 24-year-old works has been temporarily closed. In the following days the man also had some fever line. In the meantime, both recovered and two tests were negative. The same result also for tests carried out on work colleagues. In all, twelve people were quarantined.

Switzerland – First death. It is a 74 year old girl who died tonight in the canton of Vaud. According to the authorities, the victim was a high risk person, as he suffered from a chronic disease. The elderly woman, hospitalized on Tuesday, was at the University Hospital Center of Lausanne, a note indicates. The region’s health manager was notified this morning of the patient’s death.

Russia – The 2020 edition of the Economic Forum of St. Petersburg (Spief) has been canceled. An Italian citizen tested positive in Russia where he was hospitalized and is in satisfactory condition. The operations center for the fight against the virus said: “The Italian citizen arrived in Russia on 29 February and requested medical assistance on 2 March after the symptoms of an acute respiratory infection appeared. He was taken to solitary confinement in a hospital. ”

Australia – New squeeze on arrivals from Italy in an attempt to contain coronavirus infections: Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced “advanced screening measures“, Which means that more questions will be asked at check-in and that temperature will be measured upon arrival in Australia. In Australia they have registered 52 cases of contagion coronavirus, 2 deaths e 21 healings. For this reason, the main health protection committee has recommended a strengthening of the measures, in force at least until March 14: the ban on the entry of foreign citizens arriving from China and Iran has been extended for another week, a ban also extended for those arriving from South Korea, the second most affected country in the world, with a rate of infection that grows faster than that in China.

South Korea – 438 new cases , over 6 thousand total infections. 35 the dead: the city of Daegu, the fourth South Korean city with its 2.5 million inhabitants, is confirmed as the main outbreak, linked above all to the Church of Jesus Shincheonji, a religious sect where the first infections occurred.

Middle East – The Bethlehem authorities have ordered the closure of all mosques and churches for 14 days to contain the infection. They were therefore asked to cancel all the reservations made in the hotels in the city, while the people present in the Angel Hotel will be placed in quarantine. The ministry therefore asked that the state of emergency be strengthened in Bethlehem, Jericho and neighboring towns and villages. Wafa also explains that all planned activities and events in Bethlehem, including sports, have been canceled and all schools, mosques and churches have been closed for 14 days. The Palestinian Ministry of Tourism has extended the ban on groups of foreign tourists from all over the West Bank starting tomorrow for two weeks. The Wafa agency reports this after the discovery of four suspected cases of coronavirus in the Bethlehem area. At first, tourists were not allowed to enter the areas of Bethlehem and Jericho.

South Africa – First case diagnosed: it is a 38-year-old patient who returned from Italy where he had been with his wife. The two were part of a group of ten people who returned on March 1st. Two days later the man turned to the doctor complaining of fever, headache and cough. The man, who went into self-isolation, has two children.

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