Coronavirus: Deaths and Infections Worldwide Outnumber China News from the world

Coronavirus deaths and infections worldwide have surpassed those in China's interior for the first time since the start of the epidemic.

Infections worldwide have reached more than 87,000, according to Johns Hopkins University tracker, while cases in China amounted to 80,860 on Monday, according to the Chinese National Health Commission.

Deaths outside of China reached more than 3,241, according to Johns Hopkins, while deaths inside of China amounted to 3,208 on Monday (outside except four in Hong Kong and one in Taiwan).

A graph produced by Johns Hopkins University illustrated the dramatic increase in global cases. The angle of the overall yellow curve seems to show that infections outside of China increased even faster than in China at the start of the infection.

The most important center of infection outside of China is in Italy, where there are nearly 25,000 confirmed infections and more than 1,800 deaths.

Elsewhere in Europe, which the World Health Organization has described as being at the center of the pandemic, France has 4,500 cases and 91 deaths, Germany 11 deaths and more than 5,700 infections, Countries – Low 20 deaths and 2,270 infections, Switzerland 14 deaths and 2,200 infections, and the United Kingdom has 21 deaths and 1,144.

Iran is the second most affected country, with just under 14,000 confirmed cases and 724 deaths. There are fears that the country's fragile health services and economy will struggle to cope with the epidemic, and on Friday, satellite imagery appeared to show mass graves dug into the city of Qom to bury the victims of the coronavirus.

In the United States, which quickly escalated their response to the virus over the weekend with Donald Trump declaring a national emergency, the number of cases increased to 3,500, with at least 57 deaths recorded. There have been many criticisms of the Trump administration and the president himself, who, just two weeks ago, when the country had 15 infections, suggested that the number would be brought back to zero shortly.

Trump has also accused Democrats of using the coronavirus as a new hoax, promising a vaccine much sooner than scientifically possible.

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control advised against gatherings of more than 50 people in the next eight weeks, and the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to 0.25%.

Other measures to intensify containment in the United States and around the world include:

• As of Tuesday, New York City will limit restaurants, bars and cafes to offer only takeout and delivery. Nightclubs, cinemas and other places of entertainment would close.

• Several Las Vegas hotels and casinos have said they will suspend operations.

• Washington State has announced that restaurants and bars will be limited to take-out until the end of March, as well as entertainment and recreational facilities such as gymnasiums would also close.

• Australias Reserve Bank has said it is ready to start quantitative easing to stimulate the economy, which could involve buying government and government bonds. Other financial assets with banks and pension funds. The country's stock market closed Monday down 9.7%.

• New Zealand has imposed a limit of 500 people on rallies, while PM Jacinda Ardern said the impact of the virus could be greater than that of the global financial crisis.

• Turkey has reported 12 new cases, bringing its total to 18 the largest jump since it reported its first case last week.

• Britons over 70 will have to self-isolate for up to four months to protect them from the virus.

• Luxembourg followed its neighbors, France and Belgium on Sunday, closing bars and restaurants in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic.

• The owner of Louis Vuitton, LVMH, said his cosmetics unit would manufacture large quantities of hand sanitizer gel to help avoid a nationwide shortage in France as the coronavirus continues to spread.

• South Africa has declared a national disaster and has introduced a series of drastic measures to fight the coronavirus epidemic in the country.

While many countries have been slow to respond to the threat, South Korea, which has more than 8,000 confirmed infections, has quickly controlled the spread of the virus, with rapid tests and quarantine measures in the most vulnerable areas. most affected. He recorded three days when recoveries exceeded new infections.

Despite the country's progress, he identified a new group of cases near Seoul. At least 40 members of a Protestant church tested positive, including the pastor, after the services of March 1 and March 8, despite government calls to cancel mass rallies.

Deputy Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said the persistence of new infections reminds us that the country must not forget the lessons we have learned and that new outbreaks mean that the virus continues to spread to across the country.

As in other countries, the elderly are the most vulnerable. The country's center for disease control said 70.6% of deaths were in the 1970s and up. Another 18.7% of the deaths were in their sixties. The center said no deaths in Korea had been reported in a patient under the age of 29.