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PARIS: Spain and Germany were among the countries that tightened the restrictions on Tuesday (July 28) in an effort to cool the capvirus hot spots that have raised fears of a wave.
The World Health Organization warned that the virus appears to be affected by seasonality, and that the global death toll from the pandemic increased to 654,000 on Tuesday, nearly a third of deaths in Europe, according to an AFFP count.
More than 100,000 deaths have been recorded since 9 July and the global death toll has doubled by just over two months.
The UN World Tourism Organization said the sector lost $320 billion in international profits in the first months of 2020, threatening millions of livelihoods.
This is “more than 3 times the loss of the 2009 global monetary crisis,” the Madrid-based framework said in a statement.
The International Air Transport Association warned that global air traffic would return to pre-coronavirus grades until at least 2024.
Spain, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, insisted that it remains a tourist destination despite the fight opposed to 361 active outbreaks and more than 4,000 new cases.
However, several countries have quarantined other people returning from Spain, adding its largest tourist market, Britain.
The strict blockade of Spain destroyed more than one million jobs in this quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (INE), basically in tourism, reported on Tuesday.
Germany, which has recorded an average of 557 new cases per day in the following week, has replaced its mask regulations, saying they should be used outdoors anywhere social estrangement is not possible.
“We will have to prevent the virus from spreading temporarily and unreliable,” his disease signature said Tuesday.
“WORRYING SITUATION” IN IRAN
Iran suffered its worst pandemic day, reporting 235 new deaths on Tuesday, a record death toll in a single day in the worst-affected country in the Middle East.
“The scenario is troubling,” said fitness ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari of Tehran, the most populous province, which reached the status on the country’s coronavirus threat scale.
The government made the mask mandatory in closed public spaces and allowed Tehran and other more affected provinces to re-impose restrictions that have gradually risen since April to reopen Iran’s sanctions-affected economy. Lebanon also raised fears that its fitness sector went through the crisis on Saturday, its largest number.
On Tuesday, he announced a complete closure of the Muslim of Eid al-Adha from 30 July to 3 August and limits on the capacity of bars and restaurants.
TRUMP RESPONDS TO “BAD INFORMATION”
Twitter deleted a video retwaled through President Donald Trump in which doctors allegedly made false statements about the pandemic, claiming it violated its “COVID-19 disinformation policy.” not to counter the pandemic.
The death toll from the virus in Florida exceeded 6,000 on Tuesday, with 186 dead.
McDonald’s blamed coronavirus closures for a 68% drop in the second quarter to $483.8 million.
The virus continued to affect primary events, with the major league final against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday for the rest of the week. Four other members of the franchise inflamed with the virus had tested positive for COVID-19 and in Football, the New England Patriots’ preseason arrangements were affected after six players withdrew from the 2020 crusade due to fears of coronavirus.
The 2020-21 Belgian football season will begin behind closed doors following new measures announced through the government to stop an outbreak of coronavirus cases, the Pro League announced on Tuesday.
NOT A SEASONAL VIRUS: THAT
In China, officials avoided the option of a momentary wave after a new group in the northwestern port city of Dalian spread to other provinces.
The health government said the Dalian group had now expanded to nine cities in five regions of the country, adding as far as the southeast coastal province of Fujian.
Beijing has strengthened measures in the affected region, introducing mass in Dalian and increased surveillance of travelers arriving in the city.
China had largely controlled the virus since it gave the impression that the country was vanquished last year, thanks to a series of strict restrictions and restrictions.
Greece has announced that it will reopen six of its ports, adding Piraeus to Athens, to cruise ships this weekend. But in reaction to a recent build-up of infections, it has made the mask mandatory in public services.
“The season does not seem like the transmission of this virus,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said.
This is the summer in the United States, which with some 148,000 deaths and nearly 4.3 million cases is the worst-affected country.
Winter the peak time affected country in Brazil, with more than 87,000 deaths.
“What we all want to perceive is that this is a new virusArray … and even though it’s a respiratory virus and even though the respiratory viruses in the afterlife tend to generate those other seasonal waves, it behaves differently,” Harris says. .
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