* Newsletter updated at 8:55 am on March 30
Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire) had the first death
Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Health on March 29 announced that the country had its first death from COVID-19. Victims are only identified as having the disease "after death". In addition, the country also recorded 25 new infections a day, bringing the total number of people with COVID-19 to 165.
Earlier last week, President Alassane Ouattara declared a national emergency to stop the spread of the new strain of corona virus, imposed a curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and closed the border, according to AFP news agency.
Meanwhile, the Bolivian interim government said the country recorded the first death caused by COVID-19 in the state of Santa Cruz, the patient was a 78-year-old woman infected from a relative returning from abroad.
Total coronavirus positive cases in all of Bolivia were 81 cases. Bolivia imposed a national quarantine order from March 17 to April 15.
Mortality continues to increase in many countries
The Korea Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that by the end of March 29, Korea had 78 new cases of corona virus infection, the total number of cases in this country was 9,661 cases. Total deaths in Korea were 158 and 195 recoveries.
Mexico's Ministry of Health confirmed that the country had 145 new infections and 4 new deaths on March 29. To date Mexico has a total of 993 cases with 20 deaths.
By dawn of March 30, the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in the UK increased by 209 cases, bringing the total number of deaths in the country since the beginning of the epidemic to 1,228. The number of new infections also increased by 2,433, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 19,552.
The Panamanian government confirmed seven additional COVID-19 deaths on March 29, bringing the total number of deaths from the epidemic to 24. On March 29, this South American country had 88 cases. new, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 989.
China reported 4 more deaths and 31 cases positive for corona virus on March 29, of which only 1 case of infection in the country. To date, the total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in the mainland is 3,304, the total number of infections is 81,470.
Taiwan (China) has a third person died from COVID-19. Patient is male, 40 years old, infected with virus from abroad after traveling in Austria and Czech Republic. The total number of cases in Taiwan is 298.
It is projected that millions of Americans could be infected with COVID-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Infectious and Allergic Diseases, issued the above warning amid New York, New Orleans and other major cities calling for more medical devices. .
Fauci told CNN that the COVID-19 outbreak could cause between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths in the US and millions of infections.
On the number that Mr. Fauci stated, US President Donald Trump said that if we are united, and do well, the US could keep the number of deaths in this range instead of the 2.2 million fatalities.
US President Donald Trump said it would be good to keep the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 within 100-200,000 people - Photo: REUTERS
During a press conference on acute respiratory infections COVID-19 on March 29 (US time), Mr. Trump said he would extend instructions to slow the spread of the virus to April 30, instead of targeting. initially after Easter, around April 12. He also said the epidemic peak in the US could be within two weeks.
On March 29, the US conducted 894,000 corona virus tests.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the US recorded 518 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The total number of deaths in the US is 2,409.
The number of new infections per day in the US is 21,333. The total number of cases in the US today is 136,880 and is the country with the highest number of cases in the world, followed by Italy, China and Spain.
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Virtue
President Robert Koch Institute of Epidemiology (RKI) of Germany, Mr. Lothar Wieler on March 29, said that it is very likely that hospitals in Germany will be overloaded in the current complicated COVID-19 epidemic. This expert does not rule out the possibility that the COVID-19 epidemic will push the German health system to the limit and that many critically ill patients will need ventilators in hospitals, the same situation as in Italy.
According to Koch, the low death rate in Germany is because the majority of infected people are not at risk, but if the infection occurs in the nursing home or hospital, the number of deaths will increase sharply.
The total number of corona virus infections in Germany is 62,095, the number of deaths is 533 cases.
Russia
The capital Moscow has announced the city will be blocked starting March 30, forcing 12 million residents to stay home to slow the spread of the virus. Exceptions include going to health care, working in essential occupations, shopping or walking pets but not exceeding 100 meters from home.
The restriction also limits the number of private vehicles entering the city even though residents can enter and exit the capital.
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This restriction is the most severe one ever applied in Moscow in history. According to British newspaper The Guardian, Russia is also considering imposing drastic measures such as Italy and Wuhan.
The same ban applies to the extended Moscow region with a population of about 7 million. Russia has confirmed 1,534 corona virus positive cases and 8 deaths.
Nigeria
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a blockade in the Lagos region and its capital, Abuja. According to the French news agency AFP, Nigeria currently has 97 cases positive for the corona virus and one death.
Italian
On March 29, Italy had 756 new deaths due to corona virus. The total number of deaths in this country is 10,779.
The total number of new infections in Italy in the past 24 hours increased by 5,217 cases, to 97,689, behind the United States - the country with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte approved a new package of measures worth 4.7 billion euros (5.24 billion USD) to support people severely affected by the acute respiratory infections COVID-19. Mr. Conte stated that the government will spend 4.3 billion euros for municipal governments to meet the essential needs of the people and set aside a special fund of 400 million euros for those in need.
To prevent the disease from spreading further, Italian Education Minister Lucia Azzolina said the decision to close schools, starting from March 5, will be extended until the next 3-4 days.
Total recovery cases were 13,030, according to https://www.worldometers.info/.
Spain
Spain has announced 821 new deaths due to COVID-19 epidemic in the past 24 hours. The Spanish Ministry of Health said on March 29 that the total number of deaths in the country due to the COVID-19 epidemic now reached 6,803 cases, while the total number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused inflammation. Respiratory grade COVID-19 has also increased to 80,110.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that it would tighten travel restrictions, whereby workers in the non-essential service industry will have to stay at home for two weeks. Mr. Sanchez said that these workers will still receive normal wages but later. The above measure is expected to take effect from March 30 to April 9.
Besides, Prime Minister Sanchez urged the EU to act and called on the bloc to come up with a "unified social and economic strategy". Mr. Sanchez also urged the EU to issue recovery bonds, saying member economies must share the burden of public debt to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak.
