The World Health Organization has warned that Middle East governments need to act quickly to curb the spread of the Corona virus after the cases have risen to nearly 60,000, nearly double their level a week ago.
“New cases have been registered in some of the most endangered countries with weak health systems,” Reuters quoted Dr. Ahmed Al-Manzari, regional director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean as saying, “Even in countries with stronger health systems we have seen a worrying increase in the number of cases.” Registered deaths. “
In a related context, the Algerian Ministry of Health data confirmed that the number of deaths due to the virus reached 86, while the total number of infected people reached 986.
To that, the German Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases Research mentioned that the infection of the new Corona virus has spread to 2,300 German hospital employees.
Responding to a question from the newspaper Deutsche Zeitung, the institute said that this statistic includes hospital workers only and does not include workers in doctors’ clinics, laboratories, homes for the elderly, care homes or those in charge of outpatient services, explaining that this matter means that the real numbers are higher.
As of yesterday, more than 84,788 cases of corona infection were recorded in Germany, while the deaths amounted to 1107.
On the occurrence of the virus spread among aircraft carrier soldiers, the Pentagon decided to isolate Brett Cruiser, commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose crew was infected with the virus.
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Mudley said: “Brett Cruiser, the aircraft carrier commander Theodore Roosevelt, whose message about the Corona virus outbreak on board an aircraft carrier has been released to the media has been excused. “He added that the situation with regard to the virus went out of control of the captain, noting that the best way to get out of this situation is to remove him from his position.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper denied earlier that there was a need to evacuate the aircraft carrier, while earlier media outlets published a message from the captain calling for the evacuation of 4,000 sailors from the carrier and their health isolation.
The Pentagon announced last Monday the death of the first American soldier in the virus, noting that the number of infections in the ranks of the army exceeded 500 people.
It is noteworthy that the number of new infections Corona virus exceeded a million around the world more than 3 months after its appearance in China at the end of last December, causing the death of more than 51 thousand people.
Source : Sana
