Monday 6 April 2020

International coronavirus dispatch: Trump warns of ‘toughest’ weeks ahead

From US President Donald Trump warning about the toughest weeks ahead, to Greece quarantining its second migrant camp, and the UAE is ramping up its stimulus, read these and more in today’s dispatch
Coronavirus
US President Donald Trump started his briefing on Saturday by stating, “there will be a lot of death, unfortunately”. The number of people infected in the US has exceeded 300,000, with the death toll going past 8,400 — more than 3,500 of those in the state of New York alone. Meanwhile, there has been growing evidence that Italy’s official death toll vastly understates the real total figures, because of the number of people who are dying at home. Here is a round-up of important coronavirus pandemic reports from across the globe.
Let’s look at the global statistics:
Total confirmed cases: 1,216,422
Change over the previous day: 77,215
Total deaths: 65,711
Total recovered: 252,538
Nations hit with most cases: US (312,245), Spain (130,759), Italy (124,632), Germany (96,108), and France (90,853). (Source: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center)


Trump says ‘toughest’ weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads: US President Donald Trump warned that the country could be headed into its ‘toughest’ weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounted, but at the same time he expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he was eager to get the country reopened and its stalled economy back on track. Read more here.

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