In numbers and details ... the latest developments in the spread of Corona around the world
Joe Biden, who has a good chance of winning the US presidential election, pledged. Addressing the pandemic "on the first day" in the White House.
The United States, the country most affected by Covid-19, was recorded in the world. A new record number of new infections with the Coronavirus in one day, Friday, with 127,000 cases.
A number of senior officials in the Donald Trump administration have contracted the virus in the past few weeks. The most recent of them was White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, whose test results were reported positive by US media late Friday.
Mortality
The new Corona virus has killed at least one million and 243,513 people in the world since December. According to a toll prepared by Agence France-Presse, Saturday 11:00 GMT, according to official sources.
More than 49 million 316 thousand and 540 confirmed cases have been recorded since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Brazil is the country most affected by the virus after the United States, with the number of deaths on its soil reaching 162,15. Then India, which recorded 125,562 deaths, and Mexico, which announced 94,323 deaths, followed by the United Kingdom, with 48,475 deaths.
Mink
And six countries, namely Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Italy and the United States, announced that they had detected new infections with the Corona virus associated with farms that raise mink animals for their fur. As announced by the World Health Organization.
And Denmark had warned that the mutation of the virus could threaten the effectiveness of any future vaccine and ordered the disposal of all these animals on its territory, which are estimated at between 15 and 17 million.
Britain banned entry to all non-resident foreigners from Denmark on Saturday. After the mutated virus associated with mink cultures was detected, in humans.
New procedures
The Italian government decided, Friday night, Saturday, to new support measures for economic sectors and families affected by the recent restrictive measures. Worth 2.5 billion euros, according to media.
The closure of new "red zones" was announced on Friday, namely Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle da Aosta and Calabria. The curfew was imposed across Italy on Friday at 22:00 (21:00 GMT) until December 3.
infection
The Spanish club Real Madrid announced on Saturday that its Belgian striker Eden Hazar and Brazilian midfielder Casemiro had contracted the emerging Corona virus.
Consequently, Real will have to play its match Sunday against Valencia in the ninth stage of the Spanish League without its players.
Vaccine
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez expected a vaccine would be available by the end of the year after reaching an agreement with Russia that would inject 10 million of the country's 44 million people.
