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The new Corona virus continues to record new infections around the world, while deaths from the epidemic have crossed the 4,000 mark.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the emerging coronavirus, which is spreading around the world, a "global pandemic", but stressed that it could still be "controlled."
According to WHO, in the past two weeks, HIV infections outside China have increased thirteen times, and the number of countries hit by the epidemic has tripled.
"We are very concerned about the alarming levels of outbreaks and their severity, as well as about the worrying levels of inactivity" in the world, "Tidros Adhanom Gebresos, WHO Director-General told
a news conference in Geneva.
"Covid-19 can now be categorized as a pandemic. We have never seen a pandemic spread due to the Coruna virus," he added.
"Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change the assessment of the threat posed by the Corona virus. This does not change what the World Health Organization does, nor does it change what countries need to do," the WHO director-general stressed.
Algeria recorded the first death from the Coruna virus on Thursday, official radio reported, without any increase in the 20 confirmed cases so far, mostly in the city of Blida.
Thursday, the National Health Commission of China revealed that the mainland recorded 15 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, on Wednesday, down from 24 cases the previous day.
This brings the number of confirmed infections on the mainland to 80,793 cases so far, and the number of deaths from the spread of the virus on the mainland has reached 3169 cases until the end of Wednesday, an increase of 11 cases from the previous day.
Hubei Province, the center of the virus's spread, recorded 10 new deaths, including 7 in Wuhan, the
province's capital.
China's Hubei Province said in a statement on Thursday that lifting production restrictions and easing travel restrictions for some areas had started.
On Thursday, Thailand reported 11 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 70.
As for Greece, on Thursday, it announced the first death in Coruna of a 66-year-old man.
The State Department released a statement on its website on Wednesday, advising citizens to rethink travel abroad because of the global impact of the Corona virus outbreak.
"The State Department recommends that US citizens rethink travel abroad due to the global impact of the Covid 19 virus," the statement said.
The statement added: "Many regions around the world are now witnessing an outbreak of the Covid 19 virus and taking measures that may restrict the traveler's movement, including quarantine and restrictions on the borders."
The Saudi government announced, on Wednesday night, Thursday, the suspension of travel of citizens and residents temporarily to a number of countries, including the European Union, in which the threat of the spread of the new Corona virus "Covid 19" appeared.
A statement quoted by the Saudi Press Agency "SPA" stated that "the Kingdom's government decided to temporarily suspend the travel of citizens and residents, and to suspend flights to the European Union, the Swiss Federation, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia."
She added: "It was also decided to suspend the entry of those coming from these countries or the entry of those who were present during the 14 days prior to his arrival."
The movement of passengers through all land ports with Jordan has also been suspended, while commercial and cargo traffic is still permitted and humanitarian and exceptional cases pass.
The decision gives a 72-hour period for citizens and those with valid residency for citizens of those countries to return to the Kingdom, before the travel suspension decision comes into effect.
The decision to suspend health practitioners working in Saudi Arabia who are citizens of the countries of the Philippines and India and the evacuation, shipping and trade flights, with the necessary and necessary precautions taken.
The decision indicated that the Ministries of Interior and Health have coordination to deal with humanitarian and exceptional cases, without prejudice to the necessary precautionary and preventive measures.
The new Corona virus continues to record new infections around the world, while deaths from the epidemic have crossed the 4,000 mark.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the emerging coronavirus, which is spreading around the world, a "global pandemic", but stressed that it could still be "controlled."
According to WHO, in the past two weeks, HIV infections outside China have increased thirteen times, and the number of countries hit by the epidemic has tripled.
"We are very concerned about the alarming levels of outbreaks and their severity, as well as about the worrying levels of inactivity" in the world, "Tidros Adhanom Gebresos, WHO Director-General told
a news conference in Geneva.
"Covid-19 can now be categorized as a pandemic. We have never seen a pandemic spread due to the Coruna virus," he added.
"Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change the assessment of the threat posed by the Corona virus. This does not change what the World Health Organization does, nor does it change what countries need to do," the WHO director-general stressed.
Algeria recorded the first death from the Coruna virus on Thursday, official radio reported, without any increase in the 20 confirmed cases so far, mostly in the city of Blida.
Thursday, the National Health Commission of China revealed that the mainland recorded 15 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, on Wednesday, down from 24 cases the previous day.
This brings the number of confirmed infections on the mainland to 80,793 cases so far, and the number of deaths from the spread of the virus on the mainland has reached 3169 cases until the end of Wednesday, an increase of 11 cases from the previous day.
Hubei Province, the center of the virus's spread, recorded 10 new deaths, including 7 in Wuhan, the
province's capital.
China's Hubei Province said in a statement on Thursday that lifting production restrictions and easing travel restrictions for some areas had started.
On Thursday, Thailand reported 11 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 70.
As for Greece, on Thursday, it announced the first death in Coruna of a 66-year-old man.
The State Department released a statement on its website on Wednesday, advising citizens to rethink travel abroad because of the global impact of the Corona virus outbreak.
"The State Department recommends that US citizens rethink travel abroad due to the global impact of the Covid 19 virus," the statement said.
The statement added: "Many regions around the world are now witnessing an outbreak of the Covid 19 virus and taking measures that may restrict the traveler's movement, including quarantine and restrictions on the borders."
The Saudi government announced, on Wednesday night, Thursday, the suspension of travel of citizens and residents temporarily to a number of countries, including the European Union, in which the threat of the spread of the new Corona virus "Covid 19" appeared.
A statement quoted by the Saudi Press Agency "SPA" stated that "the Kingdom's government decided to temporarily suspend the travel of citizens and residents, and to suspend flights to the European Union, the Swiss Federation, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia."
She added: "It was also decided to suspend the entry of those coming from these countries or the entry of those who were present during the 14 days prior to his arrival."
The movement of passengers through all land ports with Jordan has also been suspended, while commercial and cargo traffic is still permitted and humanitarian and exceptional cases pass.
The decision gives a 72-hour period for citizens and those with valid residency for citizens of those countries to return to the Kingdom, before the travel suspension decision comes into effect.
The decision to suspend health practitioners working in Saudi Arabia who are citizens of the countries of the Philippines and India and the evacuation, shipping and trade flights, with the necessary and necessary precautions taken.
The decision indicated that the Ministries of Interior and Health have coordination to deal with humanitarian and exceptional cases, without prejudice to the necessary precautionary and preventive measures.