International efforts are joining to curb the spread of the corona epidemic, which continues to claim lives and spread around the world.
Statistics indicate that 174036 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded so far in the world, with 6685 deaths, and the epidemic has recovered from 77842.
The following are the most important developments related to the corona epidemic in many countries around the world:
On Monday, Somalia confirmed its first infection with the coronavirus.
- The death toll in the Netherlands due to the coronavirus has increased to 24, while the number of infections reached 1423.
- Tunisia closed the land borders with Libya due to the coronavirus.
- A Sky News correspondent reported 89 new cases of coronavirus in Israel, bringing the total to 344.
- The number of people infected with corona in Spain rose Monday to 8744, and the number of deaths rose to 297.
- Iran announced 129 new deaths in corona, bringing the total to 853, while 1053 new infections were recorded within 24 hours.
On Monday, Qatar, which recorded 38 new infections, decided to close restaurants and cafes and banned large gatherings due to corona, while Morocco announced the closure of restaurants, cinemas, entertainment centers and stadiums.
- The mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, decided to close cafes and restaurants and prohibit movement to other cities due to the coronavirus.
The number of people infected with coronas in Thailand reached 147, with 33 new cases recorded.
- Jordan imposed a mandatory quarantine on all arrivals from airports and border crossings.
- The Egyptian authorities announced, Monday, that the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the country has risen to 150, including 80 Egyptians.
The number of people infected with corona in Switzerland reached 2200, while Germany partially partially closed its borders with five countries in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.
- Armenia revealed, on Monday, that it is considering declaring a state of emergency due to the coronavirus.
- Bahrain recorded, on Monday, the first death from the coronavirus, which is a Bahraini citizen aged 65 years, while Kuwait announced the registration of 11 new cases of the disease.
- The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that 6 cases of corona infection were recorded for people coming from abroad, adding that the cases infected with corona and imported from abroad became the main danger to the country.
- The National Health Commission of China indicated that 14 people died from the coronaviruson Sunday, taking the total number of deaths from the disease to 3,213 across the country.
The committee indicated today, Monday, that 16 new cases of infection were monitored on Sunday, down from 20 cases the previous day.
The figure brings the total number of confirmed infections on mainland China to 80,860.
- Mexican media reports and two people familiar with it said that Mexico recorded the first death from the Corona virus on Sunday.
- Peruvian President Martin Vizcara said his country would close the borders to curb the spread of coronavirus, calling on citizens to start a 15-day self-quarantine.
- Italy recorded 368 new deaths in corona on Sunday, in the largest daily increase, amid concerns about the ability of its stressful health system to cope with the continuous increase in the number of casualties. The number of novel coronavirus cases in Italy reached 24,747, resulting in 1,809 deaths.
On Monday, deaths in Italy's Lombardy region rose to 1420 after 202 new deaths were recorded.
- The Mayor of New York announced on Sunday that starting from Monday, all public schools in the city, which are attended by about 1.1 million students, will be closed, in a measure aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.
- The Japanese Ministry of Health said it has identified 15 epicentres of the Corona virus in separate locations in the country. The Kyodo News Agency quoted a document of the ministry as saying that the largest foci are in the Osaka region and have more than 50 infections.
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Sunday ordered the closure of commercial activities and the citizens staying in their homes in six states and the capital Caracas starting Monday, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Sunday that his country will close its borders with Spain to tourists for at least a month to curb the coronavirus.
- The number of Covid-19 infections in Israel has increased to 250.
- The number of new cases of coronavirus emerging in Turkey on Monday increased to 18 after recording 12 new infections, the highest daily increase in the virus since the first case was announced earlier last week.
