According to statistics of John Hopkins University (USA), the number of Covid-19 cases worldwide has increased to 6.1 million, while the number of people dying of illness is 371,000.
The US remains the largest epidemic region in the world with nearly 1.8 million cases and more than 104,000 deaths. Meanwhile, the Latin American region - the new epicenter of the epidemic - has seen a surge in cases over the past few days and is expected to witness many more difficult weeks ahead. Brazil is currently the second largest epidemic in the world in the number of cases when they are about to reach half a million people infected with Covid-19 and nearly 30,000 died.
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced the decision to permanently cut funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing WHO of being dominated by China and delaying its response to Covid-19. Trump’s move has been controversial in recent days.
“Now is the time to increase cooperation and find a common solution. Actions to undermine the international situation must be avoided, ”the European Union EU said in a statement.
In Europe , the number of new cases per day has tended to decrease, leading to the government’s push to restart the economy. Some tourist destinations in Italy have reopened while France also allows shops to reopen.
In some parts of the world, governments have been under intense pressure to loosen restrictions and social exclusion despite experts warning of a second wave of infection.
In the UK , which is set to resume a blockade on June 1, senior advisers expressed concern that the government was opening too soon.
"Covid-19 spread too fast to lift blockades in the UK," said Jeremy Farrar, a member of the government’s emergency advisory group.
India over the weekend said it would begin to relax the blockade order to more than 1 billion people starting in early June, despite having just experienced a record-breaking Covid-19 case.
Iran has announced that it will allow resumption of collective prayer activities, despite an increasing number of cases in the most serious epidemic zone in the Middle East.
According to AFP , after months of stagnation due to the epidemic, the economic losses from blockade and social gap are becoming more serious. Indian economic growth in the first quarter reached the lowest level in 20 years. Meanwhile, Canada, Brazil, France, and Italy witnessed the decline of GDP.
Epidemic makes poor people vulnerable. Pope Francis called for a "more just society" in the post-Covid-19 world and wanted everyone to act "to end the epidemic of poverty."
