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Coronavirus World Update: 147,757 Deaths, 558,150 Recovered and 2,200,322 Cases

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Coronavirus World Update: 147,757 Deaths, 558,150 Recovered and 2,200,322 Cases

The world is undergoing a corona transition. The number of people dying from coronavirus is increasing daily. So far, over one lakh 45 thousand lives have been lost due to this virus and the number of infected patients has reached close to 22 lakh. At the same time, more than five lakh 47 thousand people have been cured. At the same time, in the most affected country America, the death toll from corona has exceeded 32 thousand and more than 6 lakh 67 thousand people are infected. On the other hand, 22,170 people have died in Italy, 19,130 ​​in Spain and 17,920 in France.

Coronavirus updates:

Britain will airlift stranded citizens in India with 17 flights:

The UK government on Friday announced the withdrawal of 4000 civilians stranded in India amid lockdowns from 17 additional charter flights next week.

585 died in the last 24 hours in Spain:

According to the news agency AFP, 585 people have died in the last 24 hours in Spain. The death toll from Corona in the country has reached near 19,500.

The number of infected in Pakistan crosses seven thousand:

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has proposed to take action through video conference in the cases in view of adjournment of hearing in several cases due to the absence of litigants and lawyers due to coronavirus.

Justice Qazi Faiz Issa suggested using forums such as Skype, WhatsApp, Telegram to deal with the situation and appealed to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to help resolve the case, Dawn reported.

He said that the possibility of preserving the recording of court proceedings should also be considered.

According to official figures, after the arrival of 497 new cases in the last 24 hours, the number of infected people in the country has increased to 7,125. At the same time, with the death of at least 11 people, the number of people who died from this infection has increased to 135.

The new smartphone app will inform about the transition:

Some scientists in the US are working on a smartphone app that can protect people 's privacy and tell if they have come in contact with someone who was found to be infected with the coronavirus.

A scientist of Indian origin is also included in these scientists.

A team of researchers including Mayank Waria of Boston University in the US is developing this app.

Using this app in Bluetooth-equipped cell phones, a person can be informed whether they have come in close contact with someone infected with Kovid-19.

Germany will produce 10 million masks every week:

Germany's Health Minister has claimed that one crore (10 million) masks will be made every week in the country from August.

Health Minister Jens Spahn said the coronavirus epidemic is under control again. Thanks to the one-month lockdown imposed after the initial boom in cases.

China revised the number of dead:

China abruptly revised its death toll on Friday and increased the death toll in Wuhan by 50 percent to a total of 3,869 people killed by the virus.

China admitted that in many cases there was a mistake in finding the cause of death or many cases could not be detected.

The government said via a post on social media that 1,290 more deaths have been added to the number of dead in Wuhan.

America Donated India about 45 million health aid:

The United States has given India about 45.16 million ($ 5.9 million) of health aid to prevent the spread of Kovid-19.

This aid is also being used in emergency preparedness and in raising new funding mechanisms to deal with this global epidemic.

In South Asia, the countries that the US has provided assistance to deal with Kovid-19 are Afghanistan ($ 18 million), Bangladesh (96 million dollars), Bhutan (five million dollars), Nepal (18 million dollars), Pakistan ( 94 million dollars) and Sri Lanka (1.3 million dollars).

Request to stop funding until WHO chief resigns:

Republican lawmakers requested President Donald Trump that the organization be funded by the United States on condition of the resignation of the World Health Organization (WHO) chief who failed to properly deal with the global epidemic.

17 Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said they had lost confidence in the leadership of WHO head Tedros Adnom Gebreyesus.

In a letter to Trump, lawmakers led by Republican Michael McCall said Director-General Tedros' HIV / AIDS had failed to deal with the world's biggest health crisis since the global epidemic.

More than 32000 people died in America:

The number of people who died due to Coronavirus in the US increased to 32,917 on Thursday.

According to data obtained from Johns Hopkins University, 4,491 people died due to infection in the last 24 hours, the highest number of deaths in a day due to the global epidemic.

These deaths include cases in which Kovid-19 is suspected to be the cause of death. These cases were not included in earlier figures.

This week, New York City announced that the death toll would include 3,778 cases of deaths in which the possible cause of the person's death is a global epidemic.

There were over 6,67,800 cases of infection in the US.

More than 22 thousand people died in Italy:

The Coronavirus has killed 22,170 people in Italy, 19,130 ​​in Spain and 17,920 in France.

IMF gave $ 1.4 billion to Pakistan:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given $ 1.4 billion in aid to Pakistan to help in the fight against the coronavirus.

Brazilian Health Minister dismissed:

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has removed his Health Minister from the post amid Corona disaster.

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