France confirms 37,575 coronavirus cases
Paris [France], Mar 29 (Sputnik/ANI): France has confirmed 37,575 cases of the coronavirus infection, up from 32,964 announced a day earlier, the French health agency said on Saturday. The number of COVID-19 fatalities reached 2,314 after 319 people died from coronavirus -related complications in the past 24 hours, according to the health authorities. There are nearly 600,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the world and the death toll has crossed 27,000. (Sputnik/ANI)
Italy sees 889 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, toll reaches 10,023
The number of coronavirus deaths in Italy has increased by 889 in the past 24 hours and the toll has reached 10,023, Angelo Borrelli , the head of Italy ‘s National Civil Protection Agency, said on Saturday. “[Over the past 24 hours] 889 people have died.
[Overall] 12,384 people have recovered. Compared with yesterday, the number [of recoveries] increased by 1,434,” Borrelli said. Italy confirmed 3,651 new cases of COVID-19 and the number of active coronavirus cases in the country reached 70,065, according to Borrelli. Italy has seen the highest number of deaths from coronavirus , which originated in China.
There are nearly 600,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the world and the death toll has crossed 27,000. (Sputnik/ANI)
Usage of masks “flattened” growth of coronavirus cases in Czech Republic
Prague [Czech Republic], Mar 29 (ANI): The growth of coronavirus cases has “flattened” in the Czech Republic ever since the country’s government has made masks compulsory, claimed data scientist Jeremy Howard . In the Czech Republic , the growth of news is low whereas in other parts of Europe the pandemic is largely out of control.
This occurred after the government announced it was compulsory to wear something covering a part of your mouth and nose when leaving your residences – such as a home-made mask or a scarf on March 18.
Howard claimed that “one of the key reasons for the decrease in the growth of the cases is a massive country-wide community initiative to create and wear home-made masks ,”. In just 10 days, the country went from no mask usage to nearly 100 per cent usage, with nearly all the masks made at home with easily accessible materials, like old t-shirts. The Czech Republic had 2,422 confirmed coronavirus infection cases till Friday, according to the data from the Health Ministry’s website.
As many as nine people have died from the infection that originated in China. The coronavirus has been wreaking havoc in European countries like Italy, France, and Spain. Italy has been worst hit the virus which has claimed the lives of 27000 people so far.
Howard claimed that in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan as theses countries are using masks to prevent the spread of the disease. “In South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan there is no lock-down. Yet COVID-19 is being controlled in these countries. How has this happened? One of the key reasons is that mask-wearing in public is ubiquitous and socially expected,” Howard said.
COVID-19: Netherlands orders to retract ‘defective’ Chinese masks from hospitals
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Mar 29 (ANI): Netherlands government has ordered a retraction of around 600,000 China-made masks from the Dutch hospitals as they are “defective” and do not provide any protection against coronavirus infection.
The country had ordered a batch of 1.3 billion so-called FFP2 masks from China. The Ministry of Health has ordered a recall of around 600,000 pieces of them as they have already been distributed to hospitals, Dutch’s NOS reported., The masks have been rejected by TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) because they do not meet the safety requirements.
The masks are already distributed among the hospitals. “The mouth masks that are not satisfactory are being retrieved,” the Ministry of Health told the NOS. “We have no overview of whether defective mouth masks have also been used in hospitals.”
Dutch public health agency RIVM said there were 9,762 people who tested positive for coronavirus in the Netherlands on Saturday, an increase of 1,159 over Friday’s total.
The agency added that 93 more people who tested positive later died, bringing the total number of Dutch fatal cases to 639. This comes as Spain and the Czech Republic reported that China has delivered faulty coronavirus test kits to these countries. (ANI)
