COVID-19 OUTBREAK SHOWS OVER 100 000 CONTAMNINATED WORLDWIDE IN 94 COUNTRIES

USPA NEWS - The new Covid-19 coronavirus has killed nearly 3,500 people worldwide since the end of December and infected more than 100,000 people. It is spreading "very worryingly" according to the World Health Organization.In France, nine people have died and 613 cases have been confirmed. 39 people in serious situation or in intensive care and the virus is now present in all regions of metropolitan France and in three overseas regions: Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana. Nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools will close for at least two weeks, in Haut-Rhin and Oise, two of the most affected departments. Cancellations of sporting and cultural gatherings and events continue. The Ligue 1 match between Strasbourg and PSG, scheduled for this Saturday, has been postponed. In China, 28 new deaths were recorded on Saturday and the number of cases has increased outside of Hubei province, the cradle of the epidemic. In the United States, 21 people are infected on board the Grand Princess, a cruise ship currently off the coast of California with more than 3,500 passengers and crew members on board.

In the UK, the government is asking older people to stay at home. According to several English media, the government should soon ask seniors to stay confined to your home to avoid the risk of being infected with the new coronavirus. Two people died after contracting COVID-19 in the country. Ten (10) new confirmed cases in Malaysia. These new cases of coronavirus contamination detected in Malaysia were in contact with a previous patient, already known, reports the television channel Channel News Asia. First case of coronavirus in Malta. The small island of Malta is also affected by the new coronavirus, the first positive case having been detected in an 12-year-old Italian woman, announces the Maltese Minister of Health Chris Fearne. The teenager arrived Tuesday from Rome after a trip to northern Italy, where most of the peninsula's cases are concentrated. She was in self-confinement when the first symptoms appeared on Thursday. The young Italian girl, her sister and her parents were hospitalized in an isolation unit. First case of coronavirus in Malta. The small island of Malta is also affected by the new coronavirus, the first positive case having been detected in an 12-year-old Italian woman, announces the Maltese Minister of Health Chris Fearne. The teenager arrived Tuesday from Rome after a trip to northern Italy, where most of the peninsula's cases are concentrated. She was in self-confinement when the first symptoms appeared on Thursday. The young Italian girl, her sister and her parents were hospitalized in an isolation unit.----------------------------------- Italy sends 20,000 reinforcements to its hospitals. To step up the fight against Covid-19, the Italian government will call on doctors, nurses and nursing assistants and double the number of places in the departments of pulmonology and infectious diseases. One infected case has been reported at the Vatican. The Pope will do his Sunday prayer by video, not in public. Pope Francis will deliver his traditional Angelus prayer from his library on Sunday, which will be broadcast live by video, and not from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced on Saturday, wishing to "avoid the risks of diffusion "of the coronavirus Source : AFP, Ouest France, BFM