Mereja.Forum

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

በመላው ዓለም በኮሮና ተሕዋሲ የሚያዙ ሰዎች ቁጥር ከፍተኛ ጭማሪ አሳይቶ ቁጥሩን ከ1.5 ሚሊዮን በላይ አድርሶታል። በወረርሽኙ ጠንቅ የሞቱት ደግሞ ከ88 ሺ በላይ ኾነዋል። የዓለም የጤና ድርጅት ፣ ወረርሽኙን በቅርበት ከሚከታተሉ ዓለም አቀፍ ተቋማት እና ከየሃገራቱ የሚወጡ መረጃዎች እንደሚያመለክቱት ወረርሽኙ በተለይ በአሜሪካ እና በአውሮጳ ሃገራት ብርቱ ጉዳት እያደረሰ ነው። በአሜሪካ በተሕዋሲው የተጠቁ ሰዎች ቁጥር ከ400ሺ በላይ ሆኗል። በወረርሽኙ ክፉኛ የተጠቁት የአውሮጳ ሃገራት የተጠቂዎች ቁጥር አሁንም እያሻቀበ ነው። በስጳኝ 148,220 ፣ በጣልያን 139,715 ፣ ጀርመን 113,460 እንዲሁም በፈረንሳይ 112,950 ሰዎች በተሕዋሲው መያዛቸው ተረጋግጧል። ወረርሽኙ በጣልያን ያስከተለው የሞት መጠን አሁንም ድረስ ከዓለም ቀዳሚው ነው። 17,722 ሰዎች በዚኹ ጠንቅ ሕይወታቸውን አጥተዋል። በአሜሪካ 14,833 ሰዎች እንዲሁም በስጳኝ 14,792 ሰዎች ሞተዋል። ደቡብ አፍሪካ 1,845 ሰዎች በተሕዋሲው ተጠቅተው ከአፍሪካ በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ላይ አስቀምጧታል። አልጄሪያ በ1,572 ፣ ግብጽ በ1,560 ፣ ሞሮኮ በ1,275 እና ካሜሩን 730 ሰዎች በተሕዋሲው ተጠቅተው እስከ 5ኛ ደረጃ ተቀምጠዋል። በኢትዮጵያ 55 ሰዎች በተሕዋሲው ተይዘዋል፣ ሁለት ሰዎች ደግሞ በዚኹ ጠንቅ ሞተዋል።

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Coronavirus updates

• UK's Johnson remains stable: minister
• Taiwan protests accusations from the WHO
• UN delivers 90 tons aid to Venezuela

https://aje.io/rxpvh

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

China's Wuhan lifts coronavirus lockdown — in pictures

https://aje.io/hr6ql

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Malaysia reports 109 new coronavirus cases with 2 new deaths

Malaysia reported 109 new coronavirus infections, raising its cumulative total to 4,228 cases as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy grapples with the highest number of infections in the region.

The health ministry also reported two new deaths, raising the total number of fatalities to 67.
-------------------------------------------------

There are now some 1.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world. More than 88,500 people have died and nearly 330,000 have recovered.

For the second straight day, the US recorded nearly 2,000 fatalities while in Britain the daily death toll hit a record 938 over 24 hours.
---------------------------------

France saw its total number of dead climb over 10,000 as the country prepared to extend its strict lockdown measures. Spain and Italy still saw hundreds of deaths per day, despite tentative signs the disease may have peaked.

-----------------------------------

Coronavirus lockdown drives jump in vodka and whisky sales in Russia

Russian retailers have seen a sharp spike in alcohol sales in recent weeks with consumers rushing to buy vodka, whisky and beer at a time when Moscow and other regions have imposed partial lockdowns.

In the last week of March, vodka sales across Russia's largest retail chains jumped 31 percent in year-on-year terms, while whisky and beer purchases increased 47 percent and 25 percent respectively, Nielsen, a market research firm, found.

Sultan Khamzaev, head of Sober Russia which campaigns to reduce alcohol consumption, said the spike in sales was driven by long holidays, stress, fears that alcohol would run out, and a belief among many Russians that alcohol offers some protection against the new coronavirus.

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

South Africa's Ramaphosa defends WHO after Trump virus lashing

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown his support behind the WHO after it came under stinging attack from US leader Donald Trump over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

A statement from Ramaphosa's office late Wednesday said he "reaffirms his appreciation for the exceptional leadership" of World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, "from the very earliest stages of this unprecedented global health crisis".

Ramaphosa was speaking in his capacity as the current leader of the African Union (AU).

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Report 26

የኢትዮጵያ የኮሮና ቫይረስ ሁኔታ መግለጫ

Status update on COVID 19 Ethiopia

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Cats can catch coronavirus, study finds, prompting WHO probe

Study published in the Science journal also found cats can infect each other via respiratory droplets.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/ ... 42628.html

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

As many as 150 members of the ruling Saudi royal family infected with coronavirus: report

Read More - https://mereja.com/amharic/v2/250773

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Please wait, video is loading...

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ፣ ድብደባ፣ ግድያ፣ ስለላ - ኮሮናቫይረስ በአፍሪካ
-----------------------------------------------------------------
መንግሥታት በረራ በማቆም፣ እንቅስቃሴ በመግታትም ወረርሽኙን ለመቆጣጠር እየሞከሩ ነው። አፍሪካ ውስጥ እነዚህን እርምጃዎች የሚያስፈጽሙት ፖሊሶች ዜጎችን ሲዘልፉ፣ ሲደበድቡ ገፋ ሲልም ሲገድሉ ታይቷል።
የጸጥታ ኃይሎች ድርጊት፤ ማኅበረሰቡን ከኮሮናቫይረስ ለመጠበቅ የሚደረገው ጥረት የዜጎችን ሰብዓዊ መብት ወደመጋፋት እያመራ ይሆን? የሚል ጥያቄ አጭሯል።
https://bbc.in/3aXwl3F

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Liberia Declares State of Emergency, Lockdown to Fight COVID-19

Coronavirus updates:

• South Korea sees continued slowdown
• First case found among Yanomami people in Brazil
• US and UK suffer highest number of deaths in single day

https://aje.io/wgftl

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Eritrea: Financial contributions to bolster GOE measures on COVID-19 continue to flow from individuals, firms/ commercial enterprises in the country & our communities in the Diaspora...Eloquent and veritable testimony that the nation is marching in lock-step in these hard times!

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

COVID-19 drives Sub-Saharan Africa toward first recession in 25 years
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1% in 2020, the first recession in the region over the past 25 years, according to the latest Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the limits of societies and economies across the world, and African countries are likely to be hit particularly hard,” said Hafez Ghanem, World Bank Vice President for Africa. “We are rallying all possible resources to help countries meet people’s immediate health and survival needs while also safeguarding livelihoods and jobs in the longer term – including calling for a standstill on official bilateral debt service payments which would free up funds for strengthening health systems to deal with COVID 19 and save lives, social safety nets to save livelihoods and help workers who lose jobs, support to small and medium enterprises, and food security.”
The Pulse authors recommend that African policymakers focus on saving lives and protecting livelihoods by focusing on strengthening health systems and taking quick actions to minimize disruptions in food supply chains. They also recommend implementing social protection programs, including cash transfers, food distribution and fee waivers, to support citizens, especially those working in the informal sector.
The analysis shows that COVID-19 will cost the region between $37 billion and $79 billion in output losses for 2020 due to a combination of effects. They include trade and value chain disruption, which impacts commodity exporters and countries with strong value chain participation; reduced foreign financing flows from remittances, tourism, foreign direct investment, foreign aid, combined with capital flight; and through direct impacts on health systems, and disruptions caused by containment measures and the public response.
While most countries in the region have been affected to different degrees by the pandemic, real gross domestic product growth is projected to fall sharply particularly in the region’s three largest economies – Nigeria, Angola, and South Africa— as a result of persistently weak growth and investment. In general, oil exporting-countries will also be hard-hit; while growth is also expected to weaken substantially in the two fastest growing areas—the West African Economic and Monetary Union and the East African Community—due to weak external demand, disruptions to supply chains and domestic production. The region’s tourism sector is expected to contract sharply due to severe disruption to travel.
The COVID-19 crisis also has the potential to spark a food security crisis in Africa, with agricultural production potentially contracting between 2.6% in an optimistic scenario and up to 7% if there are trade blockages. Food imports would decline substantially (as much as 25% or as little as 13%) due to a combination of higher transaction costs and reduced domestic demand.
Several African countries have reacted quickly and decisively to curb the potential influx and spread of the coronavirus, very much in line with international guidelines. However, the report points out several factors that pose challenges to the containment and mitigation measures, in particular the large and densely populated urban informal settlements, poor access to safe water and sanitation facilities, and fragile health systems. Ultimately, the magnitude of the impact will depend on the public’s reaction within respective countries, the spread of the disease, and the policy response. And these factors together could lead to reduced labor market participation, capital underutilization, lower human capital accumulation, and long-term productivity effects.
“In addition to containment measures, we have seen that in responding to COVID-19, countries are opting for a combination of emergency fiscal and monetary policy actions with many central banks in the region taking important actions like cutting interest rates and providing extraordinary liquidity assistance,” said Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank. “However, it is important to ensure that fiscal policy builds in space for social protection interventions, especially targeting workers in the informal sector, and sows the seed for future resilience of our economies.”
The authors emphasize the need for a customized policy response to reflect the structure of African economies (especially the large informal sector) and the peculiar constraints policymakers currently face, particularly the deteriorating fiscal positions and heightened public debt vulnerabilities, and the overall low operational capacity to respond.
“The immediate measures are important but there is no doubt there will be need for some sort of debt relief from bilateral creditors to secure the resources urgently needed to fight COVID-19 and to help manage or maintain macroeconomic stability in the region,” said Cesar Calderon, Lead Economist and Lead author of the report.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic circumstances within countries and regions are fluid and change on a day-by-day basis. The macroeconomic analysis in the report is based on data available by the first quarter of March 2020.
The World Bank Group is taking broad, fast action to help developing countries strengthen their pandemic response, increase disease surveillance, improve public health interventions, and help the private sector continue to operate and sustain jobs. It is deploying up to $160 billion in financial support over the next 15 months to help countries protect the poor and vulnerable, support businesses, and bolster economic recovery.

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

India reports 12 new coronavirus cases in Bihar, raising state total to 51. 1 death, 16 recovered.

Finland extends coronavirus restrictions by one month to May 13.

Number of confirmed deaths from coronavirus reached 90,000 worldwide.

Indonesia reports 337 new cases of coronavirus and 40 new deaths. A total of 3,293 cases and 280 deaths.

UK PM Boris Johnson had a 'good night' in the ICU and continues to improve. He is in good spirits. - Downing Street

Belgium reports 1,580 new cases of coronavirus and 283 new deaths. A total of 24,983 cases and 2,523 deaths.

Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia has reached 10,000.

Coronavirus update, U.S.

- 33,347 new cases in last 24 hours
- 432,132 cases in total
- 23,906 recovered
- 14,768 deaths
- 35% of cases in New York
- Nearly 2 million tests performed

[Abdelaziz]

የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ፣ ድብደባ፣ ግድያ፣ ስለላ - ኮሮናቫይረስ በአፍሪካ
-----------------------------------------------------------------
መንግሥታት በረራ በማቆም፣ እንቅስቃሴ በመግታትም ወረርሽኙን ለመቆጣጠር እየሞከሩ ነው። አፍሪካ ውስጥ እነዚህን እርምጃዎች የሚያስፈጽሙት ፖሊሶች ዜጎችን ሲዘልፉ፣ ሲደበድቡ ገፋ ሲልም ሲገድሉ ታይቷል።
የጸጥታ ኃይሎች ድርጊት፤ ማኅበረሰቡን ከኮሮናቫይረስ ለመጠበቅ የሚደረገው ጥረት የዜጎችን ሰብዓዊ መብት ወደመጋፋት እያመራ ይሆን? የሚል ጥያቄ አጭሯል።
https://bbc.in/3aXwl3F

Look at this ugly, mentally retarded [ deleted ] cop beating the child trying to make a living. African police is worse than corona! I really want to kill every so-called police in that ugly, dark and dirty poor continent: chigaram yehonech maferia, land of monkeys!

[MINILIK SALSAWI]

Spain reported 619 new deaths, ending three days of decline in the daily toll and bringing the country total to 16,972.

Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus has risen by 619 on Sunday from a nearly three-week low of 510 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, breaking a three-day streak of daily declines.

The country's total death toll from the virus climbed to 16,972 from 16,353, the ministry said in a statement. Overall cases rose to 166,019 from 161,852.