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Trump: WHO must clean up its act or US will no longer be involved

President Donald Trump has said the WHO had to improve how it treated the US and other countries or Washington would pull out, doubling down on a threat made the previous day.

"They have to clean up their act. They have to do a better job. They have to be much more fair to other countries, including the United States, or we're not going to be involved with them anymore," Trump told reporters at the White House.

The president's comments came after he released a letter to the WHO on Monday saying it had to make improvements in the next 30 days or he would make a temporary freeze on US funding to the organization permanent and consider pulling out the body all together.

Wealthy countries failing Africa during pandemic, presidents say

Wealthy countries are failing Africa, with pledges of financial support and debt relief falling well short of the continent's needs as it battles the COVID-19 pandemic, several African presidents have said.

Developed economies have channelled trillions of dollars into health initiatives and economic stimulus at home. But the presidents - from Kenya, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Niger - said they could not afford such measures in their own countries.

"We're not in a position to protect companies, to preserve jobs. There's an injustice that is again being exposed by COVID-19," Senegal's President Macky Sall said during a virtual roundtable organised by the New York Forum Institute think-tank.

While Africa, with a limited capacity to test, has recorded just a fraction of the world's coronavirus cases, it has been hit hard by the economic fallout from global trade disruptions, falling oil and commodities prices and the lockdowns deployed to fight the disease's spread.

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Italy's daily death toll and new cases climb

Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy have climbed by 162, against 99 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases rose sharply to 813 from 451 on Monday.

The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on February 21 now stands at 32,169 the agency said, the third highest in the world after those of the United States and Britain.

The number of confirmed total cases is now 226,699, the sixth highest global tally behind those of the US, Russia, Spain, Britain and Brazil.

Sweden tops Europe deaths per capita over last 7 days

Sweden, which has opted for a more open strategy in combating the virus than other European countries, has the highest number of deaths in Europe per capita from the COVID-19 disease over the last seven days, data shows.

Sweden has kept most schools, restaurant and businesses open during the pandemic. While deaths are on the decline Sweden had 6.25 deaths per million inhabitants per day in a rolling seven day average between May 12 and May 19, according to Ourworldinsata.org. That was the highest in Europe and just above the United Kingdom, which had 5.75 deaths per million.

Over the course of the pandemic Sweden still has fewer deaths per capita than the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Belgium and France, which have all opted for lockdowns, but much higher than Nordic neighbours Denmark, Norway and Finland.

WHO states agree on COVID-19 response probe

World Health Organization member states agreed to an independent probe into the UN agency's COVID-19 response as US criticism mounted over its handling of the pandemic.

Countries taking part in the WHO's annual assembly, held virtually for the first time, adopted a resolution by consensus calling for an "impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation" of the international response to the crisis, including a probe of WHO actions and "their timelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic".

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Worldwide Update

Coronavirus Cases: 4,956,160

Deaths: 323,296

Recovered: 1,940,202

Active Cases

Currently Infected Patients - 2,692,662

in Mild Condition - 2,647,611 (98%)

Serious or Critical45,051 (2%)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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Worldwide Update

Coronavirus Cases: 4,956,160

Deaths: 323,296

Recovered: 1,940,202

Active Cases

Currently Infected Patients - 2,692,662

in Mild Condition - 2,647,611 (98%)

Serious or Critical45,051 (2%)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports

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R D Congo



Gabon : 1,502 confirmed cases, 12 deaths and 318 recoveries.



Sao Tome and Principe

last 24 hours of at least 6 rapid tests that resulted in 5 infected with the virus that causes Covid-19, and 1 negative case



54 African Union Member States reporting 88,855 cases, 2,848 deaths, and 34,109 recoveries.

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As of 20 May 2020, appx 1.725 billion learners are currently affected due to school closures in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
According to UNICEF monitoring, 156 countries are currently implementing nationwide closures and 29 are implementing local closures.

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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 797 to over 176,000

Brazil reports 17,408 new cases of coronavirus, 271,628 cases in total.
Brazil's largest daily increase by far.



France revised its total death toll from the COVID19 to 28,022 on Tuesday, down from 28,239 as the government adjusted data provided by regional health authorities 342 fatalities previously recorded in care homes had been reclassified as resulting from "other causes".

Which country has sucessfully flattened the curve from COVID19 outbreak ?

Total Days of Outbreak :

US 116
France 115
Canada 113
Germany 112
UK 108
Italy 108
Spain 107
Belgium 104
Brazil 82
Iran 89

*Graph of Daily confirmed new cases (5-day moving average)

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Worldwide Update

Coronavirus Cases: 4,989,019

Deaths: 324,958

Recovered: 1,959,149

Active Cases

Currently Infected Patients : 2,704,912

in Mild Condition : 2,659,464 (98%)

Serious or Critical : 45,448 (2%)

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COVID-19 could deepen food insecurity, malnutrition in Africa

Global economic output will be slashed by $8.5 trillion over next two years
The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security, which is likely to exacerbate the already considerable burden of malnutrition in Africa. The impact of the disease is expected to be greater among those grappling with food scarcity and malnutrition, while widespread food insecurity will likely increase due to movement restrictions.

https://www.capitalethiopia.com/capital ... in-africa/

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በርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን እና ኤርትራውያን ስደተኞች መናኸሪያ በሆነችው የናይሮቢዋ ኢስሊ በርካታ በቫይረሱ የተጠቁ ሰዎች መገኘታቸውን ተከትሎ መንግሥት ምንም አይነት እንቅስቃሴ እንዳይደረግ ገድቧል።

በአካባቢው የሚሰሩ በርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን የሚበሉት አጥተዋል፤ ትንሽ ሻል ያሉትም ቁርስ በልተው ምሳ መድገም ከብዷቸዋል። የቤት ኪራይ ሳይከፍሉ ትንሽ አቅም ካላቸው ጋር ተጠግተው የሚኖሩም አሉ።አንደኛው ኢትዮጵያዊም የቤት ኪራዩ በርካታ ቀናት ቢያልፍም የንግድ እንቅስቃሴው ቀጥ በማለቱ የሚከፍለው የለውም፤ ነገም እንዴት እንደሚከፍል አያውቅም።"አሁንም መስሪያዬን ነው እየበላሁት፤ ግን ቢሆንም አላማርርም። እናቴ እንደምትለው "የባሰ አያምጣ ነው" የሚባለው" ይላል።

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Continent wise Highest covid19 New Daily Cases

S. America 26,460

N. America 25,096

Asia 22,187

Europe 17,910

Africa 3,148

Oceania 12

New daily COVID19 cases by number of Country contributing daily new cases %

5000+ daily cases.
4 Nations = 55%

1000-4999 daily cases.
12 Nations = 27%

100-999 daily cases.
40 Nations = 16%

1-99 daily cases.
81 Nations = 2%

0 daily cases.
76 Nations = 0%

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COVID19 Daily Active cases growth in 24hrs,

19 May 39,124
18 May 36,718
17 May 32,233
16 May 37,736
15 May 40,068
14 May 46,583
13 May 23,053
12 May 9,101
11 May 34,294
10 May 36,157
9 May 30,915
8 May 50,228
7 May 48,912
6 May 29,957
5 May 34,594

COVID19 Global daily stats,

Date -- -- New -- Cure -- Death
14 May - 96,334 - 44,434 - 5,317
15 May - 99,405 - 54,265 - 5,072
16 May - 95,599 - 53,503 - 4,360
17 May - 82-,257 - 46,406 - 3,618
18 May - 88,858 - 48,695 - 3,445
19 May - 94,813 - 51,100 - 4,589

Active Total cases : 2,704,869

How are countries recovering?

1) Very well: Germany, S Korea
2) Slowly: Italy, Spain (data issues, J H U Systems
pls note) and slower France.
3) Yet to show overall recovery (Flatten The Curve ): US, UK, Russia, Brazil, India...since their ACTIVE cases are still rising...

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UAE to become first country in Gulf Region to manufacture and export its own N95 masks.

Somalia's Puntland state records 6 new COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours ,bringing the Puntland total confirmed cases to 161.The new cases were reported out of 24 laboratory tests. So far with 5 deaths & 7 recoveries.

US considers travel ban as Brazil becomes the world’s third-biggest hotspot Coronavirus. Brazil's coronavirus deaths reach daily record as crisis deepens


Continent wise Highest #covid19 new daily deaths

N. America 1,806

S. America 1,363

Europe 955

Asia 389

Africa 75

Oceania 1

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South America Highest COVID19 New Daily cases

Brazil 16,517
Peru 4,550
Chile 3,520
Colombia 640
Ecuador 569
Argentina 438
Bolivia 175
Paraguay 41
French Guiana 8
Uruguay 1

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ASIA Highest COVID19 New Daily cases

India 6,147
S.Arabia 2,509
Iran 2,111
Pakistan 1,841
Qatar 1,637
Bangladesh 1,251
Kuwait 1,073
Turkey 1,022
UAE 873
Afghanistan 581
Indonesia 486
Singapore 451
Bahrain 348

ASIA Most COVID19 Daily Deaths

India 146
Iran 62
Pakistan 36
Indonesia 30
Turkey 28
Bangladesh 21
Japan 19
S.Arabia 9
Yemen 8
Philippines 6
Afghanistan 5

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EUROPE Highest COVID19 New Daily cases

Russia 9,263
UK 2,412
Belarus 936
France 882
Italy 813
Spain 615
Germany 538
Sweden 422
Poland 383
Ukraine 260
Belgium 232
Portugal 223
Moldova 202
Romania 155

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Wealthy countries are failing Africa, with pledges of financial support and debt relief falling well short of the continent's needs as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, several African presidents have said.

WHO member states have agreed on an independent review of the global pandemic response at a virtual meeting of the World Health Assembly.

China has accused the United States of smearing Beijing and shirking responsibilities to the World Health Organization (WHO) after President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the UN health body.

Unemployment claims in Britain jumped by 69 percent last month as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and hit the labour market.

The US has set aside $11bn to ramp up coronavirus testing as the country reopens.

Globally, there have been more than 4.8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 318,800 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 1.8 million people have recovered.



Here are all the latest updates: https://aje.io/xannv

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The number of deaths in a single day reached a record in Brazil - the country with the world's third-biggest outbreak of coronavirus.

World Health Organization (WHO) member states agreed on a review of the global pandemic response at a virtual meeting of the World Health Assembly.

China has accused the United States of smearing Beijing and shirking responsibilities to the UN health agency after President Donald Trump threatened to quit the organisation.

Globally, there have been more than 4.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 323,000 people have died, according to the Johns Hopkins University. Almost 1.7 million people have recovered.

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Philippines reports 279 new cases, five deaths

The Philippines' health ministry recorded 279 additional confirmed coronavirus cases, the highest daily increase in nine days, and five additional deaths.

In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths had reached 842, while infections have risen to 13,221, with total recoveries rising 89 to 2,932.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque told a senate panel that the country is already facing a second wave of infections, with the first occurring in January when three Chinese from Wuhan tested positive of the virus.

Global number of cases surpass 4.9 million

The total number of positive cases worldwide exceeded 4.9 million, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University in the US.

While the global death toll stands at 323,345, nearly 1.7 million people have recovered from the disease.

Number of cases in Russia surpass 30,000

Russia reported 8,764 new cases, its lowest daily rise since May 2, taking the total number of documented infections to 308,705.

The country's coronavirus response centre said 135 people had died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll from the virus to 2,972.

Brazil records 1,179 coronavirus deaths, 271,628 confirmed cases

Brazil recorded a new daily record of 1,179 deaths from the new coronavirus, with a total of 17,971 total fatalities and 271,628 confirmed cases, the health ministry said.

Tuesday's death toll was the first time Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day.

France revises toll slightly downwards to 28,022

France has revised the total death toll from coronavirus infection downwards by 217 or 0.8 percent to 28,022, the health ministry said in a statement on its website said.

Deaths in hospitals were up by 125 or 0.7 percent to 17,714 but the casualty count in nursing homes was revised downwards by 342 or 3.2 percent to 10,308 as the ministry adjusted data reported by regional health centers, a ministry official said.

The number of confirmed cases increased by 524 to 143,427, an increase of 0.4 percent, slightly higher than the average 0.3 percent rise per day seen since the end of lockdown on May 11. On Monday, the number of cases rose by 483.