Rise in infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens
European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept away and there was uncertainty over whether many Europeans will quickly embrace travel outside their home countries.
Reopening continued in Mexico and Brazil despite cases climbing in the two largest nations in Latin America, where authorities struggled to handle the pandemic’s effect on already-weak medical systems. In the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence encouraged governors to highlight the “good news” around efforts to fight the virus despite several states reporting a rise in infections, which could intensify as people return to work and venture out during the summer.
The need for constant vigilance came into sharp focus as China, where COVID-19 first emerged in December, rushed to contain an outbreak in the capital of Beijing.
The head of the World Health Organization said more than 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported globally each day in the last two weeks, and countries that have curbed transmissions “must stay alert to the possibility of resurgence.”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that it took over two months to reach 100,000 reported cases, now a daily norm. Each day, nearly threefourths of the new cases come from 10 countries — mostly in South Asia and the Americas, he said.
Pence said in a private call with governors that except for a few places, the U.S. is
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A security guard checks the body temperature of a woman before entering a clothing market to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. seeing strong drops in virusrelated gauge what’s needed against hospitalization and possible virus flare-ups. mortality rates. In audio of Martin Hofman was dethe call obtained by The Associated lighted to board a flight from Press, Pence urged Dusseldorf to the island of governors to make it clear to Mallorca because he said his residents that “there’s a lot vacation couldn’t be postponed. of really, really good news.” “To stay in Germany was
White House officials have not an option for us,” Hofman played down the severity of said. “We are totally happy the virus surge in places like that we can get out.” Arizona and Texas. On MonIn Mexico City, residents day, the nation’s second-mostpopulated were free to drive without restate set a one-day strictions, and subway and bus high in hospitalizations of stations that had been closed coronavirus patients for the resumed service Monday as seventh time in eight days. the city of 9 million continued Arizona’s hospitals were at its gradual return. about 82% capacity. The reopening is based on
Meanwhile, Germany and hospital occupancy levels. As France dropped border checks of Saturday, the capital and nearly two weeks after Italy the surrounding state had opened its frontiers. Greece 74% of their hospital beds welcomed visitors Monday occupied. with passengers on flights President Andrés Manuel from other European countries López Obrador encouraged not having to undergo Mexicans to get out of the compulsory coronavirus tests. house and get the economy
The European Union’s 27 moving again. nations and other European “Health is the most important states aren’t expected to start thing, but at the reopening to visitors from same time, the economy, outside the continent until well-being, the return to at least the beginning of July coexistence, harmony and and possibly later. freedom,” López Obrador
Spain allowed thousands said as he began his second of Germans to fly to its Balearic weeklong road trip, this time Islands without a 14-day from the Gulf coast state of quarantine in a pilot program Veracruz. “We can’t let fear designed to help authorities overwhelm us.”
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