The following are the latest developments related to the spread of the new Corona virus in the world, in light of the latest figures, new measures and notable events:
US President Donald Trump promised in a speech on Thursday evening to a huge crowd of invited people on the White House lawn to "crush" the Covid-19 epidemic with a vaccine that he confirmed will be produced by the end of the year and "hundreds of millions of doses of it will be quickly available."
To date, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 180,000 people in the United States, as opinion polls have shown that the majority of citizens are dissatisfied with the way the Trump administration has dealt with this unprecedented health crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her annual summer press conference Friday that dealing with the Corona virus will become more difficult in the coming fall and winter.
Germany, like many other European countries, has faced an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in recent weeks. An average of about 1,500 new infections are recorded per day, the highest rate since the end of April.
The French authorities announced Thursday that wearing a muzzle will be compulsory at all times in all streets of Paris, starting from eight in the morning on Friday, under penalty of a fine of 135 euros.
However, at the last minute, the authorities have exempted cyclists and joggers.
The new Corona virus has killed at least 832,336 people in the world since the WHO office in China reported the outbreak of the disease at the end of December, according to a census conducted by Agence France-Presse based on official sources at 11:00 GMT Friday.
More than 24 million and 509 thousand and 180 cases of the virus have been officially registered since the beginning of the outbreak, of which, to date, at least 15 million and 772 thousand people have recovered.
The United States is the country most affected by the number of deaths and injuries, with 180,857 deaths out of five million 869,692 injuries, according to the Johns Hopkins University census. At least two million 101,326 people have been cured.
On Sunday, South Korea expanded its health restrictions in force in the Seoul metropolitan area to cover its entire territory, closing beaches, restaurants, bars and museums and mandating sports events to be held without an audience.
The country has largely overcome the early outbreak of the virus through extensive tracking and testing, but it is now combating many new outbreaks of outbreaks mostly linked to Protestant churches, the last of which was in the greater Seoul area.
The Prosecutor´s Office in China announced the arrest of nearly 5,800 people since January, on suspicion of committing crimes related to the Covid-90 epidemic, including killing health workers, selling medical equipment with defects and lying about their travel records.
One of the cases involved a shopkeeper beating a shopper to death for not wearing a mask, and another for a driver who intentionally ran over health workers with his car.
The New York Museum of Modern Art "MOMA" reopened its doors after a nearly six-month closure due to the epidemic, but reservations were limited.
And "Moma" is the first major museum to reopen to the public in New York, the capital of American culture that has been severely affected by the virus.
