The world in view: April 2

World
The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said one million people will be infected within days.
In the European morning: 930,000 infections and 46,800 deaths.
In the evening (of Europe) 1 million positives, 51,000+ died

Latin America
20,000+ cases

Argentina 
1,000+ cases, 28 deaths.

Australia
5,000+ cases, 23 deaths.
free childcare for key workers
Only two people together

New South Wales
lockdown 90 days

Belgium 
1,011 deaths,  15,348  cases
Of the 1,144 people in intensive care in Belgium, 906  on ventilators
Elderly tested positive showed no symptoms

Canada 
10,132 cases 127 deaths.

China 
82,381 cases, 3,316 deaths
More suspicion about under reporting cases

Cuba 
200 cases.

France
57,763 cases, 4,043 deaths

Germany
77,981 cases, 931 deaths

India
1,600 cases, 41 deaths

Iran
47,593 cases, 3,036 deaths

Israel
6,000 cases, 26 died.

Italy 
110,574 cases, 13,915 deaths

Japan
2,384 cases, 57 deaths.

Mexico
37 deaths, 1,378 cases.

Pakistan
2,291 cases, 31 deaths.

Peru
indroduces genderdays too

Russia 
3,548 cases

Saudi Arabia 
1,885 cases,21 deaths

Singapore 
1,000 cases, 4 deaths
local transmissions are a concern

Sri Lanka
143 cases, 3 deaths

Spain
104,118 cases, 10,003 deaths

Sweden
282 died 5,466 cases

Switzerland 
17,768 deaths

The Netherlands

14.697 (+1.083)    positives
1.339 (+166)         deaths
5.784 (+625)         admissions
Telephonedesk opened for psychosocial support
80% of the first admitted coronapatients had underlying diseases. 1/2 heart and vesselissues and/or lungdisease. 1/4 diabetes
Foreigners are asked to stay in their own country this springvacation, the dutch have been asked to stay at home.
2400 IC beds is the max, because there are not enough healthcareworkers for more.

Turkey 
15,679 infections

UK 
33,718  cases, 2,921 deaths

• 3,000 armed forces reservists are being called up
• Health Secretary Matt Hancock says £13.4bn of historic debt held by NHS trusts is going to be written off.
• new guidance on the protective equipment for NHS staff published today is "amongst the highest in the world".
• the first priority of testing has to be the patients "for whom the result of the test is the difference between life and death".
• a "brand new swab" is being developed with commercial providers.
• 5,000 NHS workers have now been tested across the various testing sites.
• understanding of people's level of immunity after having had the virus is still at an early stage.

England 2,698 deaths

Scotland 126 deaths

Wales 117 deaths

Northern Ireland  36 deaths.

USA
5,116 deaths, 215,417 cases
A Russian plane with medical supplies arrived in the US on Wednesday
3,740,688 gun background checks, compared to 2.8 million the previous month.
Los Angeles and New York City ordered  to wear masks
New guidelines to protect elderly.
The Defense Production Act will be activated, meaning that ventilators produced for The Netherlands can be kept in the USA and used there.

New York City
2,373 died

and..
Australia’s CSIRO science agency begun testing two potential vaccines developed by Oxford University and Inovio Pharmaceuticals. Other labs globally are also working on vaccines, but experts stress it will take time The vaccines have come from Oxford University and US company Inovio Pharmaceuticals. They'll be tested on ferrets,
Testing to see if 1) any of the vaccines work and 2) if they'd be safe for human testing.

WHO wearing masks is to be reassessed by a panel of advisers to the World Health Organization.

MS Zaandam and MS Rotterdam allowed to dock after all and healthy passengers have been send home.