– The United Nations has increased the number of appeals to fight the corona virus to $ 6.7 billion

– Democrats on the NY Board of Election challenge the return of the main president

– China says all regions of the country have been downgraded to low risk of the virus

– Brazil’s Ministry of Health for the first time said that locking would be needed to prevent the spread of the corona virus.

– The UK has become the second country to record more than 30,000 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic.

– Former CDC director: US will reach 100,000 virus deaths by the end of May ..

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is increasing its appeal to combat the coronavirus pandemic in vulnerable and vulnerable countries from $ 2 billion to $ 6.7 billion.

US humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock stressed that the peak of the pandemic is not expected to hit the poorest countries in the world for three to six months. But he said there was already evidence of earnings falling and jobs disappearing, food supplies falling and prices soaring, and children losing vaccinations and food.

Since the initial appeal on March 25, the US has said $ 1 billion has been raised to support efforts in 37 fragile countries to overcome COVID-19.

The renewed call launched Thursday included nine additional vulnerable countries: Benin, Djibouti, Liberia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Togo and Zimbabwe.

Lowcock said “in the poorest countries we can already see the economy contracting when export earnings, remittances and tourism disappear.

“If we don’t take action now, we must be prepared to face a significant increase in conflict, hunger and poverty,” he warned. “The scourge of some hunger appears.”

SEOUL, South Korea —— South Korea said it would expand the delivery of humanitarian masks to other countries amid the reduction in domestic corona virus cases.

The country’s food and medicine security minister, Lee Eui-kyung, told reporters Thursday that a total of 70 countries had requested the delivery of masks from South Korea.

Lee said South Korea would focus on helping countries with larger outbreaks that desperately need masks. He said diplomatic and security relations would also be considered before choosing which country would be supported by South Korea.

Lee said the South Korean government would buy masks for overseas provisions free of charge or allow domestic companies to export them. Since March, South Korea has largely banned mask exports.

Earlier Thursday, South Korea reported four more cases of the virus during the past 24 hours in the continuation of news cases in the country.

NEW YORK – Democratic state Election Council members appealed Wednesday for the restoration of federal judges over the election of the main president of New York.

An appeal by Council commissioner Andrew Spano and other members came a day after the June 23 primary was restored by US District Judge Torres Analysis in Manhattan, who said canceling it would be unconstitutional and revoking the drawn presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang from the right representatives at the Democratic convention. .

Torres said there was enough time before the main to plan how to do it safely.

Torres’s decision came after lawyers for Sanders and Yang on Monday argued that their clients would be harmed irreparably.

Asked for comments about the petition late Wednesday, Sanders lawyer Arthur Schwartz said it was disappointing and there was a safe way to have an introduction on June 23.

Democratic members of the State Election Council last week voted to cancel presidential elections even though New York still plans to hold congressional and state level elections on June 23.

BEIJING – China on Thursday said all wide areas of the country had been reduced from high to low risk of the virus, because the number of new cases had fallen to near zero and no new deaths were reported in more than three weeks.

The last area to be taken down was the Linkou region outside the city of Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang province bordering Russia and where the latest spike in cases was reported. Authorities closed emergency field hospitals in the region after the closure of land borders and tight social distance measures appear to have effectively brought the number of new cases to zero.

China’s National Health Administration reported Thursday only two new cases of the corona virus, both brought from abroad, and said 295 people remained in hospital with COVID-19. 884 other people are under isolation and monitoring because they are suspected as cases or have tested positive without showing symptoms.

In total, China has reported 4,633 deaths among 82,885 cases of the virus believed to have originated in the main industrial city of Wuhan late last year before spreading throughout the world.

SEOUL, South Korea – Military aircraft will be used to transport 500,000 masks aimed at US veterans from the 1950-53 Korean War when South Korea expanded efforts to help other countries deal with the corona virus while the outbreak itself slowed.

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that the C-130J cargo plane would depart from an airbase in the southern city of Gimhae on Friday.

The ministry said another 500,000 masks would be distributed to Korean War veterans in other countries through diplomatic offices and that they would be able to receive them in mid-May or earlier.

The South Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported four new cases of the virus and one more death, bringing the national total to 10,810 and 254 deaths. The country reported around 500 new cases a day in early March, but the last saw a daily jump of more than 100 on April 1.

South Korea has since banned the export of masks and distributed most of the masks produced domestically to pharmacies, where people are currently limited to buying three masks per week. The national rationing program is a drastic effort to calm public anger over the shortage, but officials say supplies have now stabilized and that the country can send more masks abroad at a level that does not interfere with domestic use.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Bars, retail stores and hair salons can be reopened starting next week and domestic travel is again permitted in New Zealand.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday outlined what the country was like under further easing of its lockout rules. Most countries will return to the similarity of normality. Senior lawmakers will decide on Monday whether to continue plans from Wednesday.

Under the plan, schools can be reopened starting the following week. State borders will remain closed. The meeting will be limited to 100 people and a social distance protocol will be required. Professional sports will start again, even without the crowds. The hair salon can be reopened but staff will be asked to wear masks and protective equipment. In bars, restaurants and other social venues, people need to sit individually, so it is not possible for certain businesses such as night clubs to reopen.

Ardern said it was important for the country to proceed cautiously and not make mistakes, saying it was like being halfway up Mt. Everest and no one wants to climb mountains again.

New Zealand has succeeded in reducing new cases of the virus to dripping, including two days this week when no new cases were recorded. In total, the country reported nearly 1,500 cases and 21 deaths.

MANILA, Philippines – A cruise ship that is the subject of an Australian criminal investigation to trigger a coronavirus infection has sailed into Philippine waters on its way to Manila to bring the Filipino crew home.

The Philippine coast guard said Thursday that Princess Ruby would drop anchor in Manila Bay, where at least 16 other luxury cruise ships have met since last month while waiting for more than 5,000 Filipino crew members to be tested for corona virus before descending.

Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said 214 Filipino crew on board, Princess Ruby would be tested.

Ruby’s daughter has been linked to 19 deaths in Australia and two in the United States. An Australian government investigation is being conducted as to why 2,700 passengers and crew were allowed to disembark in Sydney on March 19 before the results of the sick passenger test were known.

Many passengers fly from Sydney abroad. Two died at home in the United States, including Los Angeles resident Chung Chen, whose family sued Princess Cruises for more than $ 1 million for failing to remind passengers of the risks.

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s biggest airline says it will resume several suspended flights to North America, Europe and Asia next month to expand cargo transportation and prepare for the possibility of increasing travelers as countries ease their coronavirus restrictions.

Despite increased flights, Korean Air said Thursday that it would still operate only 32 of its 110 international routes in June.

The airline will continue flights to Washington, Seattle, Vancouver and Toronto next month and increase the number of weekly flights to San Francisco, Atlanta and Chicago.

For Europe, the airline will continue flights to Amsterdam and Frankfurt and increase flights to Paris and London. Flights to Singapore, Kula Lumpur, Myanmar in Myanmar and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam will also continue.

Korean Air said the coronavirus pandemic, which has destroyed global travel, has pushed South Korean airlines into an existential crisis and called for stronger government support. The company currently rotates 70% of its 20,000 workers with six months paid leave.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Authorities said some people deliberately ignored health recommendations by exposing themselves and others to coronavirus at the “COVID party” in the state of southeast Washington.

Meghan DeBolt, director of the Walla Walla District Public Health Department, told Union-Bulletin this week that contact tracing had revealed that some attended the meeting with the idea that it was better to get sick with a virus and solve it. New positive test results in the area have been produced from these parties.

“We asked about contact, and there were 25 people because:” We were at the COVID party, “DeBolt said.

Washington State Health Department officials on Wednesday released a statement that said gathering in groups amidst this pandemic could be very dangerous and put people at increased risk of hospitalization and death.

SAN DIEGO – A 57-year-old man in immigration detention died Wednesday due to complications related to coronavirus, authorities said, marking the first reported death of the virus among around 30,000 people in immigration detention.

The detainee has been held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego and has been in hospital since late April, said Craig Sturak, a spokesman for the San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency.

US Customs and Immigration Enforcement will not confirm or deny death. CoreCivic Inc., a private company that operates a detention center, did not respond to requests for comment.

SACRAMENTO, California – Millions of protective masks that will arrive in California this week as part of a state agreement with Chinese companies that are valued at nearly $ 1 billion have been postponed, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday.

The governor said the N95 mask made by BYD, an electric vehicle manufacturer with a California manufacturing plant, was stalled in the federal certification process. He did not elaborate further, and his office did not respond to requests for further information.

Last month, Newsom announced the agreement with fanfare, calling it a “brave and big” effort in the country’s struggle against the corona virus. He said the agreement would produce 500 million masks which are a mixture of traditional surgical masks and a more protective N95 model for the country over the next 2.5 months.

The state took the unusual step of paying around half the contract in advance to cover around 300 million N95 masks with $ 3.30 per mask. Payments are made to Global Healthcare Product Solutions, a subsidiary of BYD.

The price per mask was first reported on Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times and is based on purchase documents from the state treasury. The total contract also includes loose surgical masks, although details about it are not part of the initial payment, said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the Office of Emergency Services.

OLYMPIA, Washington – More than 60% of deaths from the corona virus in Washington are related to long-term care facilities and authorities say more than 250 locations in the state have reported at least one case of COVID-19.

The state’s COVID-19 response team released information on Wednesday showing that there were 507 deaths related to the facility last Saturday, which accounted for 61% of viral deaths in the state at the time. There were 2,894 positive cases related to care facilities, representing 19% of the total cases as of last week.

Nursing homes were devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s first deadly COVID-19 cluster occurred in the Seattle area care facility, where more than 40 people died.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order allowing employees throughout the California economy to file workers compensation if they were exposed to the corona virus.

It is assumed that the infection is work related unless the employer can prove otherwise. This assumption applies for the next 60 days and recedes until March 19, when Newsom first ordered all but important workers to stay at home.

He said the change was needed now as California prepares to loosen the order in the coming days and weeks. A state rating agency previously said such a decision could cost around $ 2 billion to nearly $ 34 billion a year.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Republican lawmakers trying to uncover Louisiana Governor John Edgar living throughout the state of the order at home is moving legislation that would keep the governor from enforcing restrictions.

The Democratic governor’s decision to extend his order at home until May 15 has sparked criticism from Republicans who prefer a parish-by-parish approach.

The House Committee voted on Wednesday 9-7 to advance a proposal to remove Edwards’ ability to punish businesses that did not comply with his orders, for 15 days of travel.

It must have the support of the House and Senate to take effect. And that can be debated in a few days.

Edwards will announce Monday if he reduces the May 16 limit, and he said he hopes he will be able to do it.

BRAZIL, Brazil – Brazil’s Ministry of Health for the first time said that locking would be needed to prevent the spread of the corona virus in the most populous country in Latin America, where deaths had reached new heights of more than 600 two days in a row.

Nelson Teich told reporters that locking would be important for parts of the country with high infection rates and crowded hospitals with more patients coming. He did not mention the name of a particular city or state.

Teich’s comments contrast sharply with comments over the past two months from President Jair Bolsonaro, who called the virus a “small flu” and criticized the closure of businesses ordered by the governor because it was more damaging to the country’s economy than the virus itself.

Teich took office last month when cases of the virus began to spread in Brazil. He promised to save lives and the economy and said at that time that he and Bolsonaro faced each other.

Brazil is the country hardest hit in Latin America by the corona virus. Experts worry that the situation will get worse, especially in overcrowded slums called favelas where more than 11 million people live in cramped conditions.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said schools must be reopened in most countries but it would be understandable if older teachers with health problems stayed at home.

Trump was asked about school in the Oval Office during the award ceremony for and with nurses.

Most schools throughout the country were closed in March and have shifted to distance learning until the end of the academic year. Reopening them is considered the key to making the economy move again.

This is the second time in two weeks Trump has agreed to the idea, citing how children fared during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a call with the governor last week, he said the country must “seriously consider” reopening schools before the end of the academic year.

“This is extraordinary,” he said, Wednesday. “We realize how strong children are. Their immune system might be a little different, maybe just a little stronger or maybe a lot stronger. Could be much stronger. We have learned a lot by watching this monster. “

The comments have sparked a reaction from the teachers’ union and others who said reopening too early would be dangerous for students and staff.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut colleges and universities can open at their own discretion, in stages between May 20 and September 1, with a massive COVID-19 test of students living on a residential campus, under a package of recommendations submitted to the Government. Ned Lamont.

However, the plan depends on certain benchmarks being met, such as a steady decrease in hospitalization in Connecticut and colleges and universities that have adequate testing supplies, face masks and personal protective equipment.

About 190,000 students are registered at tertiary institutions in Connecticut. They employ around 45,000 people.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has called on the Department of Justice to investigate alleged potential market manipulation and possible pricing by meat packing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump told reporters at the White House that he asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation.

Justice Department spokesman Kerri Kupec confirmed the president had asked the agency to investigate potential antitrust issues. Officials said the department had also received a number of questions from members of Congress on this issue.

The Attorney General for 11 Midwestern states also called on the Department of Justice to conduct a federal investigation. They noted in a letter to William Barr on Tuesday that the domestic beef processing market was highly concentrated, with the four largest beef processors controlling 80 percent of the industry.

They said the meat market could be “very vulnerable to market manipulation” especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

LONDON – Britain has become the second country to record more than 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.

Robert Jenrick, community secretary, told a government daily briefing that 649 people in Britain died in all settings, including hospitals and nursing homes, after being tested positive for coronavirus.

It took the official British death toll to 30,076, only behind the United States, which has more than 71,000 deaths related to the corona virus.

The British government is expected to extend lockdown restrictions on Thursday when they come for review, partly because deaths have continued to rise despite falling when measured over a seven-day period.

Tom Frieden, a former CDC director, testified at the DPR session that there would be 100,000 deaths in the United States at the end of May.

As bad as the crisis has happened, “this is just the beginning,” he said.

“Our fight against COVID will be long and difficult.”

Republic of Rep. Andy Harris from Maryland, a session participant, said reopening the economy can’t wait. “We are safer from death if we are not born,” he said.

LANSING, Mich. – The Republican-led Michigan Legislative Body demanded Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer, ask the judge to declare illegitimate and enactment of orders to stay at home and other measures issued to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in the state’s Claim Court, said a 1945 law giving the governor broad emergency authority to order such restrictions governs local declarations, not across states, as they have been since March.

This argues Whitmer needs legislative approval to extend the declaration and effectively maintain the direction of staying at home.

Orders have been in effect at least until May 15 and generally require people to take shelter on the ground except doing important work, exercising outdoors and buying groceries or other items.

Nearly 4,200 people in Michigan died from COVID-19 complications.