Covid-19: Strict measures remain
in place over Easter weekend
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Governments are warning that there must not be a let up in
social distancing measures over the weekend amid the Covid-19 pandemic, while
Church leaders are asking people to following Easter services from their own
homes.
By Vatican News
This will be an Easter like no other as religious leaders
worldwide urged people to mark the most important time in the Church’s calendar
from the safety of their homes and authorities across Europe set up roadblocks
to discourage travel.
Governments are spelling out that hard-won gains against the
Coronavirus in a number of countries must not be put at risk by relaxing social
distancing over the weekend.
There is still no letup in the Covid-19 virus that has
ground much of the world to a halt. There has been a surge in deaths in Britain
and more new infections in Japan. The US and in particular New York is
continuing to be hit hard. On Thursday in the city 799 people died from the
virus.
Around the world the number of people who have died from
Covid-19 makes for grim reading. According to Johns Hopkins University 96,000
have lost their lives and confirmed infections have reached an estimated 1.6
million.
Unemployment and aid amid Covid-19
But the story doesn’t end there. The virus has also wrought
havoc on people’s livelihoods. Numbers released Thursday by the U.S. government
showed that 6.6 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week.
Meanwhile, governments from the 19 countries that use the
euro have approved a package of measures that could provide more than a
half-trillion euro to help companies, workers and health systems.
Despite the shocking daily death tolls, some countries are
seeing encouraging signs that this pandemic is stabilizing. France, Italy and
Spain have reported a drop in new infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
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