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Santiago, Jul 15 (EFE).- This capital was a hive of activity Thursday as Chilean authorities relaxed pandemic restrictions against the backdrop of a sharp decline in new Covid-19 infections.
The World Health Organization knows what the single most effective method of controlling an epidemic is: quarantining. It's complete isolation from other people, including those you'd normally live with and breathe around, to the fullest extent possible. In other words, keeping sick people away from every other person until they're not sick anymore and the chain of transmission has been broken. That means not going to work. It means not going to the grocery store. It means not socializing with friends. It means not having people over at your home. Maria Van Kerkhove Technical Lead for COVID-19, WHO But WHO officials say there's not a country in the world facing rising coronavirus cases that is actually practicing effective, systematic quarantining. New confirmed cases are rising particularly quickly in the US, UK, Italy, and Belgium. However, the increase is not limited to those spots.
Johannesburg (South Africa), 15 July (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Kim Ludbrook) Health authorities have ordered the preparation of graves in Johannesburg, in response to an expected rise in deaths from COVID-19. FOOTAGE OF EMPTY GRAVES IN THE MUSLIM QUARTER OF WESTPARK CEMETERY, JOHANNESBURG.
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
Dozens of shoppers rush into the Printemps department store in Paris for the start of the winter sales amid record numbers of Covid cases. IMAGES