Corona virus infections rise to more than 8 million infections around the world

 Paris (ST) – The number of people infected with Corona virus has reached to more than 8 million, more than half of them reside in Europe and the US according to France Press Agency.

Since the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic last December, about 8000202 infections have been registered including 435176 deaths.

In Europe, the number of infections rose to 2417902 including 188085 deaths, and in the US the number amounted to 2110182 infections including 116081 deaths.

Since May 10, the number of infections has doubled  as more than one million infections were registered in the last 8 days.

The new infections came as Europe started to open its borders which have been closed for months to stop the spread of the fatal virus.

Germany, Belgium, France and Greece have opened their borders with the EU states considering that the pandemic has been controlled.

Meanwhile, scores of new infections have been registered in a market to the south of the Chinese capital Beijing. The World Health Organization said that more than 100 new infections were registered in China. The new wave of infections pushed the Chinese authorities to close several residential areas and sports and cultural centers.

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