전세계 코로나19 사망자 30만 돌파... 유럽•미국 등지서 봉쇄조치 점점 완화<br /> <br /> The coronavirus has now killed over 300-thousand people worldwide.<br />Cases are surging in the U.S. and some European countries, but they're working to ease lockdowns, open their borders and restart public facilities.<br />Oh Jung-hee reports. <br /> The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 300-thousand on Thursday.<br />According to Worldometer, the number of confirmed cases around the world now tops 4-point-5 million.<br />302-thousand people have died and almost 1-point-7 million people have recovered.<br /> The U.S. and UK have the largest number of reported deaths, with 86-thousand and 33-thousand, respectively, followed by Italy, Spain and France.<br />One-thousand-3-hundred new deaths were reported in the U.S. on Thursday and over 400 in UK and Brazil.<br /> The virus is rapidly spreading in Russia -- confirmed cases spiked by almost 10-thousand in a single day on Thursday.<br />Italy also saw the biggest rise of cases and deaths in the past seven days.<br /> COVID-19's fatality rate in Italy stands at 14-percent.<br />On the African continent, total cases have topped 70-thousand... and nearly 25-hundred people have died.<br /><br />However, as countries see fewer daily new cases, a number of them are looking to ease lockdowns.<br /> The EU has unveiled plans for a phased reopening of borders to restart tourism this summer.<br />The continued lockdowns have had a significant impact on the sector,... with airlines around the continent forced to lay off tens of thousands of workers. <br />Tourism accounts for ten percent of the EU's GDP and twelve percent of the region's jobs. <br />Markets, museums and zoos in Belgium will be allowed to operate from next week.<br />And Italy has announced quarantine measures to reopen beaches in time for the summer.<br /> By Friday, at least 48 states in the U.S. will be partially running, as states lift stay-at-home restrictions.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. <br />
