The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center estimates that 178 million people worldwide have been infected with Cavid-19 and that 3.7 million people have died. The number of most infected people in the United States is 33.5 million. And then there is India, where 296 million people have been affected by corona. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called on European Union countries to keep a close eye on new strains of the coronavirus and to urge the EU to coordinate its policy on opening the border in the wake of the Cavid-19. Speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin before the dinner, the two leaders said, “We need to be careful that we do not have all the freedom this summer, but we do have a lot of freedom.” “Some countries have already opened their borders because of the tourism industry, but we must be careful not to re-import new strains of the virus,” Macron said. Macron outlined the situation in Britain and Merkel referred to Portugal to show how quickly the situation could change. Britain has delayed lifting the ban on the epidemic this week as the first known delta species in India has now spread to Britain, while Portuguese authorities have banned travel to the capital, Lisbon, due to the outbreak. Uganda also announced on Friday that it was imposing more stringent lacunae to prevent coronavirus infections. In the United States, President Joe Biden announced on Friday that 300 million doses of Cavid 19 had been vaccinated since he took office on January 20. But he plans to vaccinate at least 80% of Americans by July 4th, Independence Day.