JOHANNESBURG, July 13 — South Africa re-imposed a nationwide curfew yesterday while Spain’s Catalonia region forced hundreds of thousands of residents back into lockdown as coronavirus cases accelerated in many parts of the world. Since the start of July nearly 2.5 million new infections have...
New coronavirus infections have topped 12,000 per day — or 500 per hour — in South Africa in recent days, making it the fourth-biggest contributor to new worldwide cases after the United States, Brazil and India. — Reuters pic
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country faced a “coronavirus storm” that was “far fiercer and more destructive than any we have known before” as he re-imposed a night-time curfew and also a ban on alcohol sales barely six weeks after buying booze had become legal again. He opted for a dark mask bearing the presidential seal during a visit Saturday to wounded veterans in a hospital outside Washington.Surveys show most Americans are unhappy with how Trump, who is trailing Democrat Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the November election, has handled the public health crisis.Mickey masks
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday called on countries to adopt an aggressive approach to tackling the virus, citing successful efforts in Italy, South Korea and elsewhere.Despite yesterday’s lockdown move in Spain, life in parts of Europe has been returning to some semblance of normality, although the continent remains the worst affected with more than 202,000 deaths from over 2.8 million cases.
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