Global coronavirus cases pass 15 million, more than a quarter in US

The American data makes grim reading with more than 140,000 deaths. FMTNews

A man reacts to a Covid-19 test at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston last week.

Trump has been a critic of lockdown measures and has argued in favour of reopening the economy even as death tolls have climbed. Australia and Hong Kong set new daily records for confirmed cases on Wednesday and Tokyo’s governor urged residents to stay at home during a forthcoming holiday as cases climb.

“What the government has put in place has been knee-capping,” restaurateur Sean Barber said during a protest in Johannesburg.Irish carrier Ryanair confirmed it will shut its Frankfurt base after pilots refused to take a pay cut. Irish carrier Ryanair said on Wednesday it would shut its base near the German business hub Frankfurt after pilots refused to take a pay cut.

Another leading candidate, developed in part by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, registered promising results from clinical trials this week.“We hope to be able to produce a vaccine by the end of the year … perhaps a little earlier if all goes well,” said Pascal Soriot.With the sporting world just about getting back on its feet, Olympic officials conceded on Wednesday that their hopes of holding the Tokyo 2020 Games next year rested on a vaccine.

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