MELBOURNE, Aug 3 — The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million today with the illness continuing its march, after Australia's second-largest city imposed a curfew to halt the spread. Six months after the World Health Organisation declared a global emergency, the virus has...
Monday, 03 Aug 2020 09:52 AM MYT
Six months after the World Health Organisation declared a global emergency, the virus has killed more than 687,000 people since it first emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources. “Anything short of this will see it drag on for months and months and months,” Victoria premier Daniel Andrews said of the outbreak.
Latin America and the Caribbean passed another milestone on Sunday as fatalities in the region climbed to more than 200,000, with Brazil and Mexico accounting for nearly three-quarters. “The WHO continues to assess the global risk level of Covid-19 to be very high,” the agency said, adding that the effects of the pandemic “will be felt for decades to come.”Mexico overtook Britain to become the third hardest-hit country in virus deaths — after Brazil and the United States — with more than 46,600 fatal cases.
In Europe, where many countries had hoped their outbreaks had been brought under control, Norway recorded its first virus death in two weeks and Switzerland reported its case numbers had crept up again.Thousands protested in Berlin over the weekend urging “a day of freedom” from the restrictions, with some demonstrators dubbing the pandemic “the biggest conspiracy theory.”
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