WASHINGTON, July 23 — The number of coronavirus infections around the world passed 15 million yesterday with more than a quarter of those cases in the United States, where President Donald Trump warned that the pandemic was likely to get worse before it gets better. The US data makes grim reading...
Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside the Dharavi slums. ― AFP pic
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 yesterday 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. “It’s decimating our industry.”The crisis has left tens of millions unemployed around the world and crippled global commerce, prompting the European Union to agree an unprecedented €750 billion aid package for the hardest-hit member countries earlier this week.
The firm, which is looking to shed 3,000 staff in total, said the pilot’s union had “voted for job cuts and base closures when they could have preserved all jobs”. “If things continue as they are now, we couldn’t” hold the Games, said local organising committee president Yoshiro Mori.
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