The Spread of. the Corona Virus

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Coronavirus live news: cases worldwide growing by 1m per week with surge in the United States and Latin America

 

Latin American death toll expected to reach 390,000 by October; Texas hospitals near capacity; volunteers receive first doses of experimental vaccine

 

 

• WHO warns cases likely to reach 10m within days
• US records highest one-day total in coronavirus cases since April
• Global report: WHO warns of global shortage of oxygen equipment
• See all our coronavirus coverage

 

Frances Perraudin (now), Nazia Parveen and Helen Sullivan (earlier)

Thu 25 Jun 2020 11.15 BST

 

 

Passengers at the Se metro station in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil

Photograph: Sebastião Moreira/EPA

 

 

Key events

 

• 5h ago Summary
• 5h ago Eiffel tower reopens
• 5h ago Global report: WHO warns of global shortage of oxygen equipment
• 6h ago Cases pass 9.4 million
• 7h ago Army to door-knock Melbourne, Australia hotspot suburbs to offer free Covid-19 testing
• 8h ago US records highest one-day total in coronavirus cases since April
• 8h ago China reports 19 new cases, 13 of which are in Beijing

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jun/25/coronavirus-live-news-who-warns-of-global-oxygen-shortage-as-cases-rise-by-1m-per-week?page=with:block-5ef435058f089f533bbfabf2#block-5ef435058f089f533bbfabf2

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More young people infected with Covid-19 as cases surge globally

 

Greater social contact among under-40s suggested as cause of increase, but others say it is a sign of better testing

 

Peter Beaumont

Fri 26 Jun 2020 17.35 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Jun 2020 04.40 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/26/more-young-people-infected-with-covid-19-as-cases-surge-globally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU to restrict most US residents from visiting amid pandemic, reports say

 

Officials draw up ‘safe list’ of countries whose residents can visit, with Russia and Brazil also excluded

 

Sam Levin

Sat 27 Jun 2020 01.05 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/26/european-union-us-visitors-coronavirus

Edited June 27, 2020 by umbertino

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Global report: South Korea has Covid-19 second wave as Israel ponders new lockdown

 

New infections in and around Seoul; Spain reports 36 new outbreaks; New Zealand strengthens borders

 

Sam Jones and Charles Anderson in Nelson

Mon 22 Jun 2020 15.38 BST

 

 

Bathers at Sokcho beach, 130 miles from Seoul, South Korea

Photograph: Yonhap/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/22/coronavirus-global-report-new-covid-19-cases-surge-south-korea-israel

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Coronavirus live news: Brazil nears 1.5 million infections; South Africa cases surge month after restrictions lifted

 

Nigeria lifts lockdown in Kano; Philippines reports largest single-day increase in cases; Florida confirms 10,000 new cases in one day; cases worldwide close to 11m

 

• Global report: horror week for US as coronavirus records tumble
• 4 July celebrations increase risk of ‘superspreader’ events
• Brazil infections nearing 1.5m
• UK coronavirus updates – live

 

Damien Gayle (now); Jessica Murray, Caroline Davies and Helen Sullivan (earlier)

Fri 3 Jul 2020 13.39 BST

 

Key events

• 1h ago US included on England's Covid-19 'red list'
• 2h ago Coronavirus cases surge by nearly 8,000 in South Africa
• 3h ago US recorded new daily record for infections on Thursday
• 4h ago Philippines reports largest single-day increase of cases
• 7h ago Global report: horror week for US as coronavirus records tumble
• 7h ago Summary
• 7h ago Asian shares hit 4-month high
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Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/03/coronavirus-live-news-cases-rising-us-states-update-brazil-covid-19-infections-latest-updates

 

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‘It's a tsunami’: Covid-19 plunges Latin America back into poverty and violence

 

Years of social progress have been reversed by the virus, amid accusations that politicians have been fatally inept

 

Tom Phillips Rio de Janeiro

Sun 5 Jul 2020 07.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/05/its-a-tsunami-covid-19-plunges-latin-america-back-into-poverty-and-violence

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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro tested again for coronavirus

 

Media reports say rightwing populist is showing symptoms of disease

 

Reuters in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 7 Jul 2020 09.18 BST

 

 

Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters at a demonstration outside his presidential palace in May

Photograph: Joédson Alves/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-tested-again-for-coronavirus

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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

 

• Bolsonaro, 65, announces: ‘It came back positive’
• Far-right president has repeatedly trivialized pandemic

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 7 Jul 2020 16.45 BST First published on Tue 7 Jul 2020 16.16 BST

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-positive-test-brazil-president

 

Wishing him good luck ...Maybe he'll change his mind about a lot of stuff.....

 

 

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Italy could ‘section’ people who refuse treatment for Covid-19

 

Minister proposes mandatory hospital care as country grapples with fresh outbreaks

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Tue 7 Jul 2020 14.28 BST

 

 

Italian health personnel check passengers arriving on a flight from Bangladesh at Rome’s Fiumicino airport

Photograph: Mauro Scrobogna/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/italy-could-section-people-who-refuse-treatment-for-covid-19

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How Bolsonaro downplayed Covid-19 before, and after, he contracted the virus – video

 

 

Jair Bolsonaro has announced live on television he has tested positive for coronavirus - after months of repeatedly trivializing the pandemic and flouting social distancing guidelines.......

 

Wed 8 Jul 2020 08.29 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Jul 2020 14.25 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/jul/08/how-bolsonaro-downplayed-covid-19-before-and-after-he-contracted-the-virus-video

 

 

This is the President of the 2nd biggest country in the Americas...??????????? WTF

Edited July 9, 2020 by umbertino

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Kazakhstan Denies China's Claim Of New Deadly Virus

 

July 10, 2020

By Christopher RICKLETON

 

 

 

https://www.barrons.com/news/kazakhstan-denies-china-s-claim-of-new-deadly-virus-01594394705

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kazakhstan denies Chinese government report that country has 'unknown pneumonia' outbreak more deadly than Covid-19

 

By Jessie Yeung, Philip Wang and Martin Goillandeau, CNN

Updated 1008 GMT (1808 HKT) July 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/asia/kazakhstan-pneumonia-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html

 

 

DAMN...NOT AGAIN

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Coronavirus: Kazakhstan denies 'unknown pneumonia' outbreak

 

Kazakhstan has denied a report published by Chinese officials alleging that the country is experiencing an outbreak of an "unknown pneumonia"

 

 

10 July 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53363024

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bereaved urge EU chief to supervise Italian coronavirus inquiry

 

Relatives say there appear to be ‘signs of crimes against humanity’ in Lombardy region

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 13 Jul 2020 14.11 BST

 

 

An empty street in Alzano Lombardo on 5 March. Authorities failed to immediately quarantine the town in Bergamo province despite advice from scientists in early March

Photograph: Mourad Balti Touati/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/bereaved-urge-eu-chief-to-supervise-italian-coronavirus-inquiry

 

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Time to make masks mandatory? It's not just a US debate

 

PARIS (AP) — Amid pervasive backsliding on social distancing, Britain and France are weighing whether to require people to wear masks in public places. Scientists say the two countries' governments should have done so ever since they started easing lockdowns — like many other European nations did – instead of exposing their populations to the risk of infections from mass dance parties and summer vacationers who think there’s no longer anything to worry about

 

July 13, 2020

 

 

 

 

https://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/10033754-time-to-masks-mandatory-its-us-debate.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1

 

 

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Coronavirus symptoms fall into six different groupings, study finds

 

Exclusive: Findings could give medics advance warning for hospital care and respiratory support

 

Nicola Davis

Fri 17 Jul 2020 12.31 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Jul 2020 21.20 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/17/covid-19-symptoms-falls-into-six-different-groupings-study-finds-coronavirus

 

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Colombian cartels killing those who don't obey their Covid-19 lockdowns

 

Human Rights Watch calls on government to do more to protect civilians after at least eight murdered by armed groups

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Wed 15 Jul 2020 15.31 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/15/colombia-cartels-rebel-groups-coronavirus-lockdown-human-rights-watch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel returns to partial lockdown with immediate weekend shutdown

 

Government unveils measures after marathon emergency cabinet session as infections rise

 

Oliver Holmes, and Rosie Scammell in Jerusalem

Fri 17 Jul 2020 12.53 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/17/israel-returns-to-partial-lockdown-with-immediate-weekend-shutdown

Edited July 18, 2020 by umbertino

[Sage449]

Columbia, where no lives matter. Wow!! And people here think it's tough.

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1 hour ago, Sage449 said:

Columbia, where no lives matter. Wow!! And people here think it's tough.

 

 

Agreed.....Just wanted to share info on the situation...Doesn't mean I support cartels killing away....Obviously

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Brazil: A Message from Frei Betto

 

Posted by Internationalist 360° on July 17, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/07/17/brazil-a-message-from-frei-betto/

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frei_Betto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blood On Their Hands: The Human Cost of Foreign support for Bolsonaro

 

Posted by Internationalist 360° on June 23, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/06/23/blood-on-their-hands-the-human-cost-of-foreign-support-for-bolsonaro/

Edited July 18, 2020 by umbertino

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Governments around world eye tougher steps to fight virus

 

Signs of governments reassessing their coronavirus response were scattered around the world Sunday, with the mayor of Los Angeles saying the city was reopened too quickly, Ohio's governor warning his state is “going the wrong way,” Hong Kong issuing tougher new rules on wearing face masks and Spain closing overcrowded beaches

 

July 20, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/10045644-governments-world-eye-tougher-steps-to-fight-virus.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1

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Trial of Covid-19 drug given via inhaler 'very promising', say scientists

 

Researchers say SNG001 can reduce need for ventilation and improve survival chances

 

Nicola Davis

Mon 20 Jul 2020 13.43 BST Last modified on Mon 20 Jul 2020 14.40 BST

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/20/trial-of-covid-19-coronavirus-drug-given-via-inhaler-sng001-very-promising-say-scientists

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Revealed: Italy's call for urgent help was ignored as coronavirus swept through Europe

 

Exclusive: A litany of failings meant that when Italy faced disaster, its distress call to the EU met with a shocking silence

 

Wed 15 Jul 2020 07.02 BST First published on Wed 15 Jul 2020 00.03 BST

by Daniel Boffey Celine Schoen, Ben Stockton and Laura Margottini

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/revealed-the-inside-story-of-europes-divided-coronavirus-response

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'A wicked enemy': how Australia's coronavirus success story unravelled

 

Weeks ago, Australia was the envy of the world. Now it has more than 3,000 active coronavirus cases and Melbourne is in lockdown. What went wrong?

 

Josh Taylor in Melbourne

Fri 24 Jul 2020 14.03 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/24/a-wicked-enemy-how-australias-coronavirus-success-story-unravelled

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Netanyahu faces Israelis’ anger as virus surges and unemployment rises

 

Despite a prompt lockdown, the veteran leader is seen to have lost control of the crisis

 

 

Oliver Holmes, and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem

Published on Sat 25 Jul 2020 18.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/25/netanyahu-faces-israelis-anger-as-virus-surges-and-unemployment-rises

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Italy 'walking a fine line' on coronavirus infections

 

Contact tracing and compliance with safety measures have helped Italy achieve a stable, low rate of new Covid-19 infections

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Published on Wed 29 Jul 2020 06.00 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/italy-walking-a-fine-line-on-coronavirus-infections

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Coronavirus live news: Melbourne under curfew; worldwide cases near 18m

 

Hundreds of ‘mystery cases’ have forced decision in Australian state of Victoria; India records nearly 55,000 new cases; UK planning to avoid a second national lockdown;

 

• Coronavirus global report: ‘response fatigue’ fears as Mexico hits 9,000 daily cases
• Victoria announces stage four coronavirus lockdown in Melbourne

 

Jedidajah Otte (now), Ben Quinn and Helen Sullivan (earlier)

Sun 2 Aug 2020 16.14 BST

 

Key events

• 1h ago Total confirmed covid-19 deaths in English hospitals reaches 29,347
• 5h ago Thousands take to streets in protest over Israel's pandemic handling
• 6h ago Covid-19 infections in Philippines pass 100,000
• 8h ago Summary
• 9h ago Boris Johnson orders officials to draw up plan for avoiding second UK lockdown
• 9h ago Summary: New restrictions announced in Victoria
• 10h ago Victorian restrictions to last for six weeks, until 13 September 2020
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Live feed

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/02/coronavirus-live-news-victoria-faces-highest-lockdown-as-south-africa-cases-pass-500000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands demonstrate against Netanyahu as Israel protests gain strength

 

Crowds protest against alleged corruption and PM’s handling of coronavirus crisis

 

Oliver Holmes

Published on Sun 2 Aug 2020 16.12 BST

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/thousands-demonstrate-against-netanyahu-as-israel-protests-gain-strength

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Masks make us slaves': thousands march in Berlin anti-lockdown protest – video

 

Up to 17,000 people, including libertarians and anti-vaccination activists, have marched in Berlin to protest against Germany's coronavirus regulations.........

 

Sat 1 Aug 2020 19.54 BST Last modified on Sat 1 Aug 2020 21.44 BST

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/aug/01/masks-make-us-slaves-thousands-march-in-berlin-anti-lockdown-protest-video