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BEIJING, China (AFP ) — The new coronavirus outbreak that has infected 256 people in Beijing since early June is “under control”, officials in the Chinese capital said Wednesday, but fears still remain over the risk of community transmission. Authorities have raced to contain the outbreak linked to the largest wholesale food market in Beijing after the first case was announced on June 11, leading to a partial lockdown of the city. “The Beijing epidemic […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Indiana Pacers playmaker Malcolm Brogdon said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19, but he expects to join his teammates when the NBA resumes play in Florida next month. “I recently tested positive for the COVID virus and am currently in quarantine,” he said in a statement issued through the team. “I’m doing well, feeling well and progressing well. I plan to join my teammates in Orlando for the […]
by Leila Macor, with Julia Benarrous in Houston MIAMI, United States (AFP) — With coronavirus cases surging across the US South and West, officials are once again imposing tough measures, from stay-at-home advice in worst-hit states to quarantines to protect recovering areas like New York. Nearly four months after the United States reported its first death from COVID-19, the nation faces a deepening health crisis as a wave of infections hits young Americans and experts […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley has opted out of playing when the NBA resumes the 2019-20 season, telling ESPN he doesn’t want to risk his family’s health. Powered by four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James, the Lakers led the Western Conference at 49-14 when the league shut down March 11 after Utah’s Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. The season is expected to resume next month in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Coronavirus cases are surging across large parts of the United States and in Latin America, according to experts and figures, highlighting how far the world remains from stopping the pandemic as the global death toll neared half a million on Wednesday. Six months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, the International Monetary Fund was set to issue its latest growth forecasts later Wednesday. The World Trade Organization […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French authorities have closed two schools in Paris as a precautionary measure after the discovery of coronavirus cases but they have not been classed as potentially dangerous clusters, authorities said Wednesday. France, unlike some other European countries which have taken a much more cautious approach, on Monday resumed obligatory schooling for all pupils after the coronavirus shutdown. Some schools had already been open at least partially for several weeks after the […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s military was called in Wednesday to help tackle a coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne — a surge in infections that has rattled the country’s second-most populous city. Victoria has recorded double-digit increases in new daily cases for more than a week — mostly in the state capital Melbourne — representing a sizeable spike in cases in a country that has otherwise successfully curbed COVID-19. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the federal […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 32,295 while COVID-19 deaths hit 1,204 as the Department of Health announced that the positivity rate and the COVID-fatality rate have been going down. As of 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, there were 470 cases added, 357 of which are fresh cases while 113 were late cases. Most of the new cases added were from Metro Manila: 159 fresh cases and 66 […]
LONDON, United States (AFP) — Medical experts on Wednesday warned the British government to prepare for the “real risk” of a coronavirus second wave just a day after the biggest lifting yet of lockdown restrictions in England. “While the future shape of the pandemic in the UK is hard to predict, the available evidence indicates that local flare-ups are increasingly likely and a second wave a real risk,” said the experts in an open letter […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States added 792 deaths in 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tally showed Tuesday, as the country’s top infectious diseases expert warned there were “historic” challenges ahead. The world’s largest economy is the hardest-hit country by the pandemic, with 121,176 dead out of more than 2.34 million cases, according to the Baltimore-based institution at 8:30pm (0030 GMT Wednesday). Many states have largely lifted lockdown measures, and New York […]
by Femke COLBORNE and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Tuesday reimposed coronavirus lockdowns on more than 600,000 people and tennis world number one Novak Djokovic tested positive for the illness — two major setbacks in global efforts to restore a sense of normality to everyday life. The moves highlighted how quickly the virus can resurface and spread, and how much more nations will need to do to reassure […]
by Florian PLAUCHEUR Agence France-Presse CRUZEIRINHO, Brazil (AFP) — Cruzeirinho, a small indigenous village of wooden shacks deep in the Amazon, is nearly empty these days — all but five of its 32 families have fled into the rainforest to escape the coronavirus pandemic. A week’s trip by boat from there, the inhabitants of the Umariacu indigenous reserve are trying a different strategy against the virus. “Attention: indigenous land. Closed for 15 days,” says a […]
