PARIS, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:
– MORE THAN 715,000 DEAD: The pandemic has killed at least 715,343 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year.
At least 19.1 million cases have been registered in 196 countries
and territories.
The United States has recorded the most deaths with 160,104,
followed by Brazil with 98,493, Mexico with 50,517, Britain with
46,413 and India with 41,585 fatalities.
– US THREE-MONTH HIGH: Daily coronavirus deaths in the US surge to a three-month high of over 2,000. The last time the country recorded more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours was on May 7.
– INDIA TWO MILLION MILESTONE: The South Asian giant’s official case tally hits two million, doubling in three weeks as the pandemic sweeps into smaller cities and rural areas.
A record daily jump of more than 60,000 fresh infections has been
recorded, according to health ministry data, making India only the
third country to surpass the two million milestone after the United
States and Brazil.
– MORE LOCKDOWNS IN SPAIN: Spanish authorities order about 32,000 people into lockdown in the central riverside town of Aranda de Duero. The movements of residents will be restricted to the absolute minimum and they will be barred from entering or leaving the town.
It is the latest in a series of fresh local lockdowns in Spain, including in the Basque Country, and the regions of Catalonia and Aragon.
– GERMANY SHUTS TWO SCHOOLS: Just days after schools in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania became the first to reopen full time after the summer break, some 800 students are forced to head home from the Goethe Gymnasium in Ludwigslust after a teacher tests positive.
Separately, 100 pupils from a primary school in Rostock district
are placed under quarantine for two weeks after a pupil is confirmed
infected.
– FRANCE URGES CITIZENS TO ‘STAND FIRM’: France’s health minister urges citizens to “stand firm” and wear their face masks even in the midst of a heatwave. The country’s virus figures are trending upwards, with the number of people testing positive rising by 30 percent per week, double the rate of increase in testing.
– NO CLIMATE SILVER LINING: The unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions from lockdowns during the pandemic will do “nothing” to slow climate change without systemic change in how the world powers and feeds itself, an international team of researchers say.
– ACTION FOR BOLLYWOOD SENIORS: Bollywood actors and crew aged over 65 will be allowed to resume shoots, an industry official says, after a court in Mumbai overturns restrictions limiting the presence of older people on film sets. — NNN-AGENCIES
