The global death toll from the coronavirus approached 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India ...
FILE PHOTO: People hold crosses as they attend a tribute to the 100,000 victims of the coronavirus disease and a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File PhotoPARIS: The global death toll from the coronavirus approached 800,000 on Saturday , according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities.
Many public schools and universities reopened classrooms to students despite positive test rates of nearly 20 per cent in some parts of the country. Less than a week after welcoming students, some schools are switching to online-only learning due to a spike in infections.In India, the world's second-most populous country, COVID-19 deaths topped 50,000 on Monday, five months after the country reported its first coronavirus fatality.
"We have a disadvantage of globalisation, closeness, connectedness, but an advantage of better technology, so we hope to finish this pandemic before less than two years," he said. "We are at a very precarious stage where we could see the beginning of a nationwide second wave," Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said at a press briefing.
The Americas have borne the brunt of the virus in health terms, accounting for more than half of the world's fatalities. New daily US cases have been dropping sharply for weeks - but experts are unsure if Americans will have the discipline to bring the epidemic under control.
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