WASHINGTON: Daily coronavirus deaths in the US surged to a three-month high of over 2,000 on Thursday (Aug 6) and the number of cases passed 19 ...
The United States has recorded the most deaths with almost 160,000, followed by Brazil with nearly 100,000. Globally, 40 per cent of all cases have been notched in the two countries.
Such is the case in Europe where nations imposed new travel restrictions and containment measures with fears growing over a second wave of infections. FILE PHOTO: People sit at the terraces of beer gardens and restaurants, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Cologne, Germany May 21, 2020.
Switzerland, Monaco and the Czech Republic were also hit with similar restrictions, as well as two Swedish regions, the Norwegian foreign affairs ministry said. Poland will reimpose compulsory face masks in all public spaces in nine districts amid a new high in infections.
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