Upgraded/ Sunday, 12 Jul 2020 13: 50
Here are the current developments in the coronavirus crisis.
More than 565,000 deaths
The pandemic has killed at least 565,000 people worldwide since it appeared in China late last year, according to an AFP tally today based on official sources.
The United States is the hardest-hit country with 134,815 deaths. It is followed by Brazil with 71,469, Britain with 44,798, Italy with 34,945 and Mexico with 34,730 deaths.
Sharp rise of infection cases
The pandemic has actually been speeding up sharply since the start of July, according to a count performed by AFP from official sources.
The three most significant daily worldwide increases in new cases were seen the other day (more than 230,000), Friday (more than 225,000) and Thursday (almost 220,000).
The number of declared cases worldwide – now at nearly 13 million – has doubled in simply a month and a half.
‘ Terrible’ renewal in Iran
Iran’s supreme leader calls the renewal of the virus in the country “really awful” and urges all citizens to help stem what has been the area’s deadliest break out.
Hungary gets tough on travel
Hungary’s government says it is barring travel from Africa, most of Asia apart from China and Japan, and limiting entry from numerous European nations after worldwide spikes in cases.
Indonesia outbreak
Almost 1,300 individuals at the Indonesian Army Officer Prospect School in the nation’s most inhabited province of West Java test positive and are quarantined, with 30 at first hospitalised with mild symptoms, an official states.
Of the 1,280 validated infections, 991 are cadets and the rest are staff and their relative. Most have no signs.
Trump uses mask in public
United States President Donald Trump wears a face mask in public for the very first time, wearing a dark mask with the governmental seal as he walks through the passages of Walter Reed military healthcare facility outside Washington to fulfill wounded veterans.
” I believe when you’re in a hospital, specifically because specific setting, where you’re talking to a lot of soldiers and individuals that, in some cases, just left the operating room, I believe it’s a fantastic thing to use a mask,” Mr Trump informs reporters.
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