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World |
3,136,508 |
+76,562 |
217,813 |
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1,035,765 |
+25,409 |
59,266 |
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232,128 |
+2,706 |
23,822 |
|
|
201,505 |
+2,091 |
27,359 |
|
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165,911 |
+2,638 |
23,660 |
|
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161,145 |
+3,996 |
21,678 |
|
|
159,912 |
+1,154 |
6,314 |
|
|
114,653 |
+2,392 |
2,992 |
|
|
93,558 |
+6,411 |
867 |
|
|
92,584 |
+1,112 |
5,877 |
|
|
82,836 |
+6 |
4,633 |
|
|
72,899 |
+6,398 |
5,063 |
|
|
50,026 |
+1,526 |
2,859 |
|
|
47,334 |
+647 |
7,331 |
|
|
38,416 |
+171 |
4,566 |
|
|
31,324 |
+1,873 |
1,008 |
|
|
31,190 |
+2,491 |
854 |
|
|
29,264 |
+100 |
1,699 |
|
|
24,322 |
+295 |
948 |
|
|
24,258 |
+1,018 |
871 |
|
|
20,077 |
+1,266 |
152 |
|
|
19,877 |
+229 |
1,159 |
|
|
19,621 |
+695 |
2,355 |
|
|
15,728 |
+173 |
210 |
|
|
15,529 |
+852 |
1,434 |
|
|
15,357 |
+83 |
569 |
|
|
14,951 |
+528 |
14 |
|
|
14,612 |
+697 |
312 |
|
|
14,365 |
+552 |
207 |
|
|
13,736 |
+122 |
394 |
|
|
12,218 |
+316 |
596 |
|
|
12,208 |
+919 |
79 |
|
|
11,921 |
+677 |
10 |
|
|
11,616 |
+277 |
663 |
|
|
11,380 |
+541 |
89 |
|
|
10,752 |
+14 |
244 |
|
|
9,511 |
+415 |
773 |
|
|
9,410 |
+401 |
239 |
|
|
8,851 |
+153 |
434 |
|
|
8,497 |
+222 |
168 |
|
|
7,958 |
+181 |
530 |
|
|
7,660 |
+61 |
206 |
|
|
7,504 |
+59 |
227 |
|
|
6,738 |
+18 |
88 |
|
|
6,462 |
+549 |
155 |
|
|
6,416 |
+123 |
286 |
|
|
6,021 |
+242 |
167 |
|
|
5,949 |
+352 |
269 |
|
|
5,851 |
+31 |
100 |
|
|
5,042 |
+260 |
359 |
|
|
4,996 |
+203 |
93 |
|
|
4,740 |
+45 |
199 |
|
|
4,252 |
+132 |
165 |
|
|
4,127 |
+124 |
207 |
|
|
3,741 |
+12 |
89 |
|
|
3,649 |
+132 |
437 |
|
|
3,638 |
+157 |
103 |
|
|
3,440 |
+152 |
23 |
|
|
3,027 |
+192 |
25 |
|
|
2,938 |
+7 |
54 |
|
|
2,811 |
+88 |
8 |
|
|
2,649 |
+66 |
291 |
|
|
2,566 |
+32 |
138 |
|
|
2,131 |
+82 |
10 |
Adding to growing evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread through air, scientists have identified genetic markers of the virus in airborne droplets, many with diameters smaller than one-ten-thousandth of an inch.
That had been previously demonstrated in laboratory experiments, but now Chinese scientists studying real-world conditions report that they captured tiny droplets containing the genetic markers of the virus from the air in two hospitals in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak started.
Their findings were published Monday in the journal Nature.
It remains unknown if the virus in the samples they collected was infectious, but droplets that small, which are expelled by breathing and talking, can remain aloft and be inhaled by others.
Picnickers in Stockholm last week. Sweden has not restricted park use, and bars and restaurants have remained open.Credit...Andres Kudacki for The New York Times
When the government of Sweden defied conventional wisdom and refused to order a wholesale lockdown to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus epidemic, public health officials pointed to trust as a central justification.
Swedes, they said, could be trusted to follow social distancing protocols and wash their hands to slow the spread of the virus — without any mandatory orders.
And, to a large extent, Sweden seems to have been as successful in controlling the virus as most other nations. The country’s death rate of 22 per 100,000 people is the same as that of Ireland, which has earned accolades for its handling of the pandemic.
But on one warm spring day in Stockholm last week, there was little evidence that people were observing the protocols. Young Swedes thronged bars, restaurants and parks, drinking in the sun.
While other countries were slamming on the brakes, Sweden kept its borders open, left schools in session and placed no limits on public transport. Hairdressers, gyms and some cinemas have remained open.
Even as the number of coronavirus cases in the United States passed one million on Tuesday, President Trump and some businesses sought to ease restrictions that have severely limited daily life.
Mr. Trump on Tuesday night signed an executive order declaring meat processing plants “critical infrastructure,” and earlier this week told governors to consider reopening school districts before the end of the academic year. In the private sector, the country’s largest operator of malls has developed a plan to reopen 49 shopping centers across 10 states starting on Friday.
Still, many facets of American life seem sure to be crippled into the summer. Even with Mr. Trump’s encouragement, and weeks of growing impatience from parents and children, few governors are considering the idea of reopening schools before summer. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California did raise the idea that the next academic year might begin in July to make up for lost time.
For years, Greece has been seen as one of the European Union’s most troubled members, weighed down by a financial crisis, corruption and political instability. But in the coronavirus pandemic, the country has emerged as a welcome surprise: its outbreak appears to be far more limited than what was expected.
As the virus spread across Europe, many Greeks feared the worst: They would be the next Italy or Spain.
A supermarket in Tehran, this month.Credit...Ali Khara/West Asia News Agency, via Reuters
Iran is not only awash in unsold oil because of American sanctions and the global glut caused by the coronavirus. A precipitous drop in demand because of the pandemic has also hit the country with another immediate problem and a new scandal: millions of unsold chickens and the mass slaughter of baby chicks buried alive to reduce the supply.
It was not supposed to be this way at this time of year for Iran’s poultry industry, one of the largest in the Middle East. Ordinarily chicken sales peak over the month of Ramadan for the iftar banquets at homes and in restaurants, when Iranians break their fasts by dining on grilled saffron chicken and other staple specialties of the holiday.
In Hawaii, lounging or loitering on the beach is prohibited, but access to the ocean has not been banned.Credit...Caleb Jones/Associated Press
They called it the Covid-19 swell.
Spectacular waves more than 25 feet high barreled on Tahiti’s famed Teahupo’o reef that day a month ago. Audible from miles away, Teahupo’o — home of the 2024 surfing events of the Paris Olympics — normally echoes like thunderous Morse code, calling in the best surfers from every corner of the globe. They would have buzzed to the reef by the dozen, spilling out of boats and riding Jet Skis to tow into waves as film crews in helicopters circled above.
But this time, very few people were out. “Not even one boat,’’ said Tikanui Smith, a Tahiti local and professional surfer whose exploits at Teahupo’o have earned him multiple Ride of the Year nominations from the World Surf League.
Something similar happened as a southern swell broke at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz County, Calif., on April 9, the first day of what would be a weeklong beach ban. “All we could do was stand there and watch it break,” said Kyle Thiermann, a professional surfer. “On a day that good, usually there are 100 surfers in the water. It made me feel like I’d jumped in a time machine and landed in a time before surfing.”
From Bali to Brazil, Costa Rica to California, the pandemic has widely shut down surfing, either through outright bans on access to beaches or from the inability of surfers to travel to them. But enough spots remain open to foment a schism between surfers who are able to get in the ocean and those stuck at home.
The Cochrane Lodge II, a dormitory for foreign workers in Singapore, was designated as an isolation area.Credit...Wallace Woon/EPA, via Shutterstock
Singapore has seen a surge of coronavirus cases among migrant workers, after months of successfully controlling the outbreak. As of Tuesday, coronavirus cases linked to migrant worker dormitories accounted for 88 percent of Singapore’s 14,446 cases, including more than 1,400 new cases in a single day.
Many migrant workers live on the outskirts of the city in dormitories that can house up to 20 people per room, making it almost impossible to follow social distancing guidelines.
The New York Times
Warning that Russia has now entered the hardest stage of the coronavirus pandemic, President Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday extended until May 11 a nationwide lockdown that he first ordered in March.
Mr. Putin told a teleconference of regional governors that Russia had put a brake on the coronavirus outbreak but not yet reached the peak of infection, which means it needs to prolong restrictions on movement across much of the country.
“We must be very disciplined to stop the wave,” he said, assuring Russians that “the more rigidly the rules are observed the faster quarantine can be relaxed.”
From Nadine Schmidt in Berlin
Chairs are stacked on the tables of a cafe in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on April 27, amid the coronavirus pandemic. David Gannon/AFP/Getty Images
Almost a third of German companies say they can only survive for a maximum of three months under coronavirus lockdowns, a new survey has found.
According to the Institute for Economic Research (IFO), a Munich-based think tank, many companies see their existence threatened by the coronavirus crisis.
The survey found that if lockdown measures were to remain in place for extended periods of time, many companies would find it impossible to continue operations.
"These are worrying figures which point to a wave of bankruptcies ahead," Klaus Wohlrabe, an economist at IFO, said about the results.
From CNN's Julia Hollingsworth
Police in New Zealand enforced crowd control measures at a popular fast food outlet after large numbers of people rushed to buy burgers following a relaxing of the country's lockdown measures.
The country eased into level 3 restrictions on Monday and for many, it was a chance to finally eat the fast food they had been craving.
Long lines for take-out: Under the new restrictions, limited number of restaurants and cafes have been permitted to reopen. According to state-owned broadcaster TVNZ, that resulted in long queues of cars at KFC and McDonald's "drive-thru" outlets in Auckland, the country's biggest city.
And at one Auckland burger joint, the crowds were so large that the police were called.
"Day one of re-opening saw our BurgerFuel stores inundated with a stampede of customers, way beyond what we had anticipated," a spokesperson for BurgerFuel said in a statement.
From CNN's Sol Han and Helen Regan
Cars queue up for free drive-through coronavirus tests at Bondi Beach in Sydney on April 22. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
Australia has announced what it calls a groundbreaking partnership that secures 10 million Covid-19 test kits and pathology equipment supplied by Chinese company Beijing Genomic Institute (BGI).
So far, Australia has completed 500,000 tests. The additional 10 million tests will be distributed across the country from now until the end of the year and "equates to an almost 20 fold increase in testing," the government said in a statement.
The partnership is between the Australian government, the Minderoo Foundation -- owned by mining magnate Andrew Forrest -- and private pathology providers.
From Anna Kam in Hong Kong and Jaide Garcia in Atlanta
Australia has recorded a low number of coronavirus cases to date, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this does not mean success for the country.
"What does success look like in a Covid-19 world? It doesn’t just look like having a low number of cases, that’s welcome. But If we were to consider our success on Covid-19 as just having a low number of cases, that’s not good enough. And that’s not what our government is seeking to achieve," Morrison said in a news conference today.
"We have had great success in flattening our curve. But having a low number of cases but having Australians out of work; having a low number of cases and children not receiving in-classroom education; businesses not being open ... that’s not what success looks like."
Morrison encouraged citizens to download the CovidSafe app, a voluntary coronavirus contact tracing app that's designed to help health authorities trace people who may have come into contact with someone who has Covid-19.
Since its launch of Sunday, about 2.8 million people have downloaded the app, Morrison said.
From CNN's David Williams
Sydney McClean holds her pug, Winston, while a researcher swabs the dog's mouth for a coronavirus test. Courtesy Heather McClean
A North Carolina family's pug may be the first dog in the United States to test positive for coronavirus, according to researchers.
Three members of the McClean family contracted Covid-19 last month. Sydney McClean, the couple's daughter, was the only family member to never show any symptoms.
The family found out their dog, Winston, tested positive for the virus too after they participated in a Duke University study about Covid-19 aimed at trying to find potential treatments and vaccines.
"His (Winston's) amount of virus that we detected was very low, suggesting that he would not be a likely mechanism or vector of transmission of virus to either other animals or to, to humans in these households," said Chris Woods, the principal investigator of the study.
From CNN's Julia Hollingsworth
Less than a month ago, India's future looked dire.
Experts predicted that the country could expect millions of coronavirus cases. Doctors warned that India needed to prepare for an onslaught of cases that could cripple the country's ill-equipped health system.
Onlookers worried that the virus could spread like wildfire through India's slums.
But so far, the world's second-most populous country appears to have avoided the worst.
As of Tuesday, India had reported 31,360 coronavirus cases and 1,008 deaths, or about 0.76 deaths per million. Compare that to the United States, where the number of deaths per million is more than 175.
Some experts say that India's relatively positive numbers suggest the country's nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of Covid-19 could be working -- for now.
But the reality behind India's numbers is more complicated -- and experts caution that it is too early for India to congratulate itself.
D. Taylor, president of UNITE HERE, during a town hall meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on December 10, 2019, in Las Vegas. Krystal Ramirez/Las Vegas Sun via AP
The head of the union representing tens of thousands of casino workers in Las Vegas says all of those employees should be tested before the casinos are allowed to reopen.
"Nobody should have to choose between your life and your job. That's what we're being asked to do here,” said D. Taylor, President of UNITE HERE, the labor organization that includes the Vegas branch of the Culinary Workers Union.
“We're not rats in a lab to be tested," he said.
Earlier Tuesday, the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas put out a set of rules it's committed to follow when it restarts operations.
From CNN's Pete Muntean and Brian Rokus
A pilot walks by United Airlines planes as they sit parked at gates at San Francisco International Airport on April 12 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
United Airlines and American Airlines will begin to provide masks to passengers beginning in early May.
United said masks will be available for passengers on domestic and international flights but it won't be compulsory to wear them.
"We are not mandating that passengers wear a mask however we strongly encourage travelers follow CDC guidance to wear a face covering when social distancing is difficult," United Airlines spokesperson, Nicole Carriere said. "By providing the masks, we’re making it that much easier for them to do so."
American Airlines said it would provide masks "as supplies allow."
"In May, we will begin to distribute sanitizing wipes or gel and face masks to passengers, as supplies allow. Our flight attendants will be required to wear face masks on all flights, beginning May 1," the airline said in a statement.
On Monday, Jet Blue announced it will require all passengers to wear a face covering during travel starting on May 4.
From CNN's Chris Boyette
Elections Chief Inspector Mary Magdalen Moser runs a polling location in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in full hazmat gear as the Wisconsin primary kicks off despite the coronavirus pandemic on April 7. Derek R. Henkle/AFP/Getty Images
At least 52 people in Wisconsin who said they voted in-person or worked the polls for the US state's April 7 primary election have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Several of those people reported other possible exposures as well, Jennifer Miller, a department spokeswoman said.
The state's decision to hold in-person elections in the middle of a pandemic was roundly criticized by candidates and health experts, and turned into a bitter partisan battle.
From CNN’s Ghazi Balkiz in Beirut and Tamara Qiblawi
Tensions continue to flare in Lebanon as violent protests against economic hardship erupted again in Tripoli and other Lebanese cities on Tuesday, according to local and state media.
In defiance of a coronavirus lockdown, protesters in Tripoli threw Molotov cocktails at the central bank, set dumpsters on fire and hurled rocks and firecrackers at security forces. In turn, security forces responded with rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the protesters, who numbered in the hundreds.
At least seven people were taken to nearby hospitals and 15 others were treated at the scene, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter account.
Covid-19 restrictions worsen financial crisis: Lebanon's economy, like many others around the world, was brought to a screeching halt by a government-imposed lockdown designed to stop the spread of coronavirus. But the restrictions have further exacerbated the country's deep and long-running financial crisis.
Since a popular uprising gripped the country late in 2019, its currency has dropped and it defaulted on its debt for the first time. Now, after nearly two months of lockdown, food prices are soaring and the Lebanese lira is in free fall.
From CNN’s Paula Newton in Ottawa
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer CTV Network
Canada released a new epidemic snapshot Tuesday and updated modeling that shows its epidemic growth rate is slower than in most countries, including the United States, but also shows a death rate higher than earlier predicted.
Canadian public health officials say the epidemic growth is slowing. About a month ago it was doubling every three days but is now doubling every 16 days.
However, Canada is now reporting nearly 3,000 deaths from Covid-19, much higher than originally predicted.
“We are seeing the tragic paradox of the epidemic playing out,” said Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer during a presentation of the new modeling Tuesday.
Source：https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-04-29-20-intl/index.html
Government spokesman Piotr Muller told state radio on Wednesday, while adding that the novel coronavirus infections were still on the rise in the country, Reuters reports.
On Wednesday, the Polish government is set to announce its decision with regards to reopening some businesses closed until now due to the pandemic.
Summer holidays are traditionally held over July and August in Poland, but it is not entirely clear if that will be the case this year. The government has just extended school closures until 24 May.
The UK government’s plan to subsidise the wages of workers affected by the Covid-19 lockdown should be extended until at least autumn to prevent it from becoming a “waiting room” for redundancy, employers groups have argued.
Demanding the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, make urgent changes to protect workers, firms and the wider economy, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) said the Treasury’s multibillion-pound coronavirus job retention scheme needed to be made more flexible to allow furloughed staff to work reduced hours.
It also said the scheme should run until at least the end of September to help firms through continuing lockdown measures or the gradual easing of tough controls on social and business activity across Britain.
The BBC could put actors and directors in quarantine and remove the studio audience from Strictly Come Dancing under plans to help restart television production after the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the industry.
The proposals, which could affect everything from EastEnders to light entertainment and high-end dramas, are being considered as broadcasters face up to the prospect of enormous gaps in their schedules after much of British television production was stopped dead in mid-March.
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