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Total |
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World |
2,993,262 |
+73,858 |
206,915 |
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987,160 |
+26,509 |
55,413 |
|
|
226,629 |
+2,870 |
23,190 |
|
|
197,675 |
+2,324 |
26,644 |
|
|
162,100 |
+612 |
22,856 |
|
|
157,770 |
+1,257 |
5,976 |
|
|
152,840 |
+4,463 |
20,732 |
|
|
110,130 |
+2,357 |
2,805 |
|
|
90,481 |
+1,153 |
5,710 |
|
|
82,827 |
+11 |
4,632 |
|
|
80,949 |
+6,361 |
747 |
|
|
62,859 |
+3,663 |
4,271 |
|
|
46,895 |
+1,541 |
2,560 |
|
|
46,134 |
+809 |
7,094 |
|
|
37,845 |
+655 |
4,475 |
|
|
29,061 |
+167 |
1,610 |
|
|
27,890 |
+1,607 |
881 |
|
|
27,517 |
+2,186 |
728 |
|
|
23,864 |
+472 |
903 |
|
|
22,719 |
576 |
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|
19,262 |
+701 |
1,087 |
|
|
18,640 |
+463 |
2,194 |
|
|
17,522 |
+1,223 |
139 |
|
|
15,443 |
+145 |
201 |
|
|
15,225 |
+77 |
542 |
|
|
13,842 |
+970 |
1,305 |
|
|
13,624 |
+931 |
12 |
|
|
13,441 |
+210 |
372 |
|
|
13,331 |
+473 |
189 |
|
|
13,328 |
+605 |
281 |
|
|
11,617 |
+344 |
535 |
|
|
11,036 |
+401 |
619 |
|
|
10,728 |
+10 |
242 |
|
|
10,463 |
+873 |
72 |
|
|
10,349 |
+536 |
76 |
|
|
10,287 |
+929 |
10 |
|
|
8,882 |
+275 |
743 |
|
|
8,617 |
+492 |
209 |
|
|
8,575 |
+130 |
422 |
|
|
8,042 |
+263 |
156 |
|
|
7,579 |
+285 |
501 |
|
|
7,527 |
+34 |
201 |
|
|
7,404 |
+52 |
220 |
|
|
6,716 |
+21 |
83 |
|
|
6,135 |
+209 |
278 |
|
|
5,780 |
+38 |
98 |
|
|
5,538 |
+200 |
159 |
|
|
5,416 |
+418 |
145 |
|
|
5,379 |
+237 |
244 |
|
|
4,576 |
+101 |
190 |
|
|
4,546 |
+185 |
87 |
|
|
4,534 |
+215 |
317 |
|
|
4,065 |
+168 |
161 |
|
|
3,892 |
+112 |
192 |
|
|
3,723 |
+12 |
88 |
|
|
3,408 |
+104 |
96 |
|
|
3,382 |
+126 |
425 |
|
|
3,075 |
+183 |
20 |
|
|
2,922 |
+15 |
51 |
|
|
2,717 |
+116 |
25 |
|
|
2,647 |
+59 |
8 |
|
|
2,517 |
+11 |
134 |
|
|
2,500 |
+57 |
272 |
|
|
2,030 |
+14 |
55 |
|
|
1,998 |
+93 |
10 |
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, on his return to work after being released from the hospital, appealed on Monday for patience from the British public, giving no promises over when and how the country’s lockdown would be lifted.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street on his first full day of work, Mr. Johnson thanked the British people for their “sheer grit and guts” in dealing with the constraints, and said much progress had been made.
He called the coronavirus pandemic “the biggest single challenge this country has faced since the war,” and added that with fewer hospital admissions there were real signs that the country was “beginning to turn the tide.”
Inside Berlin Central Station on April 15.Credit...Emile Ducke for The New York Times
Face masks become mandatory for those using public transport and in most shops across Germany on Monday, as the country gradually reopens despite worries that the loosening of measures could be too much too soon.
Guidelines agreed to by federal and state governments allow states to make the final decision regarding store and school openings as well as the rules on masks, leading to a hodgepodge of policies across the country.
U.S. governors fear the lure of warm weather will undo progress.
Summerlike weather brought crowds to Newport Beach, Calif., on Saturday.Credit...Michael Heiman/Getty Images
A heat wave over the weekend in Southern California foreshadowed the likely challenges that lay ahead for governors and mayors trying to sustain social distancing efforts as spring turns to summer.
Despite pleas from state and local leaders to stay home, tens of thousands of people flocked to beaches that were open in Orange County on Saturday. Photographs of Newport Beach and Huntington Beach showed large crowds staking out patches of sand with beach towels and umbrellas. The Orange County Register reported that as many as 40,000 people went to Newport Beach on Friday.
In neighboring Los Angeles County, all beaches remained closed.
Deserted streets during the lockdown in Wellington, New Zealand, last week.Credit...Mark Tantrum/Getty Images
New Zealand’s retailers, restaurants, construction sites and schools will start to reopen Tuesday, five weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern deployed a “go hard and go early” approach that has led to a sharp decline in coronavirus infections.
The loosening of restrictions to a level three alert put an end to the country’s total lockdown after a week when the number of active infections in the country fell below 300. Only a single new case was reported on Monday.
The easing makes room for what some other countries already allow — such as carryout food, small shopping trips and outdoor exercise, but travel beyond where people live is still discouraged, and schools will be reopening only online at first.
Ms. Ardern praised New Zealanders’ efforts while also warning that eased restrictions did not signal a time to break out and celebrate.
Outside the closed Saleh Shrine in Tehran on Friday, the eve of the holy month of Ramadan.Credit...Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA, via Shutterstock
Under pressure from religious institutions, Iran’s government announced on Sunday that it would reopen some 127 religious sites, including shrines and mosques, in about a week around the country, which has endured one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.
President Hassan Rouhani said that Friday Prayer, canceled since the middle of March, would resume at the reopened sites but that protocols would have to be observed.
A cyclist in Milan last week. The Italian government has had to balance concerns about the economy and public health.Credit...Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times
After enduring the longest lockdown in Europe and one of the world’s most deadly coronavirus outbreaks, Italians have heard the details of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s plan to ease restrictions and reopen their economy starting on May 4.
“Now begins the phase, for everybody, of living with the virus,” Mr. Conte said Sunday night in a prime-time address, adding that a failure to respect social distancing would cause infections to climb again and the government to “close the tap.”
“If you love Italy,” he implored, “maintain distance.”
The government has had to constantly weigh Italy’s economic interests, and those of millions of struggling Italians, with the public health of the entire country. It has been an excruciating balance, but Mr. Conte’s government has decided that the country, which entered a lockdown on March 10, could not stay closed indefinitely.
From CNN's Simon Cullen and Hadas Gold
A police officer rides a bike as he patrols Victoria Park in London on April 25. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
The UK government’s coronavirus restrictions are confusing and are making the job of police even harder than it already is, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Federation chief Ken Marsh.
“My colleagues are the ones being asked -- on an hourly, daily basis -- to put this into practice,” Marsh told BBC Radio 5.
“And when you’re trying to ask two people not to sit on a bench, and my colleague looks over his or her shoulder and sees 300 people queueing to go to a DIY store without a piece of paper between them, then what do we do?”
He said there had been “mixed messages” coming from the government about what is allowed and what isn’t.
From CNN Health’s Arman Azad
Preliminary results from clinical trials of an experimental antiviral drug for coronavirus could come in a week, a top researcher said Sunday.
The final test results for the drug, remdesivir, aren’t expected until mid-to-late May, said Dr. Andre Kalil, a principal investigator for the trial. But he said the team might “potentially have some early data in the next one or two weeks."
Remdesivir was originally tested by Gilead Sciences as a potential treatment for Ebola, and it showed activity against the novel coronavirus in test tubes. But whether the drug is an effective treatment for Covid-19 remains unclear.
From CNN's Nadine Schmidt in Berlin
Volkswagen -- the world's largest carmaker by sales -- restarted work at its biggest factory, in northern Germany, on Monday.
In a statement, VW said 8,000 employees in the city of Wolfsburg began building cars again on Monday, under tight hygiene restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The company says it expects 1,400 cars to be built this week. Next week, production will be ramped up to more than 6,000 cars -- around 40% of pre-crisis levels.
"Step-by-step resumption of production is an important signal for the workforce, dealerships, suppliers and the wider economy," said Ralf Brandstaetter, Chief Operating Officer of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand.
"In terms of managing the crisis, though, this is just the first step. Additional momentum is needed to stimulate demand in Germany and throughout Europe so that production volumes can be successively increased."
The company says it has implemented extra hygiene measures at the factory. Employees are expected to check their temperature at home every morning, and to change into their overalls at home, to prevent crowding in factory changing rooms.
By CNN's Eric Levenson
Carlos Davis used to have about 200 clients drop by his CUT-ology barbershop in Albany, Georgia, every day. On Friday, the first day he was allowed to reopen since the coronavirus pandemic began, around 30 clients came in.
Wearing gloves, a construction face mask and a face shield, Davis said he was taking precautions to protect staff and clients. A piece of paper on the door outlined the mandatory guidelines, saying clients must wear a mask and gloves in order to enter.
Davis is afraid of the virus, but he also fears losing his business. "If I don't cut, I don't eat," he said.
Davis's decision to reopen comes as a number of states have begun to loosen stay-at-home restrictions -- even as the novel coronavirus continues to infect and kill people.
Across the country, more than 950,000 people have tested positive for the virus and more than 54,000 have died.
By CNN's Anna Kam
A medical staff member tests a shopper in his car at a pop-up community Covid-19 testing station at a supermarket carpark in Christchurch, New Zealand, on April 17. Mark Baker/AP
New Zealand claims it has"eliminated" the coronavirus as the country announced the easing of restrictions from "level four" to "level three," with new cases in single figures.
At a news conference on Monday, authorities reported one new case, four "probable cases" and one new death from the virus.
Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand's Director General of Health, said the low number "does give us confidence that we've achieved our goal of elimination, which -- that never meant zero but it does mean we know where our cases are coming from."
He added: "Our goal is elimination. And again, that doesn't mean eradication but it means we get down to a small number of cases so that we are able to stamp out any cases and any outbreak that might come out."
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the coronavirus was "currently" eliminated but that the country needed to remain alert and could still expect to continue to see new cases.
From CNN’s Aleks Klosok in London
Formula One's chairman Chase Carey says he plans to start the 2020 season in Austria in July, after the French Grand Prix was called off.
French Grand Prix organisers announced on Monday that it was impossible for the race to go ahead as planned on June 28. French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month expanded the country's ban on major events until at least the middle of July and imposed travel restrictions.
The 2020 season has yet to begin -- the French Grand Prix is the 10th race to have been canceled or postponed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Carey said in a statement that he was "increasingly confident with the progress of our plans to begin our season this summer" with a view to kicking off in Austria in July -- albeit in all likelihood behind closed doors.
He added: "We’re targeting a start to racing in Europe through July, August and beginning of September, with the first race taking place in Austria on 3-5 July weekend."
From CNN's Simon Cullen in London
A social distancing sign is seen at the entrance of Regent's Park in London on April 26. Alberto Pezzali/AP
The UK could experience more than 100,000 coronavirus deaths later this year if the government eases restrictions to focus on just protecting those most at risk, according to one of the country’s leading epidemiologists.
Neil Ferguson is one of the scientists who has been advising the government in its response to the pandemic.
"The people most at risk of death are in care homes or have other health conditions," Ferguson said in an interview with the 'Unherd' website.
"I am very sceptical we can get to the level of shielding which would make that a viable strategy,” he said, referring to the idea of easing restrictions for most people and focusing government efforts on those most at risk.
"If you just achieve 80 percent shielding -- 80 percent reduction in infection risk in those groups – we still project you’d get well over 100,000 deaths later this year."
The government is coming under pressure to ease some coronavirus restrictions.
From CNN's Madeline Holcombe
A new week in the coronavirus pandemic is beginning with a United States case count approaching 1 million and several cities and states preparing to loosen stay-at-home restrictions.
At least 54,883 coronavirus deaths and more than 965,000 cases have been recorded in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University.
As the numbers continue to climb, several state and city officials are expected to announce plans to reopen their economies this week. A University of Washington model frequently cited by the White House coronavirus task force suggests that no state should open their economies before Friday -- and many should wait much longer.
In New York, one of the hardest hit states, rates of hospitalization, intubation and deaths are down, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
From CNN's Jessie Gretener
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lays a wreath during an Anzac Day Commemorative Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia on April 25. Bob McKendry/Australian War Memorial via AP
Mateship, an egalitarian concept, is characterized by ingenuity, honesty, humor, courage and compassion. It calls on communities to come together during hardship, adapt to challenging circumstances and provide a fair go for all.
Anzac Day: For 15-year-old Australian Patrick Stibbard, mateship means looking out for one another. On Saturday, like millions of other Australians and New Zealanders, he stood on his driveway to commemorate Anzac Day and to the lives lost during war.
Traditional dawn services were canceled this year due to the coronavirus lockdown, but the 60 seconds of silence felt all the more poignant this year. It was a tribute not only to those who served and sacrificed on battlefields abroad, but also the frontline heroes fighting Covid-19 right now at home.
From CNN's Kaori Enjoji and Jill Disis
The Bank of Japan expects the country’s economy to contract by 3% to 5% this year -- a sharp departure from its forecast at the start of the year, which predicted slight growth.
The economy “is likely to remain in a severe situation for the time being due to the impact of the spread of the novel coronavirus at home and abroad,” the central bank wrote in a statement released Monday as it concluded a shortened policy meeting.
While it said Japan’s economy is likely to improve as the outbreak wanes, the central bank added that “future developments are extremely unclear.” Officials had earlier predicted growth between 0.8% and 1.1% for 2020.
Source：https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-04-27-20-intl/index.html
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