Brazil has recorded 758 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours and 41350 new cases, the Ministry of Fitness announced Saturday.
In Australia, the Queensland state government has added more locations to a public fitness alert in the southeast.
All Saturday’s cases were linked to a correctional service training academy at Wacol, taking the corrective services cluster to 19 cases.
“It’s unbearable that vandals and extremists should misuse it,” he said, calling on authorities to show “zero tolerance.”
Costa Rica’s government said on Saturday it has requested $1.75bn (£1.31bn) in financial assistance over three years from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the Central American nation’s economy has been reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
On July 12, Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado said his administration would begin negotiations with the IMF for a monetary aid program to offset the Covid-19 economic coup.
Details about the size of the aid package were not disclosed at the time.
In a letter dated August 29 to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Central Bank of Costa Rica President Rodrigo Cubero and Finance Minister Elian Villegas requested monetary assistance “in the form of a three-year agreement under the expanded financing mechanism” to $1.75. Bn.
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Authorities in Istanbul announced curbs on weddings and other ceremonies in Turkey’s largest city on Saturday as the number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths hit their highest level nationwide in more than two months.
From Monday, indoor weddings, engagement parties and circumcision ceremonies will be prohibited, the governor of Istanbul said, according to Reuters.
Children and people aged over 60 will be barred from outdoor ceremonies which still go ahead, it said.
“The number of patients in condition continues to increase,” Koca said in a tweet.
On Friday, Germany announced a minimum €50 fine for people caught not wearing face masks where it is compulsory.
Shia Muslims practice the solemn sacred day of Ashoura, which mark with large and bleak meetings, in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
In all containment spaces in the country, spaces where the number of infections is of maximum severity, strict blocking restrictions will be maintained, the government said.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire reiterated on Saturday that the government would do everything possible to “save everyone” and bankrupt.