China reported 101 new covid-19 instances on Wednesday in the last 24 hours, the highest since April, according to the National Health Commission (NHC), as Beijing expands nucleic acid testing and seeks new groups to proliferate in cities.
Fear has also gripped Hong Kong, which is at the height of a U.S.-China war in those days, whose leader Carrie Lam warned the city about the breaking point of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak and suggested others stay indoors as much as possible. .
Lam said: “We are on the brink of a large-scale network epidemic, which can lead to a collapse of our hospital formula and claim lives. I ask you to stick strictly to social distance measures and stay at home.
In China, 89 were reported in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang’s Uighur Autonomous Region, on a record single day. It brought the total number of infections in the province to more than 320.
Also on Wednesday, the BBC reported that U.S. Attorney General William Barr would go through a Covid-19 check since he recently contacted Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert, who tested positive. Barr reportedly met with Gohmert in his testimony before the House judiciary panel on Tuesday.
Coronavirus deaths in the United States increased to more than 1,200 on Tuesday, the largest accumulation of a day since May. California and Florida reported on Tuesday a record number of deaths in a day, which combined with 362 of the 1,227 new deaths.
U.S. President Donald Trump has vigorously defended the antimalarial drug HCQ as a remedy for Covid-19, hours after social media corporations got rid of videos selling its use as misinformation.
In Saudi Arabia, Muslims began hajj on Wednesday, surrounding Islam’s holiest site along socially remote paths of this year’s reduced pilgrimage.
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