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(Reuters) – The global number of coronavirus deaths exceeded 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters count, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the increase in the number of deaths.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
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EUROPE
UK medical principals said young people return to school after the summer holidays, warning that not attending school posed much greater dangers than getting COVID-19.
Coronavirus is circulating 4 times more in children under 40 in France than in those over 65, the health minister said, while warning that the infection is spreading among the elderly and also more vulnerable.
The Italian Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 1071 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, surpassing 1000 cases per day for the first time since May, when the government accepted inflexible blocking measures.
Nearly 1,500 volunteers dressed in face masks, hand sanitizers and tracking devices attended an indoor concert in Germany as part of a program to simulate the spread of coronavirus in giant meetings.
Americas
At least thirteen other people were crushed or suffocated when others tried to flee a Lima nightclub attacked by police because it opened up in violation of coronavirus restrictions, authorities said.
U.S. President Donald Trump accused members of the Food and Drug Administration’s “deep state” without offering evidence that they were running to slow coVID-19 vaccines through the November presidential election.
The scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is “underrepresented” and “poorly recognized” and limited, said Dr. Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization.
ASIA PACIFIC
Australia recorded 17 more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, but infections in Victoria State, that of all the most recent deaths, show a downward trend, the government said.
The South Korean government reported the largest buildup of coronavirus cases since early March, and said stricter social estrangement regulations would possibly be needed as epidemics continue to spread from a Seoul church and other gatherings.
Do you locate the terrifying pandemic? A Japanese organization tries to divert the attention of the other people from COVID-19, placing them in coffins surrounded by zombies wielding a chainsaw.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Saudi public sector painters will return to paintings on the site on August 30, state television, which he mentioned to the Ministry of Human Resources, which will ease additional restrictions on coronaviruses.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that young people aged 12 years use masks to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the same situations as adults, while young people aged six to 11 use them under a risk-based approach.
China has administered experimental coronavirus vaccines to the most infection-threatening teams since July, a fitness officer told state media.
China approved human testing for a possible vaccine opposed to insect cell-grown coronavirus, the local government of the southwestern city of Chengdu said.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
More than a portion of the Spanish corporations that closed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic have reopened, according to government data, suggesting that the economy is slowly recovering.
(Compiled via Frances Kerry)
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