UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the cordavirus pandemic only threatens progress in the fight against global poverty and peacebuilding, but the dangers exacerbate existing conflicts and generate new ones.
The UN leader said at a Security Council assembly on Wednesday that his March 23 call for a rapid ceasefire in global conflicts to combat the virus had led several wary parties to defuse or prevent fighting. But, he added, “unfortunately, in many cases, the pandemic has not led the parties to suspend hostilities or settle for a permanent ceasefire.”
Guterres’ predecessor as secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, told the Council that it was unexpected that the world had blocked billions of people, closed borders and suspended trade, but failed to stop conflicts.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
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A senior Federal Reserve official criticized the resolve of many states to reopen business this spring before fully controlling the virus, saying that those possible options had hampered the economic recovery in the United States.
— More than half of participating Milan fashion houses are preparing to present in-person previews for Spring-Summer 2021. Fashion houses next month will have social distancing and mask requirements.
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HERE’S MORE HAPPENING:
HELENA, Monte. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said his state will begin paying the additional $400 in weekly unemployment announced through President Donald Trump on an executive order over the weekend.
A federal payment of $600 expired at the end of July and Congress allocated the cash for additional payments, so it may take weeks for the federal government to provide counseling.
But Bullock said Wednesday that Montana will use part of its aid budget for the $1.25 billion coronavirus to begin offering more bills to the state’s unemployed.
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SANTA FE, N.M. – The school year is underway in some of New Mexico’s largest public school districts as teachers, academics, and parents face distance amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Albuquerque public schools began Wednesday when district schools distributed generations to students, made virtual home visits, and provided recommendations to staff, students, and families. The district of Las Cruces has defined its education, generation and nutrition protocols for a completely online start-up on Wednesday.
The return of students from New Mexico to school later in the year will have the speed of the pandemic in the state. The state reported 180 cases of COVID-19 and two deaths wednesday.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump reiterates his call for the reopening of the country’s schools, and again suggested that Congress drive the investment away from the long-term coronavirus of schools that will reopen this fall.
Trump made the statements Wednesday in a White House discussion with parents, teachers and doctors who said they supported a full return to the classroom.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Vice President Mike Pence also joined Trump, who said the health dangers associated with keeping young people at home are greater than those related to coronavirus.
Most of the country’s largest school districts plan to start the year with distance education as virus cases continue to increase.
As Congress denies a new series of anti-virus aid efforts, Trump has said that school investment passes to parents if their local schools do not reopen for face-to-face teaching. He said Wednesday that he needs the cash for the students, while Democrats need him to join the unions.
DeVos, a veteran of the school’s choice, added to Trump’s proposal. She says families want “options that are paintings for their children and their children’s education.”
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ROME – Italy asks for coronavirus tests for others arriving from Croatia, Malta, Spain and Greece after a series of new infections were recorded among Italians returning from their holiday homes.
A Ministry of Health order approved Wednesday stipulates that travelers arriving from those 4 countries must provide evidence of a negative check within the last 72 hours, go for a check on arrival or move on to the local Italian fitness service to be reviewed within two days.
The ordinance also adds Colombia to Italy’s blacklist: those who have visited Colombia in the more than 14 days are completely prohibited, as are those from a dozen other countries.
Italy was the former epicenter of the European epidemic and still sees between three hundred and 500 new cases a day.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice halted nursing home visits as shown and deaths from the new coronavirus continue to increase.
He said at a news convention Wednesday that lately there are virus outbreaks in 28 nursing homes across the state.
The court suspended visits to nursing homes in March and allowed them to resume in mid-June. But the number of virus-related deaths in West Virginia has increased 23 since Friday, bringing the pandemic overall to at least 153. Several deaths were reported this month at the Princeton Health Care Center retirement home in Mercer County.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose seeks to reassure the electorate that nothing, adding the coronavirus and skepticism about the mail vote that President Donald Trump pushed, will avoid the election and that they will be safe.
The Republican on Wednesday launched a 48-point electoral security plan about CDC rules to Ohio County’s 88 election forums that he strongly recommends, but does not require, dressing in a mask on Election Day.
He called that he was not dressed in a rude mask and, as if he were getting into his nose, “just disgusting,” however, he said his protocol was right for all voters. User voters who choose not to wear a mask will have options, add the option to vote outdoors or on the street, but will not be prevented from voting indoors if they wish.
LaRose stated that demanding a mask would violate people’s votes and impose an unfair burden on voting officials.
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ATLANTA – Georgia’s largest school district fought Wednesday to free up online learning for its 180,000 students, and parents complained that students simply adhere to the Gwinnett County system.
Meanwhile, Cherokee County quarantined 1,156 fellows after seeking internships at the school, adding about 330 fellows to yesterday’s total. They are at home because of imaginable exposure to coronavirus since the categories resumed last week.
Approximately 70 academics and the 40,000 district of Cherokee County testified positive for coronavirus, according to the knowledge published Wednesday on the district’s website. It is not known if some were inflamed at school.
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JACKSON, Mississippi – The Mississippi American Civil Liberties Union and the Mississippi Justice Center have filed lawsuits for considerations about the state absentee voting law.
The trial calls for a state-wide ruling to authorize absentee voting through other people with fitness disorders that may put them at greater threat because of the virus. Mississippi only allows absentees to vote for a few reasons. Applicants come with others who have had cancer or other conditions, in addition to lupus and asthma. Teams say the law is confusing and can be implemented unevenly during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawmakers have made a replacement that allows mail voting through other people quarantined with COVID-19 or concerned by a user inflamed with the virus. The trial says election officials can simply interpret the law elsewhere.
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ATHENS, Greece – The Greek fitness government has announced 262 new coronavirus infections, the highest number since the outbreak began.
Two deaths were reported, bringing the total number of deaths to 216. The total number of cases shown is 6,177.
Greece imposed an early blockade that kept the number of infections and deaths low. But the number of instances shown has increased significantly since the lifting of restrictions and the reopening of the country to foreign visitors.
The government has imposed new restrictions in some areas, adding the closure of bars, restaurants and cafes at some of the country’s major tourist sites between 7 a.m.
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil’s grandmother first died Wednesday after more than a month of fighting COVID-19 in a public hospital on the outskirts of Brasilia.
Maria Aparecida Firmo Ferreira, 80, grandmother of Michelle Bolsonaro, married to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. She had been hospitalized since July 1 after testing positive for coronavirus.
The fitness secretariat of the Federal District of Brazil showed his death.
President Bolsonaro and Michelle Bolsonaro were diagnosed with COVID-19 last month. The president, who has recovered, has minimized the severity of the virus.
Brazil has more than 3.1 million cases shown of coronavirus and more than 103,000 deaths, world ranking.
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BERLIN – Switzerland plans to allow public gatherings of more than 1,000 people at sporting events and concerts from 1 October.
Organizers will have to apply for permission and comply with the social distance.
Switzerland, one of the first countries in Europe to ban large-scale events on 28 February to combat coronavirus.
The Swiss government says any resolution to allow for individual occasions will depend on Switzerland’s 26 cantons (states) and will have the local viral situation.
Following its weekly Cabinet meeting, the Swiss government said that “this prudent reopening takes into account the wishes of society and the economic interests of sports clubs and cultural venues.”
Government officials must also make the mask mandatory on all scheduled and charter flights to and from Switzerland, starting on Saturday.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg opposed maruca abroad, adding countries to her list of European countries where the non-essential is not recommended.
The red list of Countries of Norway included the Netherlands, Poland, Cyprus, Iceland, Malta and parts of Sweden and Denmark, adding the Faroe Islands.
Norway had in the past included in the red list: France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria.
People in those countries should be quarantined for 10 days.
Last week, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health reported that almost all cases in Norway came here from abroad.
Norway has 9,750 shown and 256 deaths.
MADRID – The Spanish army is setting up a cash hospital in Zaragoza as the northern city struggles to prevent a further increase in coronavirus cases.
The Aragon region, house of Zaragoza, has led Spain in the seven days with 242 hospitalizations and 32 deaths by COVID-19.
The regional fitness government says the cash hospital is a precaution it deserves for hospitals to succeed in their capacity, as they did in many parts of Spain during the months of March and April, when the pandemic first hit.
Spain had controlled to control the virus until a stable build-up in cases in the northeastern and central regions in recent weeks.
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ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s fitness minister warns young people about the ease of coronavirus transmission.
The new instances have been in 3 figures for several days. Vassilis Kikilias tweeted that the average age of other people in poor health with the virus in Greece in August had been reduced to 36 years.
The government has imposed new restrictions on some areas, ordering bars and restaurants to shut between midnight and 7 a.m. in some of the country’s top tourist destinations.
Greece was first credited with managing the coronavirus epidemic well, imposing an early blockade that kept infections and deaths low. But he has noticed a resurgence of the virus after lifting restrictions and opening up visitors as he tries to encourage tourism.
On Wednesday, Greece reported 196 new cases of coronavirus and a new death, bringing the total number of infections shown to 5942 and the death toll to 214.