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Nearly 25K cases in 1-day takes India corona tally to over 7.67L

Nearly 25K cases in 1-day takes India corona tally to over 7.67L

Published Jul 9, 2020

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New Jersey adopted a stringent

coronavirus face-mask order on Wednesday, and New York City

unveiled a plan to allow public school students back into

classrooms for just two or three days a week, as newly confirmed

US Covid-19 cases soared to a daily global record.

EUROPE

* The European Commission has struck deals with drugmakers

Roche and Merck KGaA to secure supplies of

experimental treatments for Covid-19, a Commission source told

Reuters.

* Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called on demonstrators

to stop attending anti-government protests in order to halt the

further spread of infections.

* Residents of Moscow will be permitted to visit the theatre

again from Aug. 1 for the first time in more than four months,

even as cases in Russia edged past the 700,000 mark.

AMERICAS

* Mexico posted a fresh record for new coronavirus cases

reported on a single day, with 6,995 infections, overtaking

Spain to register the world's eighth highest case count,

according to a Reuters tally.

* Argentina reported a daily record of 3,604 confirmed cases

of Covid-19 as the South American country grapples with rising

infections that are threatening its early success in stalling

the spread of the virus.

* The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans

to issue new guidelines for reopening schools, Vice President

Mike Pence said, after President Donald Trump criticized the

agency's recommendations as too expensive and impractical.

ASIA-PACIFIC

* Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian nations are struggling

with a surge in Covid-19 cases, which is now testing their

healthcare systems to the breaking point after they relaxed

tough lockdown restrictions in May.

* Thailand expects to delay plans for so-called travel

bubbles given a resurgence in infections in countries that had

managed to contain the initial outbreak, a senior official told

Reuters.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* In Africa, lack of coronavirus data raised fears of a

"silent epidemic".

* Nigeria's confirmed cases passed 30,000 on Wednesday, the

country's disease control centre said.

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS

* US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson aims to begin clinical

testing of its Covid-19 vaccine in the coming weeks and produce

billions of doses in 2021, Chief Executive Officer Alex Gorsky

said, but cautioned it would take more than one vaccine to rein

in the virus.

* Smiths Group will help produce a blood-based Covid-19 antibody test approved by Britain's healthcare

regulator.

* Gilead Sciences Inc said it has started an

early-stage study of its antiviral Covid-19 treatment remdesivir

that can be inhaled, for use outside of hospitals.

ECONOMIC FALLOUT

* Federal Reserve officials raised fresh doubts about the

durability of the US recovery, while new business surveys

highlighted developing risks from the relentless pandemic.

* Canada's budget deficit is expected to hit C$343.2

billion, the largest shortfall since the Second World War, the

finance department said.

* China's factory gate prices fell for a fifth straight

month in June, although signs of a pickup in some parts of the

sector suggest a slow economic recovery remains intact.

Reuters

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