America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has warned the coronavirus pandemic is “far from over”, calling Covid-19 his “worst nightmare”.
The US now has more than two million confirmed cases of the virus, with 21 states recording rising numbers of infections.
Pakistan’s infections have soared past 5,000 as the World Health Organisation urged the government to impose a two-week lockdown to stem the relentless spike in new cases.
Pakistan has recorded 113,702 confirmed cases and 2,255 deaths. Prime Minister Imran Khan has faced criticism for easing lockdowns despite rising numbers and little progress in tracking Covid-19 outbreaks.
Malaysia reopened nearly all economic and social activities today after a nearly three-month lockdown successfully brought down viral infections.
Malaysians can now travel for domestic holidays, get haircuts and shop at street markets. Schools and religious activities also will gradually resume.
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South America’s coronavirus crisis continued to deepen as Argentina confirmed more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus for the first time, just days after it extended lockdown measures in the Buenos Aires.
The health ministry logged 1,141 new cases in the past 24 hours, as well as 24 deaths, pushing its totals to 24,761 cases and 717 deaths since the outbreak began in early March.
A Russian plant will recall a model of medical ventilators that was linked to two deadly hospital fires, the RIA news agency has reported.
The Urals Instrument Engineering Plant in the Sverdlovsk region where the Aventa-M ventilators were made said it would conduct additional inspections and tests.
