[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 177 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. One more death was also recorded.
France’s government said Sunday it plans to evacuate around 100 Covid-19 patients from intensive care units in the Paris region this week as hospitals struggle to keep up with a surge in cases.
The United States’ top pandemic advisor said Sunday that authorities were considering cutting social distancing rules to three feet (one meter), a move that would change a key tenet of the global fight against Covid-19.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,649,334 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019.
Dutch police used water cannon and horses to clear anti-government protesters in The Hague Sunday, the day before three days of voting starts in national elections.
Two people were arrested on the sidelines of a weekend protest against anti-coronavirus restrictions in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen, the police said Sunday.
As Americans mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic that transformed how business is done in the world’s largest economy, those whose jobs required them to show up to work as the virus raged told AFP of a year of fear and uncertainty.
