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China says all Wuhan virus patients discharged
China says all coronavirus patients discharged in the city where the outbreak began, as global death tops 200,000.
by Zaheena Rasheed & Joseph Stepansky
an hour ago
China says all coronavirus patients discharged in the city where the outbreak began, as global death tops 200,000.
by Zaheena Rasheed & Joseph Stepansky
an hour ago
- The coronavirus global death toll exceeded the 200,000 threshold, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) warned against countries issuing so-called "immunity passports" to those recovered from COVID-19, saying there is no evidence yet the previously infected cannot be reinfected.
- Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered the partial lifting of a curfew in all regions of the kingdom, except in the cities of Mecca and Medina, as well as the previously quarantined neighbourhoods, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
- In the United Kingdom, an additional 813 people died in hospital after testing positive for the disease caused by the new coronavirus, bringing the country's total to 20,319.
- India allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas, a month after the country of some 1.3 billion people went into lockdown.
- Worldwide, the number of confirmed infections stood at more than 2.88 million people, with some 813,000 recoveries.