More than 60,500 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the US on Thursday, marking the largest one-day increase by any country since the pandemic emerged in China last year.
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said on Friday that he has not briefed President Donald Trump in at least two months and not seen him in person at the White House since June 2, despite a coronavirus resurgence that has strained hospitals and led several states to pause reopenings.he was "sure" his messages were sent to the President even though the two have not been in close contact in the past several weeks.
"I'm trying to figure out where the President got that number," Fauci said. "What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1 per cent. And he interpreted, therefore, that 99 per cent is not a problem, when that's obviously not the case."The World Health Organisation reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 228,102 in 24 hours.
Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on the COVID-19 pandemic at the WHO, also said on Friday that airborne transmission of the new coronavirus had always been a concern but that droplets appeared to be the most common infection route. The Andean country has reported just under 134,000 cases of COVID-19 and 4714 deaths. More than 32 per cent of cases have occurred in the capital, along with a fifth of deaths.
The measures are a return to those declared in late March by President Ivan Duque as part of an ongoing national quarantine. The lockdown is set to continue until August 1, but many restrictions have already been lifted, especially in municipalities without any recorded COVID cases.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said tighter rules on wearing face coverings may be needed to stop a resurgence in COVID-19 infections, and that he would like to see them worn more frequently in shops in England.
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