Global cases doubled in last six weeks; deaths pass 650,000; Amazon’s treatment of workers investigated. Follow the latest updates
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Thursday this week will mark six months since the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic “public health emergency of international concern”.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Monday night, “This is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most severe,” saying that cases have roughly doubled in the last six weeks, as the pandemic “continues to accelerate.”
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Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
My name is Helen Sullivan and I’ll be bringing you the latest global developments for the next few hours.
Continue reading…Global cases doubled in last six weeks; deaths pass 650,000; Amazon’s treatment of workers investigated. Follow the latest updates 12.21am BSTThursday this week will mark six months since the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic “public health emergency of international concern”. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Monday night, “This is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most severe,” saying that cases have roughly doubled in the last six weeks, as the pandemic “continues to accelerate.” 12.10am BSTHello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. My name is Helen Sullivan and I’ll be bringing you the latest global developments for the next few hours. Continue reading…