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1.08am GMT
For a quick break from bad US news, here – for those who have déjà vu and those who have not – is the sheer delight that is the man Forbes has identified as Meka Anyanetu, celebrating following the announcement that Joe Biden had won the 2020 elections:
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12.56am GMT
China reported 33 new Covid-19 cases on 8 November, up from 28 cases a day earlier, the national health authority reported on Monday.
The National Health Commission said 32 of the cases were imported in people returning from overseas.
One of the cases was a local infection reported in Tianjin – a cold storage worker who had handled frozen pork from Germany. The city government is carrying out tests on some cold storage facilities and their staff.
The number of new asymptomatic cases fell to nine from 36 a day earlier, the commission said.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in mainland China now stands at 86,245, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634.
Continue reading…US currently has 9.49m confirmed Covid cases; October was worst month for pandemic; economic fallout makes prospect of third world war ‘a risk’. Follow the latest updatesUS confirms more than 126,000 Covid cases in new recordGlobal coronavirus cases pass 50m with US worst affected countryUK test and trace needs radical reform, experts sayCould a Covid vaccine bring back normality?Follow all our coronavirus coverage 1.08am GMTFor a quick break from bad US news, here – for those who have déjà vu and those who have not – is the sheer delight that is the man Forbes has identified as Meka Anyanetu, celebrating following the announcement that Joe Biden had won the 2020 elections: J’en chialle pic.twitter.com/e35nw2BQaa 12.56am GMTChina reported 33 new Covid-19 cases on 8 November, up from 28 cases a day earlier, the national health authority reported on Monday.The National Health Commission said 32 of the cases were imported in people returning from overseas.One of the cases was a local infection reported in Tianjin – a cold storage worker who had handled frozen pork from Germany. The city government is carrying out tests on some cold storage facilities and their staff.The number of new asymptomatic cases fell to nine from 36 a day earlier, the commission said.The total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in mainland China now stands at 86,245, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634. Continue reading…