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12.19am BST
Covid-19 may have been circulating in the community for weeks, New Zealand’s top health official has said, as a potential ninth new case emerged overnight.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield, the director-general of health, said a new case had been identified at the country’s second-largest school, Mt Albert Grammar, which hosts 3,000 students.
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More than 2,500 new coronavirus cases were registered in France in 24 hours in the sharpest increase since May, government data showed on Wednesday, as officials said indicators were “clearly worsening”, AFP reports.
Of 600,000 tests over the past week, more than 11,600 were positive, the health ministry’s DGS public health division said.
Continue reading…Ninth case confirmed in student at New Zealand school; Russia vaccine not yet completed its final trials; global deaths climb towards 750,000. Follow the latest updates‘They’ve jumped the gun’: scientists worry about Russia’s Covid-19 vaccineNew Zealand begins mass testing as Australia records deadliest dayFrench and Dutch on alert over rise in casesUK economy plunges into deepest recession since records beganSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.19am BSTCovid-19 may have been circulating in the community for weeks, New Zealand’s top health official has said, as a potential ninth new case emerged overnight.Dr Ashley Bloomfield, the director-general of health, said a new case had been identified at the country’s second-largest school, Mt Albert Grammar, which hosts 3,000 students. Related: Covid-19 may have been circulating in New Zealand for weeks, as fresh case emerges 12.11am BSTMore than 2,500 new coronavirus cases were registered in France in 24 hours in the sharpest increase since May, government data showed on Wednesday, as officials said indicators were “clearly worsening”, AFP reports. Of 600,000 tests over the past week, more than 11,600 were positive, the health ministry’s DGS public health division said. Continue reading…