Worldwide cases now over 20 million
coronavirus
13 Aug 2020
/ 17:29
Worldwide coronavirus cases have surpassed 20.4 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. More than 12.7 million people have recovered from the virus and 745,000 have died.
- A surge in cases in Spain has prompted the authorities in the northwestern Galicia region to ban smoking in public places in cases where social distancing is not possible. Experts say smoking increases the risk of transmission as masks are not worn across the face and smokers project droplets when they exhale.
- German Health Minister Jens Spahn told ZDF television he expects that a COVID-19 vaccine could be ready in the coming months and definitely next year.
- A nurse in France was assaulted on a bus after she asked a group of teenagers to wear masks in Paris, say police. Two people have been arrested.
- The environment agency in Germany has called for classrooms to be ventilated for 45 minutes after every lesson. The guidelines say that offices and homes should also be ventilated with wide-open windows after every cough or sneeze.
- Ukraine has recorded a daily jump of 1,592 cases. Infections have increased rapidly in recent months as lockdown measures have been eased.
- German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp said its losses widened in the third quarter as a result of plant closures related to the coronavirus pandemic. The steel-to-submarines group booked a net loss of $800 million in the three months to June.
- Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, warned that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but also risks exacerbating existing conflicts and "fomenting new ones."
- Nearly six percent of people in England may have been infected with COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic, said researchers studying the prevalence of infections, saying that millions more people have tested positive for the disease.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has developed the first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus.
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- German Health Minister Jens Spahn told ZDF television he expects that a COVID-19 vaccine could be ready in the coming months and definitely next year.
- A nurse in France was assaulted on a bus after she asked a group of teenagers to wear masks in Paris, say police. Two people have been arrested.
- The environment agency in Germany has called for classrooms to be ventilated for 45 minutes after every lesson. The guidelines say that offices and homes should also be ventilated with wide-open windows after every cough or sneeze.
- Ukraine has recorded a daily jump of 1,592 cases. Infections have increased rapidly in recent months as lockdown measures have been eased.
- German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp said its losses widened in the third quarter as a result of plant closures related to the coronavirus pandemic. The steel-to-submarines group booked a net loss of $800 million in the three months to June.
- Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, warned that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but also risks exacerbating existing conflicts and "fomenting new ones."
- Nearly six percent of people in England may have been infected with COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic, said researchers studying the prevalence of infections, saying that millions more people have tested positive for the disease.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has developed the first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus.
CGTN Europe
