Hello and welcome to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks for joining us – it’s Helier Cheung, Josh Nevett and Alice Evans with you today.
Here is a summary of the top global stories:
- Wearing a face mask outdoors has become compulsory in busy parts of Paris, amid a rise in coronavirus infections in and around the French capital
- Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic, but new infections appear to be slowing down in Victoria state, which is under a strict lockdown following a second spike in infections
- Brazil has recorded more than 100,000 deaths linked to Covid-19, the world’s second-highest figure, as the outbreak in the country shows no sign of easing
- New Zealand has gone mote than 100 days without recording a locally transmitted case of Covid-19, but officials have warned against complacency
- US Health Secretary Alex Azar has hailed Taiwans Covid-19 response as the most successful in the world during a rare visit to the island
- As it stands, there have been 19.8 million infections and 731,000 deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic globally, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University
- Of the total number of infections worldwide, more than five million of them have been recorded in the US
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