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(Reuters) – More than 4.02 million people were reported to be infected with the new coronavirus globally and 276,894 died, according to a Reuters count, at 0145 GMT on Sunday.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
* For an interactive graph that tracks global spread, open https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser.
* For a tracker focused on the USA. USA With state by county and state map open https://tmsnrt.rs/2w7hX9T in an external browser.
EUROPE
* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set up a five-tier warning system for the coronavirus in England when he describes plans to start slowly reducing the blockade measures, British media reported. Johnson is to make a televised speech at 1800 GMT on Sunday.
* New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany a few days after their leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could again spiral out of control.
* Russian authorities said they had registered 11,012 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the national figure to 209,688.
* A person was killed after a fire Saturday in a Moscow hospital that treats patients with coronavirus, authorities said.
PACIFIC ASIA
* South Korea warned of a second wave of the new coronavirus as infections recovered to a maximum of one month, just as authorities began easing some restrictions.
* The Chinese National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on May 9, the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than a month in Wuhan City, where the outbreak was detected by first time at the end of last year.
* Australia’s most populous state, home to Sydney, will allow restaurants, playgrounds, and outdoor pools to reopen on Friday, as extensive testing has shown that the spread of the coronavirus has slowed sharply, the first said. New South Wales State Minister.
* Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said the government is seeking to lift the state of emergency in “many of the 34 prefectures” that are not among those most affected by the coronavirus pandemic before the national deadline of Dec. 31. may.
AMERICAS
* Three senior officials who guided the United States’ response to the pandemic were quarantined on Saturday after contacting someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, their agencies and spokesmen said.
* Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a source said Saturday.
* Tesla Inc TSLA.O sued local authorities in California on Saturday when the electric car maker pushed to reopen its factory there and Chief Executive Elon Musk threatened to move Tesla headquarters and future state programs to Texas. or Nevada.
* Coronavirus patients were rejected from hospitals in the Mexican capital on Saturday as public and private medical facilities fill up quickly and the number of new infections continues to rise.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* The coronavirus could kill 83,000 to 190,000 people in Africa in the first year and infect 29 million to 44 million in the first year if it is not contained, the World Health Organization said.
* Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” starting at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) from Sunday to May 30, the Information Ministry said on Twitter on Friday.
ECONOMIC FLOLOUT
* China’s central bank said it will intensify countercyclical adjustments to support the economy and make monetary policy more flexible to defend against financial risks.
* Large Italian companies have applied for € 18.5 billion ($ 20 billion) in state-guaranteed loans to weather the coronavirus crisis, the state export credit agency SACE said.
* India’s fuel demand fell 45.8% in April from a year earlier as a national blockade and travel restrictions eroded economic activity.
(Compiled by Frances Kerry)
