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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under a total blockade over coronavirus concerns, and declared a state of emergency to contain a potential outbreak, northern state media reported Sunday.
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Vietnam was once again on high alert for the coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Da Nang detected the country’s first case of local transmission in three months.
- Thousands of protests took to the streets of Jerusalem to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the alleged corruption in his government.
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Some 15.9 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while more than 641,000 have died, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. More than 9.18 million people have recovered.
Here are the latest updates:
Sunday July 26
01:04 GMT – North Korea’s Kaesong under blockade
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under a total blockade over concerns about the coronavirus and declared a state of emergency to contain a potential outbreak, the AP news agency reported Sunday, citing to the northern state media.
The step was taken after a person was found with suspected symptoms of COVID-19 in the city, the Korean Central News Agency said. She said the person is a fugitive who had fled to South Korea years ago before illegally crossing the border north early last week.
If that person officially declares himself a virus patient, he or she would be the first confirmed case of Northern coronavirus. North Korea has firmly said it does not have a single case of the virus on its territory, a claim questioned by outside experts.
01:00 GMT – Mexico reports 6,751 new cases of coronavirus, 729 new deaths
The Ministry of Health of Mexico reported that 6,751 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 729 additional deaths were reported, bringing the total in the country to 385,036 cases and 43,374 total deaths.
The government has said that the actual number of infected people is probably significantly higher than confirmed cases, according to the Reuters news agency.
00:29 GMT – Brazil registers 1,211 deaths from coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health
Brazil recorded 1,211 additional deaths attributable to the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours and another 51,147 confirmed cases, the Reuters news agency reported, citing the health ministry.
The South American nation has recorded 86,449 deaths and 2,394,513 confirmed cases in total at the end of Saturday.
00:16 GMT – Israelis protest against the handling of the Netanyahu pandemic
Police use water cannons during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption and his government’s handling of the coronavirus illness crisis near his residence in Jerusalem early Sunday. [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]
Thousands of protests took to the streets of Jerusalem to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the alleged corruption in his government.
Images from Jerusalem showed that some of the protesters clashed with police outside the Netanyahu residence on Saturday night.
The number of people who tested positive for coronavirus in Israel topped 60,000 on Saturday as the government struggles to contain a resurgence in infection rates.
With a population of 9 million, Israel has reported a total of 455 deaths from the pandemic.
Israel was one of the first countries to impose a national blockade and initially succeeded in curbing the outbreak, before cases re-emerged.
00:01 GMT – The US state of Arizona reports 3,700 new cases
Hurricane Hanna roared ashore on the Gulf Coast of the United States in the state of Texas, bringing winds that hit the coast with rains and storms, and even threatened to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to deal with a coronavirus spike. cases.
The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall on Saturday afternoon at 22:00 GMT. As of Saturday night, it had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (145 kph).
Many parts of Texas, including the area where Hanna landed, have been dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, but local authorities said they were prepared for what the storm might bring.
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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continued coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I am Ted Regency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
You can find all the key developments from yesterday, July 25, here.
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