Live News on Coronavirus: UK at ‘Tipping Point’ of Pandemic as US Nears 200,000 Deaths | World News

Heather Stewart and Josh Halliday report:

Top British government scientists will make a direct appeal to the public on Monday, warning that the coronavirus trend is “going in the wrong direction” and that “a critical point has been reached.”

As Downing Street considers the imposition of curbs across the country to contain a sharp jump in cases, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty will make a rare live televised speech alongside UK Senior Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance .

Scientists will present the latest data on the spread of the disease and urge people to exercise caution. Whitty is expected to warn: “We are analyzing the data to see how to manage the spread of the virus before a very challenging winter period.”

His intervention comes after ministers were accused of eroding trust, from failures and broken promises in testing and tracing to scandals like Dominic Cummings’ blockade trips.

London could become the last area subject to regional restrictions, and the mayor, Sadiq Khan, will meet with council leaders on Monday. A spokesman for Khan said: “The situation is clearly getting worse … it is better that both health and business move too soon than too late”:

Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

My name is Helen sullivan and I’ll bring you the latest as the United States approaches the devastating 200,000 death milestone.

The death toll is currently 199,481 on the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The total number of cases in the United States is 6,792,075.

Meanwhile, Britain is at a critical point in the Covid-19 pandemic and facing a very challenging winter, one of the government’s top medical advisers warned in a public briefing on Monday.

“The trend in the UK is going in the wrong direction and we are at a critical point in the pandemic,” England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty is expected to say at a direction set for 10am on Monday.

These are the key developments of the last hours:

• Cases in Britain are increasing in what Boris Johnson has called a second wave of the virus, with large areas of the country subject to restrictions on social freedom and London is expected to be next in line. The UK reported 3,899 new cases on Sunday after a four-month high of 4,422 on Saturday.
• Tens of thousands of private tenants in England and Wales could be at risk of losing their homes when the ban on evictions ends on Monday. Tenants in England and Wales have been protected from eviction during the Covid-19 outbreak by a ban announced in March that was later extended, meaning that anyone who has received an eviction notice since August 29 has received a notification period of six months. .
• Lebanon on Sunday it said it confirmed 1,006 new cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths from the disease in 24 hours, a new record for the country affected by the crisis, according to AFP.
• Thousands of protesters calling for Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation have gathered in Jerusalem, despite an Israeli national lockdown that took effect on Friday.
• The French Ministry of Health has reported 10,569 new cases in 24 hours., down from the previous day’s record rise of 13,498. There were 12 more deaths in the past 24 hours, and the death toll rose to 31,585. The latest increase in deaths from yesterday’s number may reflect late arrival data for previous deaths, according to Reuters.
• The United States conducted a record one million tests on Saturday – but experts say the country must hit targets of between 6 million and 10 million a day to control the outbreak.
• Myanmar has announced a stay-at-home request for its largest city, Yangon, starting Monday, following a record daily increase in new coronavirus cases on Sunday.
• The UK has reported 3,899 additional laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases. This brings the total to 394,257. The death toll has risen from 18 to 41,777, according to government data.
• Authorities in northeast China’s Jilin Province have found the coronavirus in the packaging of imported squidFuyu city health authorities said Sunday, urging anyone who bought it to get tested.
• Russia has reported 6,148 new cases. It was the second day in a row that the daily number of cases exceeded 6,000, bringing the national infection count to 1,103,399.
• Indonesia has reported 3,989 new cases, bringing the total to 244,676. Data from the country’s Ministry of Health also showed 105 new deaths, bringing the total to 9,553, the highest death toll in Southeast Asia.