BEIJING (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases topped 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters count, marking a major milestone in the spread of respiratory disease that has so far killed nearly half a million people in seven months. A health worker collects a swab sample from a man during …
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Travelers wearing protective masks wait for a train at the Luz station in Sao Paulo. As the country breaks records and the pollution curve does not flatten, President Jair Bolsonaro stands firm on his crusade to reopen trade and the economy. Pacific Press Blockades imposed around the world in an …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has caused more extensive and profound damage to economic activity than previously thought, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday, prompting the institution to further cut its global output forecasts by 2020. The IMF said it now expects 2020 global output to shrink by 4.9%, …
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Montevideo, Uruguay – Latin America and the Caribbean exceeded 100,000 on Tuesday coronavirus deaths, more than half of them in Brazil, according to an AFP count based on official figures. The pandemic is accelerating throughout the region, which now has a total of 2.1 million cases, with Brazil, Mexico, Peru …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The death toll in Latin America from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters count, with little sign that the outbreak is easing in a region marked by crowded cities and high levels of poverty. FILE PHOTO: The faithful of the Afro-Brazilian …
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