GENEVA – The global coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“Almost half of the cases reported were from the Americas,” he told a virtual briefing. “The world is in a new and dangerous phase … the virus is still spreading fast, it is still deadly, and most people are still susceptible.”
Reuters
June 19, 2020
Reporting by Michael Shields and Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Josephine Mason and Andrew CawthorneOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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