Worldwide, more than 9 million people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus. Nearly 4.5 million have recovered, while nearly 471,000 people have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Here’s are the top 10 global developments this morning:
1. Saudi Arabia will limit this year’s Hajj to only a “limited number” of people from different nationalities living in the country.
2. There are concerns the coronavirus outbreak in the US is ‘snowballing’ as states reopen and Americans reject face masks and social distancing.
3. Cases surpassed 100,000 in Florida, hospitalisations are rising dramatically in Houston, and a startling one in five of those tested in Arizona have been confirmed to have the virus.
4. UNESCO says the pandemic has only exacerbated conditions that left nearly 260 million children excluded from school in 2018, urging governments to do more to help the most disadvantaged.
5. After months of closure, Tokyo’s Disney Resort will reopen on July 1.
Visitors will need to book in advance and have their temperature taken before they enter the theme parks – Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. Seating will also be spaced and everyone will have to wear masks.
6. Australia’s southern state of Victoria is seeing a jump in coronavirus in the community and has extended its state of emergency July 12.
Victoria has the second biggest population in the country and officials say cases have spread because people are not being careful enough about keeping their distance from others, wearing a mask and taking other step to control the disease.
7. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the country added 46 new cases of coronavirus, most of which were imported, including a cluster linked to a Russian-flagged ship at port in Busan.
8. China’s National Health Commission has confirmd 22 new cases of coronavirus, 13 of them in Beijing.
Beijing reported 13 newly confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases, two suspected cases and one asymptomatic case on Monday https://t.co/pav2r1j0tk pic.twitter.com/G6zcuSoz5M
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 23, 2020
The capital’s been battling a renewed outbreak of COVID-19, which is centered around the city’s main wholesale food market.
9. The Red Cross says it will provide some 800,000 masks to migrant workers, village health volunteers and other front line workers to help protect people at risk from COVID-19 in Thailand.
10. Chile’s government is criticised for not implementing a stricter lockdown early on to stop the spread of coronavirus.