The total number of coronavirus cases across the world has surpassed 86.38 million on Saturday, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.86 million, as per Johns Hopkins University.
Here are the top 10 global developments this morning:
1. World Health Organization chief has said he was ‘very disappointed’ that China has still not authorised the entry of a team of international experts to examine the origins of the coronavirus.
2. Germany is extending its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and is introducing new tougher restrictions in a bid to get control of surging coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, Reuters reported.
3. People travelling to Ireland from any country will have to show a negative PCR test from the last 72 hours, the Irish Times reports.
4. The UK has recorded new 60,916 lab-confirmed cases – the highest daily total reported so far, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 2,774,479.
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5. South Korea reported 840 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 65,818.
6. India reported 18,088 new COVID-19 cases, 21,314 recoveries, and 264 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. The total confirmed cases climbed to 1,03,74,932.
7. Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 9,299 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 455,144. The death toll of the virus in Israel increased to 3,489 with 54 new fatalities.
8. Argentina will step up measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus during the austral summer vacation season, the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Matias Lammens, said Tuesday.
9. Chinese authorities say they are stepping up efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, seeking to avoid another wave of the pandemic in the country amid a rise in locally transmitted Covid-19 cases near Beijing, Reuters reports.
10. Omani medical workers have identified the first case of a new strain of coronavirus in a foreigner permanently residing in the Sultanate who has arrived from the UK, the Omani Ministry of Health said in a statement.