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This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019. It ...
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Per Our World in Data, 103,436,829 [5] confirmed cases have been reported in the United States with 1,212,060 [5] deaths, the most of any country, and the nineteenth-highest per capita worldwide. [358] COVID-19 is the deadliest pandemic in US history; [359] it was the third-leading cause of death in the US in 2020, behind heart disease and ...
On 6 May, the Director-General of the WHO reported that, since the start of April, an average of 80,000 cases of COVID-19 per day had been reported to the WHO. [86] On 8 May, the Director-General of the WHO stated that the lessons learned from the eradication of smallpox four decades previously could be applied to the coronavirus pandemic. [87]
Today's Top World News Story Suspected settlers attacked Palestinian villages hours before Trump rescinded Biden sanctions Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory More »
On 19 June, the UN Secretary-General issued a new policy brief, the World of Work and COVID-19, concerning jobs, livelihoods and the well-being of workers, families and businesses globally, as they continued to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; with micro, small and medium enterprises in particular, suffering dire economic consequences. [46]
The 2020 Singapore circuit breaker measures is an example of a lockdown due to COVID-19. [38] [39] On 12 June 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 79.5% of US adults surveyed during May 5–12 supported stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures as government-mandated COVID-19 mitigation strategies. [40]