Anthony Fauci and top advisers from CDC and FDA to work remotely because of potential exposure to Covid-19; global cases pass 4 million; Russia cases approach 200,000 * Three White House Covid-19 taskforce members to self-quarantine * New York warns of children’s illness linked to Covid-19 * Coronavirus at a glance * UK coronavirus updates - live * US coronavirus updates - live * See all our coronavirus coverage 1.11pm BST CHINESE authorities have reported what could be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in the northeast of the country, with one city in Jilin province being reclassified as high-risk. Jilin officials raised the risk level of the city of Shulan to high from medium, having raised it to medium from low just the day before after one woman tested positive on Thursday. 1.02pm BST As the lockdown lifts in GREECE, people in the county – like many others in Europe – have been left astonished and alarmed by the UK government’s handling of the public health emergency. Britain’s chaotic strategy, initial soft-touch approach and high death toll have been met with disbelief in a country that, despite the eviscerating effects of a near decade-long debt crisis, has kept the virus under control. “Johnson’s management of the pandemic has been almost Mediterranean in style, flippant and carefree,” said the economic analyst ANTONIS PAPAGIANNIDIS. “You can’t help but think that people have been left to rot, that the interests of the economy were put before health.” Related: Greeks marvel at Britain's Covid chaos as their lockdown lifts after 150 deaths Continue reading...
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