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Saturday, June 27, 2020

Coronavirus live news: Egypt loosens lockdown despite surging infections as India passes 500,000 cases

US records highest daily new infections; Brazil records nearly 47,000 new cases; Covid cases with unknown source rise in Melbourne. Follow the latest * India passes 500,000 cases * Parties across Europe spark fears of Covid-19 surge * More young people infected with Covid-19 * US one-day case high as states delay reopening * See all our coronavirus coverage 8.59pm BST Three migrants who recently arrived from Turkey have tested positive for coronavirus on the GREEK island of LESBOS, officials said Saturday. The migrants were part of a group of more than 30 people picked up by a Greek coastguard vessel on 14 June, and taken to a screening facility far from the island’s overcrowded refugee camps. 8.49pm BST ZURICH’S health authority said on Saturday it had ordered a 10-day quarantine for almost 300 guests and staff of a nightclub after a reveller tested positive for coronavirus and had been proven to have infected others during his outing. The man was at the Flamingo Club on 21 June and tested positive for Covid-19 on 25 June, the statement said, according to Reuters. Continue reading...


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