BRUSSELS, May 31 — US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash yesterday over severing ties with the UN’s health agency during a pandemic, as coronavirus cases worldwide topped six million and infections surged in Latin America. The EU urged Washington to reconsider its decision to...
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Yesterday, confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide surged past six million, according to an AFP tally. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said the “disappointing” decision was a setback for global health, while Chancellor Angela Merkel declined to attend an in-person G7 summit that Trump had suggested he would host.medical journal, said it was “madness and terrifying both at the same time”.
India said yesterday it would begin relaxing the world’s biggest lockdown in stages from early June, even as it marked another record daily rise in infections. The Greek government announced flights from additional EU destinations, including France, would be permitted without strict quarantines from June 15.
Chile logged another record daily number of deaths, while Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou entered quarantine after attending a meeting with an official who tested positive.A world away, the famed Chenonceau chateau opened in France’s Loire Valley ahead of Parisians being allowed to travel beyond 100 kilometres from home on Tuesday, when the country will further ease measures.
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