US President Donald Trump found himself in the crosshairs of Facebook and Twitter because of a video in which he claims children are “almost immune” to the new coronavirus.
A total of 703,640 deaths have been recorded so far around the world, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources as of 0300 GMT Thursday.
Toulouse in southwest France made face masks compulsory, with more French cities expected to follow suit. In the Netherlands, similar mask-wearing measures came into force in Rotterdam and in some busy neighborhoods of Amsterdam, including its famous red-light district.In an extraordinary move late Wednesday, Facebook removed a video clip about the virus from Trump’s account.
Soon thereafter, the @TeamTrump account was active, suggesting the contested video had been taken down. Brazil, South America’s largest country, is driving a surge in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has recorded nearly 2.9 million cases, and more than 97,000 deaths, nearly half the region’s 208,329 fatalities.
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