Here are the latest developments in the global coronavirus crisis: 🇬🇧 'Second virus wave' in UK could kill 120,000 🇸🇬 Singapore plunges into recession as virus hammers economy 🇧🇷 Brazil reports 733 new coronavirus deaths For more:
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with CEO London Ambulance Service Garrett Emmerson as he visits headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, amid the spread of the coronavirus, in London, July 13, 2020. A second coronavirus wave in Britain this winter could see 120,000 deaths in hospitals alone in a "reasonable worst-case scenario", scientists have warned.
The modelling does not include deaths in care homes or the wider community and assumes no government action to prevent a fresh surge in cases. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a 37.4 percent slump, but the pandemic took a heavy toll on the construction sector, which plunged 95.6 percent. "There is growing evidence that wearing a face covering in an enclosed space helps protect individuals and those around them from coronavirus," it added.More than 930 employees of private contractors running US immigration detention centers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to congressional testimony given by company executives.
More than 3,000 immigrants in ICE custody have tested positive for Covid-19, although some have recovered or been released.Latin America and the Caribbean became the world’s second most affected region behind Europe by the coronavirus in the number of deaths.California rolls back reopening
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