South America named virus epicenter as Trump seeks US reopening
1 / 7King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain donned face masks to speak to citizens as the prime minister announced the resumption of tourism and footballKing Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain donned face masks to speak to citizens as the prime minister announced the resumption of tourism and football Madrid - Spain said on Saturday it would let in foreign tourists and restart top league football in the coming weeks, accelerating Europe's exit from strict virus lockdown, as South...
"From the month of July, entry for foreign tourists into Spain will resume in secure conditions," he said, adding that La Liga football could return on June 8. "In a sense, South America has become a new epicentre for the disease," WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan said on Friday, singling out Brazil.
By contrast, China, where the virus was first identified late last year, passed a milestone on Saturday when it was able to report no new infections for the first time since it began publishing daily data in January. "We must focus on another type of tourism, another relationship with visitors, more intense, more 'one to one'," said site director Gabriel Zuchtriegel, adding that it could become a model for post-lockdown travel.
Illustrating the political difficulties of managing virus restrictions, Britain faced another political scandal on Saturday over allegations that a top government adviser broke lockdown rules.
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