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A notice is tied to a railing inside the premises of Taj Mahal after authorities reopened the monument for visitors, amidst the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Agra, India, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Alasdair PalThe death toll from the spread of coronavirus in the United States was approaching more than 200,000 lives on Monday, more than double the number of fatalities in India, the country reporting the world’s second-highest number of cases.
The pandemic is no longer focused on one or two epicentres. Instead it is smouldering across all states, raising fears that when colder weather forces more people inside, it could surpass the surge seen in the summer.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Monday pondering a second national lockdown as an accelerating coronavirus outbreak threatened to destroy any shoots of economic recovery and send millions back into isolation.
“The trend in the UK is heading in the wrong direction and we are at a critical point in the pandemic,” Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical officer, will say at a briefing.Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech resigned on Monday following criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic after a surge in cases.
Australia reported its smallest daily increase in new coronavirus infections in more than three months, but authorities in the nation’s virus hotspot of Victoria said they could not hasten the easing of restrictions.
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