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- The pandemic has killed at least 673,909 people worldwide since the disease appeared in late 2019 in China.
- The United States is the most heavily affected country with 153,268 dead, followed by Brazil (92,475), Mexico (46,688), the United Kingdom (45,999) and India (35,747).
- The European Commission has reserved on behalf of the 27 member countries 300 million doses of the vaccine being prepared by the French laboratory Sanofi and is discussing in parallel with other manufacturers.
- France experienced the largest drop in activity since at least 1949 due to the coronavirus in the spring, with gross domestic product (GDP) plunging 13.8% in the second quarter.
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8:50 am. Canada extends border closures. Canada has said it has again extended the closure of its borders, except to Americans, and announced the launch of its mobile contact tracing application to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the latest report, Canada had 116,300 cases of coronavirus and 8,900 deaths.
8:30 am. Colombia: more than 10,000 dead. The number of deaths linked to Covid-19 has exceeded 10,000 in Colombia, where the coronavirus was first detected on March 6.
8:15 am. In the Lille metropolis, masks are compulsory in several sectors. From Monday, wearing a mask will be required outside in several popular places in Lille. This obligation is being decided in more and more cities.
8:12 am. More than 300 million doses of vaccines reserved for the European Union. The European Commission has reserved on behalf of the 27 member countries 300 million doses of the vaccine being prepared by the French laboratory Sanofi and is discussing in parallel with other manufacturers. Sanofi and Britain's GSK will receive up to $ 2.1 billion from the United States to deliver 100 million doses to Americans, while Japan has reached an agreement with the German-American alliance Biontech / Pfizer to secure 120 million doses of a potential vaccine currently being tested.
Immunologist Anthony Fauci has expressed doubts about the safety of vaccines currently being developed by Russia and China.
8:10 am. Children and Covid-19. Hundreds of children contracted the coronavirus at summer camps last month in the US state of Georgia, health officials said.
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8:07 am. Mexico: new contaminations record. Mexico has recorded a new national record of infections, with 8,458 new cases recorded in 24 hours, announced the Mexican Secretariat of Health. This brings the total number of contaminations in this country to 424,637. Mexico is the third most bereaved country in the world.
8:05 am. United States: a threshold of 1,400 deaths per day. The United States has recorded 1,442 new deaths in 24 hours, according to the Johns-Hopkins University count. It is the fourth day in a row that the United States has more than 1,200 dead in one day.
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