Wednesday Morning Briefing: U.S. coronavirus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike of pandemic

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July 1, 2020 Reuters News Now What you need to know about the coronavirus today “Not in total control” New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, and the government’s top infectious disease expert said that number could soon double. California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new U.S. epicenters of the pandemic. “Clearly we are not in total control right now,” Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a U.S. Senate committee. “I am very concerned because it could get very bad.” “We can’t just focus on those areas that are having the surge. It puts the entire country at risk,” he said. Lockdown and testing blitz Authorities will lock down around 300,000 people in more than 30 suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from midnight on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of double-digit rises in new coronavirus cases in Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria. Stage three restrictions will be imposed, the third-strictest level in curbs to control the pandemic. Residents will be confined to home except for grocery shopping, health appointments, work or caregiving, and exercise. The restrictions will be accompanied by a testing blitz that authorities hope will extend to half the population of the area affected, and for which borders will be patrolled, authorities said. Victoria’s spike in cases has been linked to staff members at hotels housing returned travelers for whom quarantine protocols were not strictly followed. Back to school in North Korea North Korea has reopened schools, but has kept a ban on public gatherings and made it mandatory for people to wear masks in public places as part of its response to the coronavirus threat, a World Health Organization official said on Wednesday. While North Korea has not confirmed any infections, its Ministry of Public Health has been sharing weekly updates with the WHO on steps it is taking to ward off the pandemic, said Edwin Salvador, the agency’s representative to the reclusive country. In the latest update provided on June 19, the ministry said all educational institutions are now open, with children required to wear masks and washing stations installed. The ministry also reported that all of 922 people checked so far have tested negative, while hundreds of others, mostly cargo handlers at seaports and land borders, are regularly quarantined for monitoring, Salvador said. No screaming at re-opened Disney resort Tokyo Disney Resort welcomed visitors for the first time in four months after being closed because of the coronavirus, with fans engaging in social distancing as they returned. Visitors in protective face masks clapped as the gates of the Magic Kingdom reopened, and were encouraged to clean their hands, pay without cash and avoid screaming while enjoying one of Japan’s largest theme parks. The resort will operate at a 50% capacity for the foreseeable future, while parades and shows remain suspended. Reinventing a nightclub As Peru begins to ease its strict coronavirus lockdown, the country’s biggest LGBTQ nightclub opened its doors on Tuesday, but there will be no revelers at night. Instead of slinging cocktails at the bar or dancing on stage, ValeTodo Downtown’s staff of drag queens such as Belaluh McQueen will be selling customers daily household products as the space reopens as a market. “You have to adapt to new challenges for the future,” said McQueen, wearing a sequined suit, high heels and a mask as she headed back to work as a grocery store employee. In one small concession, a DJ will play club music as patrons shop. Breakingviews - Corona Capital: Crisis insurance, Global warming. Read concise views on the pandemic’s financial fallout from Breakingviews columnists across the globe. top news Exclusive: Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said, the latest Republican-led group coming out to oppose the re-election of Donald Trump. Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested nearly 200 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China that critics say is aimed at snuffing out dissent. Reuters reporters and editors around the world are investigating the response to the coronavirus pandemic. We need your help to tell these stories. Our news organization wants to capture the full scope of what’s happening and how we got here by drawing on a wide variety of sources. Here’s a look at our coverage. Are you a government employee or contractor involved in coronavirus testing or the wider public health response? Are you a doctor, nurse or health worker caring for patients? Have you worked on similar outbreaks in the past? Has the disease known as COVID-19 personally affected you or your family? Are you aware of new problems that are about to emerge, such as critical supply shortages? We need your tips, firsthand accounts, relevant documents or expert knowledge. Please contact us at coronavirus@reuters.com. We prefer tips from named sources, but if you’d rather remain anonymous, you can submit a confidential news tip. Here’s how. Life under lockdown Three asylum seekers have tested positive for coronavirus in a sprawling encampment steps from the U.S. border in Matamoros, Mexico, marking the first cases in a settlement that advocates have long viewed as vulnerable amid the pandemic. Global Response Management, a nonprofit providing medical services in the camp, said it is proactively testing and isolating all close contacts of the three migrants who tested positive. Americans’ anxieties over the spread of the novel coronavirus have risen to the highest level in more than a month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, as the number of cases surged across the country, pushing the death toll to more than 127,000 people. President Tayyip Erdogan said that the European Union had treated Turkey in a restrictive way over the coronavirus pandemic in what he said was a political stance. He did not provide further details but his comments came after the EU excluded Turkey, along with the United States and other countries, from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday. Follow the money U.S. Senate Republicans to push next coronavirus aid bill in late July Without providing details of a bill still being crafted Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, said “basic protections” provided by federal unemployment insurance should be included, but indicated they would not be as generous as those in pandemic-related legislation enacted earlier this year. 2 min read U.S. Senate votes to extend small-business aid program through August The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to extend a $660 billion lending program in an effort to help small businesses that have been hit hard by the coronavirus, extending a lifeline just as it was due to expire. 2 min read U.S. employers announced more job cuts in June: report U.S. employers announced an additional 170,219 job cuts in June as the recession caused by the COVID-19 depresses demand and pushes companies into bankruptcy, a report showed on Wednesday. 3 min read Top Stories on Reuters TV Mississippi will remove Confederate emblem flag U.S.   1:41 Facebook ad boycott kicks off Business   1:48 Real news for busy people More Newsletters Reuters News Reuters TV               © 2020 Thomson Reuters. 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