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South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. The country reported over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, having earlier broken its daily case record with 1,030 cases on Sunday. IMAGES
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge warns of another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, saying that "several countries" are observing an "increased burden on hospitals". SOUNDBITE
A Covid-19 patient in their sixties has been transferred to Marseille from Corsica by military helicopter, after hospital occupancy in Bastia, one of the island's two main cities, passed 79 percent on Tuesday. IMAGES
Bangkok, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand on Tuesday reported more than 14,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 120 deaths due to the virus as pressure on hospitals intensifies amid the country's worst so far Covid-19 outbreak.Authorities have sounded an alert that hospitals in Bangkok were at a critical point with 100 percent occupancy.The health data showed that the country, the first to detect the virus outside China in January 2020, added 14,150 new cases and 118 deaths over the last 24 hours. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI RAILWAY POLICE WALK INSIDE A PASSENGER TRAIN WHILE WAITING FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVING TO BOARD A TRAIN BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE; AND THAI COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVE TO BOARD TRAINS BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE, AT THE RANGSIT TRAIN STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.