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In what Italy's prime minister said was 'not an easy decision,' PM Giuseppe Conte has put the country on lockdown for the holidays. Business Insider reports Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters that experts fear there will be a jump in COVID-19 cases over Christmas. Italy wasn't the only European country to tighten restrictions over the holidays — the UK and Germany have both announced heightened coronavirus restrictions. Johns Hopkins University data reports that as of Saturday, Italy had recorded over 1.9 million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. Thus far, nearly 68,000 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Italy.
Tehran (Iran), Jul 28 (EFE), (Camera: Artemis Razmipour).- Iran recorded Tuesday the hightest daily number of coronavirus deaths.In total, 235 people have died from COVID-19 in the country in the last 24 hours.FOOTAGE OF STREETS AND HOSPITALS IN TEHERAN.
Manacapuru (Brazil), Jun 10 (EFE), (Camera: Raphael Alves).- The Brazilian town of Manacapuru, located in the Amazon region, is one of the hardest-hit areas during the coronavirus pandemic. FOOTAGE OF MANACAPURU GENERAL HOSPITAL AND FUNERAL OF A COVID-19 VICTIM.
Sao Paulo, Brazil Jun 3 (EFE), (Camera: Wallace Carvalho).- Brasilandia district, the fourth-most populous in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, is the worst hit by the coronavirus epidemic in the city.FOOTAGE OF BRASILANDIA DISTRICT.SOUNDBITES OF CLAUDIO RODRIGUES, PRESIDENT OF BRASILANDIA RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION: "(The coronavirus) has worsened a problem that had already existed for decades. Regions like Brasilandia have always had problems of public health and suffered with the absence of the state.""Brasilandia has a large black population and people who came from the northeast are now living in the most demanding favelas and communities in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, they are the ones who suffer the most at that time.""Everything that is happening, that great number of deaths in Brasilandia, was already expected, unfortunately. For us, it is not a surprise."
Rio de Janeiro, May 8 (EFE).- The number of Covid-19 deaths in Brazil climbed by a record 751 overnight to bring the total to 9,897, while confirmed cases increased by 10,222 to 145,328, the health ministry said Friday.Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro continues to minimize the danger from the disease, suffered its worst day so far since the pandemic reached the giant Latin American country.The worst-hit region of Brazil is Sao Paulo state, with nearly 42,000 infections and approaching 3,500 deaths. Next is Rio de Janeiro state, which has lost more than 1,500 lives to the coronavirus.But the crisis appears to be most acute in Amazonas state, whose hospitals have collapsed due to an infection rate of 2,588 cases for every 1 million residents.Sao Paulo state, which began restricting movement and activity on March 24, had been planning for a gradual re-opening of the economy prior to Gov. Joao Doria's decision Friday to keep quarantine measures in place until the end of May.His counterpart in Rio state, Wilson Witzel, has asked the Attorney General's Office to review a proposal for a much-stricter lockdown. (Camera: ANTONIO LACERDA). SHOT LIST: AN AERIAL VIEW OF A BURIAL SITE FOR COVID-19 VICITMS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
UK Environment secretary George Eustice announces that over 31,000 people who have tested positive for coronavirus have now died in Britain. SOUNDBITE