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Added on the 10/12/2020 18:19:22 - Copyright : Euronews EN
In Switzerland, authorities in the Swiss canton of Geneva close bars, restaurants and non-essential businesses in an effort to curb the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases. Residents have been told that they should leave their homes only when strictly necessary. Hospitals have warned that surging emergency cases may force them to decide to admit one Covid-19 patient over another if his or her chances of survival are better. IMAGES
Health workers in Mexico City perform COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing site as the virus deaths count surpasses 50,000, the world's third-highest fatality toll from the disease, behind only the United States and Brazil. IMAGES
A thousand crosses are placed in front of the Brazilian Congress to honour the people who died of Covid-19, and to denounce President Jair Bolsonaro handling of the pandemic. Brazil has the second-highest number of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus worldwide, after the United States: more than 1.2 million and 55,000, respectively. IMAGES
25 German army soldiers were called in to help health authorities test employees at a large slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, where more than 700 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected. IMAGES
Drake is auctioning a private jet ride with him in order to raise funds to fight coronavirus.
Victoria Beckham is donating 20 per cent of her fashion and beauty sales to support those on the front line amidst the coronavirus pandemic.