According to the health ministry, Mexico posted a record daily tally of coronavirus infections as 6,741 cases carried the overall figure to 238,511 on Thursday.
Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said authorities had begun examining records for causes of death linked to COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus.
The health authority of China confirmed three new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 1st became a total of 83,537 confirmed coronavirus cases.
There were no new deaths. The death toll from the coronavirus remained at 4,634 in China.
The first human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed in Australia are about to begin in Adelaide.
Vaccine research director Professor Nikolai Petrovsky said the human trials beginning in Adelaide today were the first for a vaccine developed in the southern hemisphere.
He said “I am very confident there will be successful vaccines against COVID-19.”
Today French diagnostics company “Eurofins Technologies” announced the launch of new devices aimed at testing for the presence of coronavirus.
This testing devices aim to identify a person’s past exposure to the virus, SARS-CoV-2, in 10 minutes.
NSW Government Closed Victoria Borde for people living in Melbourne’s coronavirus hotspots from entering the state.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard revealed anyone from an affected Victorian postcode found in NSW could be jailed for six months or fined $11,000.
“So take it seriously, take it very, very seriously.”
The majority of coronavirus cases recorded in Australia have come from overseas and the majority of those cases came from either Europe or cruise ships.
The spokeswoman from the Department of Health said, “Due to international travel restrictions, those individuals arriving in Australia are generally arriving via charter or repatriation flights.” But most of the people entering Australia are coming home.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said Everybody in hotel quarantine will be tested near the start and end of their stay in quarantine, with those who do not comply in Victoria facing an extra 10 days in quarantine.
Australia’s chief nursing and midwifery officer Alison McMillan warned “this pandemic is not over” as the country recorded 85 new cases in the past 24 hours.
She described what a “second wave” of the deadly coronavirus would look like and warned that although younger people might suffer milder symptoms, they were absolutely at risk of infection and could spread the virus to more vulnerable Australians if they were not careful.
Daily growth figures have stoked fears of a second wave of Coronavirus in Australia after several weeks of fewer than 20 new cases a day.
Australia’s economy, which is heading into its first recession in three decades as the unemployment rate hits a 19-year high of 7.1%.
Prime Minister “Scott Morrison” has called on states to continue easing restrictions, insisting the country’s economy can not remain idle.
FIFA has revealed its three-step plan, which includes specifically allocated funding of £1.2bn to help women’s football through the Coronavirus crisis.
FIFA also confirmed a pan-Arab tournament to be played next year, using the facilities for the following year’s men’s World Cup.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
