There are calls for a new lockdown there. Welcome. Its been almost six months since covid 19 was declared a Public Health emergency and this is whats happening. The pandemic continues to accelerate. In the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. Across todays 0utside source well take a detailed look at the pandemic, how its escalating and how its being tackled. Lets start with the headline statistics. Theyre stark. There are over 640,000 confirmed fatalities. And more than 16 million confirmed cases. And look at the infection rate the who was talking about. It took 38 days to go from 5 to 10 million confirmed cases. To go from 10 to 15 million took only 2a days. The last million confirmed cases million took four days. The infection rate is increasing. You can see the global story of the pandemic in these graphs. The virus was first identified in china. There were then major outbreaks in europe and north america in april. As they began to ease in may, latin americ
From all over the buildings. Its not know what caused the blast at beiruts port, but windows were shattered across the city amid reports of many walking wounded. Also in the news today. Scientists warn the uk government needs to improve the test and trace system before schools re open or risk a second wave far greater than the first. Were lower than the world. Lower than the world . Lower than europe. In what . Take a look. President trump argues that america is handling the pandemic better than other countries, as the number of reported infections in america nearly 4. 8 million. Welcome. Were starting outside source with a developing story out of lebanon. These pictures are coming to us live from the capital beirut after a large explosion. The Health Minister says more than 50 people have been killed and more than 2,700 people are injured. As you can see, several fires are still burning, and efforts to bring them under control will continue into the night. Lets have a look at how this
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