A job one group is looking to the u. S. Congress for help. The number of new coronavirus cases is surging on almost every continent its taken just 4 days for the global number of infections to jump from 15 to 16000000 and that in america more than 4300000 people have now been diagnosed with covered 19 and smaller than the u. S. And canada combined its been a surge of infections in many countries including brazil mexico and argentina. He is in the colombian capital bogota with more on the crisis from latin america. According to the paramedic held her again the sation there pandemic across the region is showing no signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried d the 5 countries brazil in mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina to and to a lesser extent also cheated where things have eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week theyve been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this su
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A landmark in the fight for racial justice. This after a day of tense antiracism brownlees fueled by clashes in portland between protesters and federal agents deployed by President Trump. And in Sports Events are ahead in the game that could feed down when the italian title picture on all those gold has put you say why no law against some doria. Welcome to the news hour from the beaches of spain to the streets of melbourne coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent the global death toll is racing toward 650000 with more than a 3rd of fatalities in just 2 countries the United States and brazil or they and india account for nearly half of all confirmed infections in the world and the virus is also spreading faster its taken just 4 days for the global numbers of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries have reported record spikes in daily infections including me. Since once praised for its taming their outbreaks like australia and israel here in europ
And federal agents deployed by President Trump. Argentinas police are accused of using the current virus as a cover for abuses. Hello from the beaches of spain to the streets of melbourne corona virus cases are surging on almost every continent the global death toll is racing toward 650000 with more than a 3rd of fatalities in just 2 countries the United States and brazil they and india account for nearly half of all confirmed infections in the world and the virus is also spreading faster its taken just 4 days for the global number of cases from to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries have reported record spikes in daily infections including nations once praised for taming their outbreaks like australia and israel here in europe one report suggests spains actual death toll may be 60 percent higher because suspected cases were never included in its total of 28432. 00 victims but spain insists it is safe despite a new spike in cases prompting the u. K. To abrupt abrup