US Federal Reserve concerned about possible second wave; global cases near 7.5m; Russia infections pass half a million; Follow the latest updatesDOW closes down almost 7%Arizona sees alarming surge of over 1,000 new coronavirus cases dailyIndia reports surge in Covid-19 cases as lockdown eased Australia coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.53am BST The White House is exploring the possibility that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections, rather than states moves toward reopening their economies, AP reports. The notion was discussed at some length Thursday during a meeting of the administrations coronavirus task force in the White House Situation Room that focused on identifying commonalities between new outbreaks. Officials also considered how to surge response capabilities.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was deploying teams to Arizona and other hotspots to try to trace the outbreaks and contain them.In addition to Arizona, other states experiencing recent spikes of infections include California, Texas and North Carolina particularly within the Hispanic community. As a result, the task force is looking at whether those spikes may be tied to legal travel between the US and Mexico, which is experiencing an ongoing severe coronavirus outbreak.Two officials familiar with the discussions described them to The Associated Press, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to publicly describe internal conversations. 2.33am BST Millions of children could be pushed into work by the coronavirus crisis, the UN said Friday as it braced for the first rise in child labour in two decades. In a joint brief, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, noted that the number of children locked in child labour had declined by 94 million since 2000.But the UN agencies warned that “the Covid-19 pandemic poses very real risks of backtracking.” Continue reading…
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