Coronavirus live news: India nears 3m cases, Australian state of Victoria reports 208 new cases

Victoria reports 17 deaths, Queensland reports two cases; Mexico passes 60,000 deaths; Italy records worst infections since lockdown. Follow the latestChildren over 12 should wear face masks to combat Covid, says WHOAustralia: State closure rules border on the ridiculous for farmers and familiesSee all our coronavirus coverageWHO says world could rein in pandemic in less than two yearsSouth Korea tightens social distancing rules as Covid cases rise 2.59am BST South Africa’s retail industry is feeling the pain from the coronavirus pandemic on two fronts – store closures during lockdown and the sharply reduced purchasing power of households, reports Agence France-Presse.South Africa, the continent’s most industrialised economy, went into strict lockdown at the end of March, with people only allowed to shop for essential items such as food, medicine and winter clothing. It is also the African country that has been hardest hit by Covid-19, with more than 600,000 cases and at least 2,500 deaths. 2.52am BST The 17 deaths from Covid-19 in Australia’s state of Victoria announced on Sunday included 11 people who had been in aged care facilities and took the state’s death toll beyond 400, to 415.The state declared 208 new cases, and chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton said the trajectory of the outbreak was decreasing. He said: “We are not going to see three-hundreds or four-hundreds again – not under my watch.”The latest deaths were one man and one woman in their 60s, three men in their 70s, four women and six men in their 80s and two men in their 90s. Continue reading…
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