The US coronavirus death toll passed 100,000 as the pandemic tightened its grip on South America, which is outpacing Europe and the United States in daily infections.
Global cases have surged to nearly 5.7 million, with more than 354,000 deaths, and the worrying acceleration of the disease in South America has marked the continent as the new hotspot.
Nearly 1.7 million Americans are known to have been infected with the disease, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. A protester sets up bags representing dead bodies during a funeral procession demonstration against the reopening of Florida, in Miami. AFP/CHANDAN KHANNA A medical worker packages a sample from a taxi driver while testing for COVID-19 in Morocco’s capital Rabat. AFP/FADEL SENNA
Ballet dancers wearing face masks take part in a rehearsal of Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in Minsk. AFP/Sergei GAPON The urgency of the coronavirus crisis has prompted some doctors to prescribe the drug despite a lack of research to demonstrate its effectiveness against the new coronavirus.
As the continent — which has lost at least 173,000 people to COVID-19 — grappled with the human tragedy and economic destruction, the European Union unveiled a 750-billion-euro recovery plan to get countries back on their feet.
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