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Latest COVID-19 headlines from around the world

Latest COVID-19 headlines from around the world

By Semi Turaga
28/05/2020

The US has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, figures from Johns Hopkins University show.

Its 1.69m confirmed infections account for about 30% of the worldwide total.

New York City, especially hard hit, is seeing a drop in the death rate but one study shows it rising in 20 states.

A "track and trace" system is set to start in England and Scotland.

A row over the UK PM's aide's personal travel during lockdown is continuing.

In South Korea, a new cluster has been growing linked to a logistics centre outside Seoul.

Cyprus pledges to cover the holiday costs of anyone who tests positive for the virus after travelling there.

[Source: BBC]


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