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• Update: North China city reports 1 case of bubonic plague, launches level III early warning Global Times 06 Jul 2020 -- The city of Bayan Nur of North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is urging local residents to strictly follow prevention and control measures regarding the handling of wild animals after a single case of bubonic plague was reported at a local hospital.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation report - 168 WHO 06 Jul 2020
• Latest on COVID-19: Global cases near 11.5mn , death toll tops 534k Press TV 06 Jul 2020 -- The coronavirus outbreak is spiking in many countries in what seems to be a second wave, prompting several governments to start reintroducing precautionary restrictive measures to contain the spread.
• UNAIDS report: COVID-19 pandemic derails 2020 HIV targets UN News 06 Jul 2020 -- HIV targets set for 2020 will not be reached, owing in part to deeply unequal access to antiretroviral therapy and service disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UNAIDS report released on Monday.
• Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit 'fragilities' caused by global health pandemic UN News 06 Jul 2020 -- As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world's health systems, economies and local communities, the UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted how the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities to "new and emerging forms of terrorism", such as cyberattacks, bioterrorism and the misuse of digital technology.
• Governments Struggle With Reopening Amid Rise in Coronavirus Cases VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- As coronavirus cases around the world approach 11.5 million, governments are struggling with how to reopen their economies, leading some to reimpose shutdowns or scale back previous reopening plans.

United States

• Weekly Update: DHS Response to COVID-19 DHS 06 Jul 2020
• Rush Transcript: Governor Cuomo Announces New York City Enters Phase III of Reopening Without Indoor Dining and Subject to State Guidance Today New York State 06 Jul 2020
• State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts California Department of Public Health 06 Jul 2020
• Michigan National Guard conducts drive-thru COVID-19 testing Army News 06 Jul 2020 -- The Michigan National Guard assisted with free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing to residents of Cadillac and Wexford County, June 30 to July 1.
• Indiana Guard helps test long-term care staff across state Army News 06 Jul 2020 -- The Indiana National Guard helped test more than 47,000 employees at 520 long-term care facilities across the state as part of an Indiana State Department of Health initiative June 10 to 28.
• North Carolina National Guard delivers PPE to school nurses Army News 06 Jul 2020 -- The North Carolina National Guard helped distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) for school nurses in public and charter schools throughout the state June 29-30.
• Kansas National Guard packages 4 million meals and counting Army News 06 Jul 2020 -- Social distancing requirements have made it difficult for meal packaging services that rely on volunteers. The Kansas National Guard is pitching in to help fill the gap.
• U.S. FDA chief declines to back Trump's "harmless" COVID-19 claim People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn declined on Sunday to back U.S. President Trump's claim that 99 percent of COVID-19 cases are "harmless."
• U.S. FDA commissioner refuses to offer COVID-19 vaccine timing People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Stephen Hahn on Sunday refused to offer a timeline for COVID-19 vaccine, which U.S. President Donald Trump suggested could be available "long before the end of the year."
• Trump coronavirus claims undercut by FDA official Press TV 06 Jul 2020 -- President Donald Trump's claim that almost all coronavirus cases in the United States are "totally harmless" has been undermined by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
• New Jersey governor calls for federal mask requirement to combat rise in new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Sunday called for a federal mask requirement, saying it should be the core of a national strategy to combat a rise in new COVID-19 cases.
• Premature reopenings, unclear messaging on restriction measures lead to spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases: expert People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- The United States opening up too early, mixed messaging on masks and social distancing have caused an alarming surge in the COVID-19 cases in the country, according to a U.S. health expert.
• Coronavirus nudges U.S. hospitals to brink People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- After lockdown measures were eased in some states, the United States is struggling to respond to the devastation wrought by COVID-19 even harder.

China

• Mutated viral strain won't pose huge threat to China: expert Global Times 06 Jul 2020 -- A Chinese expert on infectious diseases said Monday there is no evidence that the dominant global viral strain, although having undergone a mutation, has stronger virulence or will have a major impact on China's domestic epidemic situation.
• 11 million residents in Beijing receive COVID-19 tests: Beijing CDC Global Times 06 Jul 2020
• Beijing reports single-digit cases for 8 consecutive days, eyes zero this week Global Times 06 Jul 2020 -- Beijing on Sunday recorded one new COVID-19 infection, marking the capital's eighth consecutive day of single-digit cases, and experts said reporting no new confirmed cases is possible this week.
• China delivers anti-coronavirus medical aid to Arab League Global Times 06 Jul 2020 -- The Cairo-based Arab League received on Sunday a batch of anti-coronavirus medical aid from the Chinese government.
• Chinese mainland reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of four new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which one was domestically transmitted.
• Beijing reports 1 new confirmed COVID-19 case People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Beijing reported one new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 case and one asymptomatic case Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
• China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday.
• Beijing reports single-digit COVID-19 cases for seven consecutive days People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Beijing had reported single-digit COVID-19 cases for seven consecutive days by Saturday, local authorities said Sunday.
• Hong Kong reports 2 new local cases, 8 imported cases of COVID-19 People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) on Sunday reported 10 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, including two local cases and eight imported cases.
• Chinese mainland reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of four new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which one was domestically transmitted.
• China-Africa friendship strengthened in joint fight against COVID-19 People's Daily 06 Jul 2020 -- Forty-six Chinese medical teams sent to assist Africa have worked with local people to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, practicing the concept of building a China-Africa community of common health.

India

• UPDATES ON COVID-19 India PIB 06 Jul 2020
• COVID Tests cross 1 crore milestone India PIB 06 Jul 2020 -- In a significant achievement, the number of COVID tests has crossed the 10 million (1 crore) milestone.
• Iconic Taj Mahal to Remain Closed as India Surpasses Russia in COVID-19 Count Sputnik 06 Jul 2020 -- India now has the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, surpassing Russia. India is now trailing only the US and Brazil, with 697,413 infection cases. The country is undergoing a phased reopening programme to bring normalcy and reverse an economic collapse.
• India's Coronavirus Case Count Now Third Highest in World VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- India has surpassed Russia to become the third worst-affected country by the coronavirus pandemic, as reopening the economy brings a surge in infections, and the country's southern states emerge as new hot spots.

Pakistan

• Pakistan Rolls Out First Locally Produced Ventilators VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- Pakistan has rolled out its first ever locally produced ventilators for deployment at hospitals treating coronavirus patients as the national tally of COVID-19 infections rises to nearly 232,000.

Iran

• 2,613 new viral cases, 160 fatalities in Iran IRNA 06 Jul 2020 -- Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday that some 160 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 11,731.
• Iran says face mask output boosted by 3,000 times in over 4 months Press TV 06 Jul 2020 -- Iran's ministry of industries (MIMT) says total domestic output for face masks has increased by 3,000 times since the start of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country in late February.
• Iran Health Officials Concerned Over Ventilator Shortage In Oil-Rich Province Hospitals Radio Farda 06 Jul 2020 -- An official of Jondi-Shapour Medical Sciences University in Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan Province where the COVID-19 crisis has reached alarming dimensions said Sunday shortage of ventilators has become a serious issue in hospitals.

South Korea

• Highly-Contagious GH Strain of Coronavirus Spreading in South Korea, Health Authorities Say Sputnik 06 Jul 2020 -- All recent coronavirus clusters in South Korea are seeded mostly by the highly-infectious GH strain of the virus, which is believed to spread six times faster than other types of COVID-19, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia Issues Health Protocols for Hajj VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- Saudi Arabia has issued health protocols for this year's upcoming Hajj pilgrimage.
• Health Ministry: 4,207 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Saudi Arabia SPA 06 Jul 2020 -- The Ministry of Health said in a statement today that 4,207 new confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number to 213,716 cases, including 62,114 active cases receiving necessary medical care. Of these, there are 2,254 critical cases, while the health condition of the rest is stable.
• SaudiCDC announces health protocols for prevention of (Covid 19) disease for Hajj season 1441 H. SPA 06 Jul 2020 -- In light of the keenness of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to follow the highest health standards and the most precautionary measures during this year's Hajj, which will be held with very limited numbers, in order to preserve the health of pilgrims, and to ensure the provision of the best health services to them, the Saudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control SaudiCDC has issued health protocols for prevention of (Covid 19) disease for Hajj season 1441 A.

Taiwan

• Taiwan's Success in Combating the Coronavirus Gains International Attention Radio Free Asia 06 Jul 2020 -- With the coronavirus spreading through the world, Taiwan's success in containing it early on has gained international attention.
• Health experts push COVID-19 testing for all inbound passengers CNA 06 Jul 2020 -- Public health experts on Monday called for Taiwan to allow all incoming passengers to be given the option of testing for COVID-19 instead of just following the current 14-day mandatory quarantine.

Other Countries

• Brazil reports over 26,000 new cases of coronavirus, 600 deaths Press TV 06 Jul 2020 -- The novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in Brazil, as new cases remain stubbornly high in the Latin American nation.
• Ghana's President Begins Self-Isolation After Exposure to COVID-19 VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has begun a two-week self-isolation period after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
• Kenya Eases COVID-19 Restrictions as Cases Continue to Soar VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has eased the restrictions put in place in early March to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
• COVID-19 Outbreak in Melbourne Forces Closure of State Border VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- Authorities in Australia are shutting down the border between the country's two most populous states due a spike in COVID-19 cases in the city of Melbourne.
• Thailand Still Tepid on Tourists as Virus Fears Linger VOA 06 Jul 2020 -- Economists and industry insiders predict a slow rebound for Thailand's all-important tourism sector as one of the world's top travel spots slowly opens its borders after more than three months of virus-induced lockdown.