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  • Coronavirus, 500,000 cases exceeded in Russia

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June 30, 2020 The United States has recorded over 41,586 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University database. The total number of infections thus exceeds 2.59 million. There are at least 126,141 deaths. The wave of coronavirus cases that is sweeping the southern states of the United States is forcing part of America to close. 

Over 40 thousand cases in the Houston region
Particularly critical is the situation in the Houston region - where according to the latest data available - there are 40,720 cases, while the deaths have reached 526. The infections in Texas have exceeded 150,000 and the deaths are over 2,400. Over 5,000 people are hospitalized in the state per day. The Texas Medical Center in Houston last Thursday said it had reached 100% of ICU capacity, only to remove the data from its website, according to rumors at the request of Governor Greg Abbott who promptly denied it. Abbott has reordered the stop of non-urgent surgery, the closure of the bars and has limited the receptivity of restaurants to 50%. He urged people to stay home but not to impose it by law. Even the use of masks in public is not mandatory while many people continue to show skepticism about the danger of the virus. The beaches are crowded and the locals as well.

After Miami Beach, meanwhile also Los Angeles announces the closure of the beaches for the Independence Day weekend, from 3 to 6 July. The decision was announced via Twitter by local authorities to contrast the spread of the coronavirus with the exponentially growing infections especially in the southern states of the United States. San Diego County, California has also ordered the temporary closure of bars, breweries and wine bars to thwart the spread of the virus.

Governor Georgia signs executive orders to extend state of emergency 
The governor of Georgia, USA, Brian Kemp, has signed two executive orders to extend the coronavirus emergency until 11 August and to extend restrictive measures to limit contagions. Kemp confirmed the order to respect the social distancing, the ban on aggregation with more than 50 people and the sanitary measures for commercial establishments.

The only coronavirus drug from July 1 will be paid.
Meanwhile, the news that the remdesivir drug produced by Gilead will cost on average $ 3,120 per patient in the US is raising controversy. The price of the drug, the only one approved in the United States by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) against coronavirus has been announced by the pharmaceutical company that produces it. Until now, the drug had been distributed free of charge in the US by Gilead Sciences, but will be paid for from next July 1st.

The situation remains dramatic also in the rest of the world where covid-19 cases and deaths continue to rise. In Australia, in Melbourne, 10 neighborhoods in lockdown. In Japan, for two consecutive days, the cases exceeded 100 and in Russia the infections spread exponentially: almost 7 thousand in 24 hours.

Russia has recorded 6,693 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours
Russia has recorded 6,693 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours - 6,719 in the previous survey - bringing the overall budget to 647,849. This was indicated by the country's coronavirus response center. "In the past 24 hours, Russia confirmed 6,693 Covid-19 cases in 84 regions, of which 2,019 (30.2 percent) were actively detected, with people showing no clinical symptoms," said the response center in a note, adding that the total budget grew to 647,849 cases in 85 regions, with the daily increase dropping to 1 percent. Of all the cases just detected, 745 were confirmed in Moscow, 301 in the Moscow region and 279 in the autonomous area of ​​Khanty-Mansi (compared to 782, 335 and 277 of the previous balance, respectively).

Australia. Melbourne
outbreaks , 10 neighborhoods in lockdown Covid-19 outbreaks that have emerged in Melbourne have forced to close ten suburbs of the city starting tomorrow, the second most populous in Australia. The state of Victoria, which has Melbourne as its capital, has registered 64 new cases of Covid-19, local authorities have announced today, and Premier Daniel Andrews has decided to close the areas where most of the cases were concentrated . The police will check compliance with the restrictive measures - which provide for leaving the house only for shopping, treatment, work or school. Deeply painful restrictions for the businesses involved, some of which have only recently reopened, recognized the premier.

In Japan, the thousand victims are nearly reached.
Japan has recorded 111 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, confirming for the second consecutive day more than 100 infections. The Japanese Ministry of Health announced. The total balance of infections since the beginning of the epidemic is 19,305. The number of victims related to Covid-19, however, is equal to 985.