Coronavirus live news: Russia cases pass 660,000; US reports 50,000 new cases

Worst-hit nation records another new daily record of infections; Middle East at‘critical threshold’ says WHO; NZ health minister David Clark resignsCalifornia rolls back reopening of bars and restaurantsGlobal report: new US record increase as NZ health minister quitsOxford offers world best hope of vaccine this year, UK MPs toldRolling Stones and McCartney in bid to rescue music industryUK coronavirus updates - live9.45amBSTUntil recently, the majority of coronavirus cases that Dr Quinn Snyder, an emergency doctor at one ofArizona ’s largest emergency departments, saw were older people. But since mid-May, when the state ’s stay-at-home order was lifted, and particularly after the Memorial Day holiday, the demographic has shifted.Snyder says he has seen an “explosion” in cases among 20-44 year-olds.Related:'It's very troubling': alarm grows over Covid-19 spike among young Americans9.00amBSTDr Anthony Fauci, the topUS infectious disease expert, has warned that the US risks a greater outbreak of coronavirus after it failed to lock down as effectively as countries inEurope.He told BBC Radio 4 ’s Today programme:What we have seen over the last several days is a spike in cases that are well beyond the worst spikes that we have seen.We have got to get that under control, or we risk an even greater outbreak in the United States.Continue reading...
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