Coronavirus live news: 'No country can get control of its epidemic' without contact tracing, says WHO

Belgium sees 66% jump innew infections;South Africa Covid-19 deaths pass 5,000; France reportsup to 500 virus clustersFrance reveals 400-500 new Covid-19 clusters as mask rules tightenTrump calls Fauci ‘alarmist’ in Fox news interviewBitter coronavirus summit exposes trust deficit among EU leadersUK coronavirus updates – liveUS coronavirus updates – live6.27pmBSTA young emergency doctor has becomeLebanon’s first medic to die of coronavirus, state media said, as daily infections rise in the eastern Mediterranean country, AFP reports.Loay Ismail, 32, “died from coronavirus at the Nabih Berri hospital in Nabatiyeh”, southern Lebanon, the National News Agency said.6.23pmBSTSweden ’s health agency said plans to change contact-tracing guidelines so that tracing is done to a larger extent by the individuals infected, Reuters reports.The new guidance breaks from a strategy adopted by most countries where authorities trace and notify people who have had close contact with a carrier of the disease.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Matthew Weaver (now); Josh Halliday and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news US news Australia news UK news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news