Coronavirus live news: Spain says it may be experiencing second wave; Belgium halts lockdown easing

Spanish officials warnnew wave could already be there; Bolsonaro ignoresdistancing despite positive test; Belgianrise in cases largely among young adultsEurope warns of need for vigilance as Covid-19 cases rise sharply‘A wicked enemy’: how Australia’s success story unravelledUS cases pass 4m Covid-19 cases as states dial back reopeningTrump cancels Republican national convention events in FloridaUK coronavirus updates – live2.21pmBSTFifteen lawmakers and 11 members of staff at the Zambian parliament have tested positive for Covid-19, the health minister said on Friday, days after the assembly suspended sittings because a lawmaker had died of the respiratory disease.Zambia’s coronavirus cases have surged to 3,856 from 1,632 at the beginning of July, with deaths rising to 136 from 30 over the same period, minister Chitalu Chilufya told reporters.1.54pmBSTTheUK’s decision to persist with a quarantine regime for travellers fromPortugal, which has hit the tourism-dependent country hard, is not supported by facts, its foreign minister said on Friday.Portugal initially won praise for its quick response to the pandemic but a steady count of several hundred new cases per day in and around Lisbon in the past two months has worried authorities at home and abroad.Continue reading...
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