India reports nearly 55,000 new infections – as it happened

India records nearly 55,000 new cases;UK planning to avoid a second national lockdown. This blog is now closedFollow the latest global coronavirus blog here for live updatesCoronavirus global report: ‘response fatigue’ fears as Mexico hits 9,000 daily casesVictoria announces stage four coronavirus lockdown in MelbourneSee all our coronavirus coverage12.12amBSTWe have launched a new blog at the link below – head there for the latest:Related:Coronavirus live news: Global cases near 18m as Melbourne braces for further lockdown measures12.01amBSTA major incident has been declared in Greater Manchester in response to increases in coronavirus infection rates across “multiple localities”.The decision to up the readiness of emergency and public services to react to the escalating Covid-19 transmission rate in the region comes after the governmentannounced new lockdown restrictions for parts of north-west England on Thursday.Related:Greater Manchester declares major incident after rise in Covid-19 casesContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Sullivan (now and earlier), Jedidajah Otte and Ben Quinn Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news Australia news UK news US news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news