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President Donald Trump cited the fact that, for the first time in a
week, deaths from the coronavirus in New York fell slightly from the
day before as evidence of a turn for the better.
"We see light at the end of the tunnel. Things are happening," he
told reporters. While there were still nearly 600 new fatalities in
the state, new hospitalizations over the weekend fell sharply.
Yet Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases and a member of Trump's coronavirus task
force, cautioned that it would take weeks for the stay-at-home
orders to truly slow the spread.
"What you're hearing about potential light at the end of the tunnel
doesn't take away from the fact that tomorrow, the next day, are
going to look really bad," he said.
No clear 'Plan B'
Britain's constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on
many Britons' minds: who takes over if Boris Johnson gets too sick
to lead the country?
Unlike the role of vice president in the United States, Britain has
no formal deputy or caretaker prime minister, although Downing
Street has already said that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will
deputise if necessary.
When asked about who would stand in for the prime minister, his
spokesman said: "The prime minister has the power to delegate
responsibility to any of his ministers, but for now it is the prime
minister and then the foreign secretary."
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Lockdown Japan-style
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to declare a state of emergency
on Tuesday, giving governors stronger legal authority to urge people to stay
home and businesses to close.
In contrast to stringent lockdowns in some countries, mandating fines and
arrests for non-compliance, enforcement in Japan will rely more on peer pressure
and a deep-rooted tradition of respect for authority.
'Phase two'
Italy reported its lowest daily death toll related to the coronavirus for more
than two weeks on Sunday, as authorities began to look ahead to a second phase
of the battle.
"There are difficult months ahead. Our task is to create the conditions to live
with the virus", at least until a vaccine is developed, Health Minister Roberto
Speranza told the daily La Repubblica newspaper.
France reported a slowing daily death toll over the last 24 hours, and Germany
marked a fourth straight day with a drop in new confirmed cases.
(For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open
https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser.)
Scotland's chief medical officer quits after flouting own advice
Scotland's Chief Medical Officer, Catherine Calderwood, resigned on Sunday after
she flouted her own advice to stay at home by travelling to her second home on
two successive weekends.
She said the justifiable focus on her behaviour risked becoming a distraction
from the hugely important job that the government and the medical profession had
to do in getting the country through this pandemic.
(Compiled by Karishma Singh and Mark John; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and
Nick Macfie)
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