Coronavirus live news: US buys nearly all global remdesivir stocks as Brazil deaths near 60,000
Three asylum seekers at camp near US border test positive for coronavirus; UN asks for nearly $10bn in aid for Syria; Greece faces ‘huge difficulties’ when flights resume. Follow the latest updates
- Fauci says new US coronavirus cases could hit 100,000 a day
- US buys up world stock of key Covid-19 drug remdesivir
- Jacinda Ardern decries ‘dangerous’ calls to reopen New Zealand borders
- World map: which countries have the most cases and deaths?
Here’s your weekly roundup of coronavirus news from the Pacific, with Dan McGarry in Port Vila and Tess Newton Cain:
The total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.
Related: Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
In less serious news from Brazil, municipal authorities in the city of Petropolis said they discovered a speakeasy masquerading as a pet shop.
Reuters reports:
The shutters were down, but the pub chatter in the midst of a coronavirus quarantine gave the game away: a crowded Brazilian bar under the cover of a pet shop with no pets.
Inspectors found 16 patrons drinking beer, none of them wearing a mandatory mask or keeping to social distancing rules.
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