A girl embraces her father as they visit his wife’s grave, who died of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP A girl embraces her father as they visit his wife’s grave, who died of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP
A girl embraces her father as they visit his wife’s grave, who died of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP
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Coronavirus: nations scramble to halt outbreaks as world sees record weekly number of cases

  • Pandemic shows no signs of slowing down – over 31 million infections have been detected worldwide with the US and Brazil reporting most deaths
  • The UK tightened Covid-19 restrictions on Tuesday, ordering pubs to close early, as PM Boris Johnson said ‘this is the moment we must act’

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
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Updated: 10:23pm, 22 Sep, 2020

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A girl embraces her father as they visit his wife’s grave, who died of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP A girl embraces her father as they visit his wife’s grave, who died of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP
A girl embraces her father as they visit his wife’s grave, who died of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP
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