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A woman wearing a face mask walks in Berlin, capital of Germany, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Binh Truong/Xinhua)- Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 87,000
- White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow says the next round of COVID-19 relief package will include 1,200-U.S.-dollar direct payments to Americans
**- Algeria to renew partial lockdown measures for 15 days in 29 provinces **
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SAO PAULO -- Brazil's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 87,004 on Sunday after 555 more patients died from the disease in the previous 24 hours.
In the same period of time, tests detected 24,578 new cases of infection, bringing the total caseload since the start of the national outbreak to 2,419,091.
A woman walks past a collection of medical workers' pictures at a subway station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 21, 2020. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Xinhua) - - - -
WASHINGTON -- White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Sunday that the next round of COVID-19 relief package will include 1,200-U.S.-dollar direct payments to Americans, as a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the country poses major risk to the economic recovery.
"There's a 1,200 dollar check coming, that's going to be part of the new package," Kudlow said in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," noting that he would have preferred a payroll tax cut but it doesn't work politically.
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MADRID -- The Spanish government on Sunday insisted that Spain continues to be a safe tourist destination despite a worrying rise in new cases of the coronavirus in the past two weeks.
Figures published by the Spanish Ministry of Health on Friday showed the previous week had seen 10,990 confirmed cases of COVID-19, almost twice as many as the 5,595 cases reported in the previous week, fueling worries of a 'second wave' of the virus hitting Spain.
Photo shows the general view of the solemn ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the coronavirus at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, July 16, 2020. (Spanish Royal House/Handout via Xinhua) - - - -
CAIRO -- Egypt reported on Sunday 479 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country to 92,062, said the health ministry.
It is the lowest daily increase registered in Egypt since May 16 when 491 new cases were confirmed, after which daily cases started to rise, with a record 1,774 infections on June 19.
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ALGIERS -- The Algerian government announced on Sunday to renew the partial lockdown measures for 15 days in 29 provinces to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the official APS news agency reported.
Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad said the decision to renew lockdown measures was made after consultation with the Scientific Committee monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and the health authorities.
A man wearing a mask rides a bicycle near the National Zoo in Washington D.C., the United States, July 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) - - - -
RAMALLAH -- The Palestinian health ministry on Sunday confirmed 335 new COVID-19 cases in the West Bank, bringing the total number in the Palestinian territories to 13,129.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus reached 78, while 4,211 patients have fully recovered, the ministry said, citing an increase in the recovery rate to about 36 percent.
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SHANGHAI -- The 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) hosted a Japanese film week Sunday afternoon with a batch of new movies featuring the current society of Japan.
This was the 15th event of its kind given by the SIFF opened on Saturday, in the latest sign of steady recovery of the movie industry from the fallout of the COVID-19 epidemic. ■
