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SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean officials scrambled today to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the capital Seoul.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A new surge in coronavirus cases took Russia’s tally past those in Italy and Britain today, making it the third highest in the world just hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to issue an update on the situation.

The number of persons with COVID-19 surged by seven overnight to 104, the Ministry of Public Health disclosed today.

GECOM commissioners at a meeting this afternoon decided to identify ballot boxes with smaller numbers of votes to be recounted later in the afternoon to maximise the time available at the 10 counting stations.

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BERLIN, (Reuters) – New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it said were 24 “preposterous allegations” by some leading U.S.

The Ministry of Public Health today said that the number of persons with COVID-19 has risen from 94 to 97.

The PPP today challenged a GECOM decision to livestream observation reports from the recount process which it said were riddled with `ridiculous’ claims and would lead to further delays in the process.

The Ministry of Public Health today said that it is broadening testing to find asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.

CARICOM’s human and social development council today said that the delayed CSEC Examinations will be held in July.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen to 94 after an additional 49 tests overnight, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Shamdeo Persaud.

Yesterday, a UK Government-chartered humanitarian flight repatriated 91 British Nationals, their dependents and other eligible persons to London.

In his Europe Day message today,  EU Ambassador Fernando Ponz Cantó made a veiled reference to the ongoing electoral crisis here when he said he would not wish dictatorship on any country including Guyana.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Doctors in hazmat suits ran temperature checks on passengers at Delhi airport and bags were disinfected as the first group of Indians returned home on special flights from Singapore and the Gulf today since a sweeping lockdown was imposed in March.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the novel coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s biggest economy.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Black people and those of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnicity have a significantly higher chance of dying from COVID-19 than white people, even when adjusting for deprivation, the British statistics office said today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Millions more Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, suggesting layoffs broadened from consumer-facing industries to other segments of the economy and could remain elevated even as many parts of the country start to reopen.

Six of the country’s latest confirmed COVID-19 cases, which include a one-year-old and a 12-year-old, are residents of Linden, in Region Ten, which has been grappling with a refusal by many residents to abide by the national curfew and distancing measures in place to stem the spread of the virus.