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Mr Bolsonaro has played down the risks of the virus, having initially compared it to "a little flu". Two health ministers have left the post since the outbreak began in disagreement with the president's response. He has continued to call for lockdown measures imposed by local authorities to be lifted, arguing that they will wreck the economy. The president also accuses state governors and mayors of using the issue for political gain as many who have taken stricter measures oppose his government.

'Coronavirus: Hard-hit Brazil removes data amid rising death toll', BBC

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York University's Steven Hoffman said while physical distancing and lockdown measures have drastically lowered the number of new cases and hospitalizations in Canada, they continue to rise globally — putting us at further risk. Isolating COVID-19 cases and quarantining contacts is necessary in the Americas in order to prevent further lockdowns, says the World Health Organization. "It's just very likely that so long as this virus is circulating around the world, it will at some point come back to Canada," Hoffman said. "Even if we eliminated it from our country."

Adam Miller, 'Could Canada avoid a second wave of COVID-19?', CBC

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French economy to bounce back as lockdown lifted

French economy to bounce back as lockdown lifted

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PARIS: France’s economy, which like those of other countries was pushed into a bruising recession by the coronavirus, will bounce back now that lockdown measures are lifted but will still contract over the year as a whole, official data showed Tuesday. France’s gross domestic product, which had shrunk by a record 13.8 percentin the second quarter, is forecast to grow by 17 percent in the…

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UK economy rebounds more slowly than expected

UK economy rebounds more slowly than expected

The British economy returned to growth more slowly than expected in May as coronavirus lockdown restrictions were gradually relaxed after the sharpest plunge on record a month earlier.

Manufacturing and house building showed signs of recovery in May as some firms saw staff return to work. But the Office for National Statistics said the economy was “in the doldrums”.

The Office for National…

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Another COVID-19 wave in 2nd half of 2020 could result in loss of 340 million full-time jobs: ILO

Another COVID-19 wave in 2nd half of 2020 could result in loss of 340 million full-time jobs: ILO

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UNITED NATIONS: The ILO has warned that if another COVID-19 wave hits in the second half of 2020, there would be global working-hour loss of 11.9 per cent – equivalent to the loss of 340 million full-time jobs.

According to the 5th edition of International Labour Organisation(ILO) Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work, the recovery in the global labour market for the rest of the year…

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Coronavirus | WHO says Middle East at ‘critical threshold’ in virus numbers

Coronavirus | WHO says Middle East at ‘critical threshold’ in virus numbers

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The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that the Middle East was at a decisive moment in the fight against the novel coronavirus, with cases surging as countries ease lockdown measures.

“We are at a critical threshold in our region,” the WHO’s Middle East head, Ahmed al-Mandhari, said in an online press conference.

According to figures published by the global health body on…

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