Coronavirus updates: Infection has ‘brought United States to its knees’

Summary

1. More than 100,000 individuals have now died in Latin America as the pandemic speeds up
2. Health experts are saying infection rates still have not peaked in lots of nations
3. Covid-19 has “brought this nation to its knees” said the director of the US CDC
4. Robert Redfield’s comments came as about half of US states are seeing a surge in new cases
5. Health official Anthony Fauci alerts of a “disturbing surge” in infections, and calls for increased contact tracing
6. An outbreak in Germany has actually sparked fresh lockdowns
7. World top tennis gamer Novak Djokovic has said he is “so sorry” after checking favorable
8. Internationally there are now 9.2 m cases and almost 477,000 deaths