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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The pandemic has killed at least 708,236 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Thursday based on official sources. There have at least 18.8 million cases registered in 196 countries and territories. The United States has recorded the most deaths with 158,268, followed by Brazil with 97,256, Mexico 49,698, Britain 46,364 and India with 40,699 fatalities. Australia's second-largest city enters the country's toughest lockdown yet. Melbourne's streets are visibly quieter as non-essential businesses are forced to shutter under new rules expected to be in place for six weeks. A second lockdown for the state capital of Victoria began early July but additional regulations have come into force overnight, requiring hundreds of thousands more people to stay home. Three health workers in a displaced persons' camp in northeastern Syria have contracted the virus, the United Nations says, the first reported infections in the vast tent city that is home to tens of thousands of people including relatives of Islamic State group jihadists. Britain's economic downturn fuelled by the pandemic will be less severe than thought -- but the nation's surge in unemployment will delay any recovery, the Bank of England forecasts. The economy is now expected to contract by 9.5 percent this year, the BoE says, altering its prior guidance of a 14-percent contraction. Germany will introduce mandatory tests for travellers returning from designated risk zones, starting on Saturday, the country's health minister says, as fears grow over rising case numbers blamed on summer holidays and local outbreaks. Poland will re-impose compulsory face masks in all public spaces in nine districts, the health minister says, amid a record new high in the number of infections. The restrictions will come into force from Saturday and will also affect sports and cultural events in those areas, mainly in the south and east. Nintendo reports a $1 billion net profit in the first quarter, with players stuck at home during the pandemic driving extraordinary demand for the gaming industry. The Japanese giant raked in 106.5 billion yen for the three months to June, a more than six-fold increase from 16.6 billion yen a year earlier. Airline giant Lufthansa says it made a net loss of 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in the second quarter. The German flag carrier carried around 1.7 million travellers during the three months to the end of June -- a 96 percent drop from the same period last year. burs-eab/txw
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