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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The global pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organization says, pointing out that June saw sixty percent of the cases reported since the start of the outbreak. "For the past week, the number of the new cases has exceeded 160,000 on every single day," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells a virtual briefing. The European Union reopens its borders to visitors from 15 countries but excludes the United States, Russia and Brazil. Travellers from China will be allowed to enter the bloc only if Beijing reciprocates and opens the door to EU residents. The UN Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution calling for a halt to conflicts to facilitate the fight against the pandemic, after more than three months of painstaking negotiations. Drafted by France and Tunisia, it is the Security Council's first statement on the pandemic and its first real action since the outbreak started. The pandemic has killed at least 512,383 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Wednesday based on official sources. The United States is the hardest-hit country with 127,681 deaths. It is followed by Brazil with 59,594, Britain with 43,908, Italy 34,788 and France with 29,861 fatalities. The Pan American Health Organization warns that the death toll for Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures -- representing a quadrupling of fatal cases of COVID-19. Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo warns that his country faces a worsening health crisis in the coming weeks with "the most difficult phase in this global situation is to come." Panama is the Central American country worst hit from the pandemic, with more than 33,500 infections. The Palestinian Authority announces a five-day lockdown across the West Bank after total confirmed coronavirus infections in the territory more than doubled following the easing of previous restrictions. California becomes the latest southern and western state to tighten restrictions, with its governor ordering restaurants to close in-door dining in Los Angeles and 18 other counties badly hit by the pandemic. Gavin Newsom's order will remain in place for at least three weeks and also affects bars, wineries, movie theatres, museums and other businesses. Canada extends its entry ban for most foreigners by another month to July 31 and also prolongs its quarantine requirements. The general border closure does not apply to people coming from the US, who remain restricted to only essential travel to Canada until at least July 21, with visits for tourism or recreation forbidden. Egypt reopens its famed Giza pyramids to the public after a three-month closure. They are the country's first tourist attraction to reopen, along with the Egyptian Museum next to Cairo's Tahrir Square. burs-jba-jmy/lc
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