China

  • China braces for more flooding as torrential rain forecast( Severe floods leave 140 dead or missing, over 30 million people affected)
  • Meat imports from 23  foreign firms (in  Germany, Brazil, United Kingdom and the United States)suspended due to infections
  • Multiple government measures boost foreign trade firms
  • Alibaba hits 5-ears goal of $1trillion in gross merchandise volume
  • Gaokao draws to a close in the capital
  • China’s newest carrier rocket fails in debut mission
  • Air China international route suspended after over 5 test positive for virus
  • Government policies give a boost to global air freight
  • Belt and Road Initiative- BRI have become important destinations for Chinese companies’ overseas investment
  • Shanghai airport publishes anti-viral standards
  • Shanghai ranked first in retail sales of consumer goods
  • Cultural center displays exquisite collections from Palace Museum
  • Shanghai, Taipei to hold city forum virtually
  • First AI paper by Chinese experts published in Nature Machine Intelligence
  • Education jobs hottest for 2019 graduates

World

  • WHO launches an independent panel to review handling of COVID-19. The panel is supposed to resent its interim report in November when the World Health Assembly-WHA resumes and its substantive report in May next year.
  • Bolivia’s interim president tests positive
  • WHP warns of virus threat from indoor air
  • China-Europe freight trains record 36% surge in trips
  • Britain unveils measures to kick-start economy
  • Beating the odds to survive the pandemic
  • United says it may lay off 36000 employees
  • Notre- Dame spire to be rebuilt in original form

COVID-19 World Data-July 1o, 2020

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