BEIJING Aug 10 Xinhua — The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic – – – – ANKARA — Turkish Health Minister Fahretti
BEIJING, Aug.10 (Xinhua) — The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – ANKARA — Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca reported 1,182 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the total diagnosed cases in the country to 240,804. Meanwhile,15 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 5,844, the minister tweeted. – CAIRO — Egypt reported on Sunday 178 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 95,492, said the Egyptian health ministry. Although the number marks a slight increase in daily infections in a week, it is still the eighth consecutive day for Egypt’s COVID-19 daily infections to fall below 200. – WASHINGTON — Governor Mike DeWine of U. S. midwestern state of Ohio on Sunday warned Americans against seeing coronavirus tests as unreliable after he received a false positive result ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the key swing state.
